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Plotted: simulated finish time vs notable late-night Flushing Meadows battles. Matches extending past 2:00 a.m. represent the top 0.1% most protracted clashes in tennis history.
Historic Late-Night U.S. Open Encounters Flushing Meadows Records
Late night sessions at Arthur Ashe Stadium frequently stretch past midnight due to evening doubleheaders and epic 5-set battles.
| Finish Time (ET) | Matchup | Year & Round | Total Duration | Significance |
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Why do U.S. Open matches finish at nearly 3:00 a.m.?
The night session at Arthur Ashe Stadium traditionally begins around 7:00 p.m. ET with two scheduled matches. If the first women's or men's match runs 2.5 hours, the second match often cannot begin warmups until 9:45 or 10:15 p.m. When that match stretches to five sets with multiple 7-6 tiebreaks and medical timeouts, the match duration can easily surpass five hours, pushing the match past the midnight barrier and into the 2:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. hour.
Reference Fact: The previous joint record stood at 2:26 a.m. (Mats Wilander vs. Mikael Pernfors 1993; Philipp Kohlschreiber vs. John Isner 2012; Kei Nishikori vs. Milos Raonic 2014) until Carlos Alcaraz defeated Jannik Sinner at 2:50 a.m. in 2022, and the 2:51 a.m. record reported by @TheAthletic.