The ITF tournament in Monastir (Tunisia) set a record that is unlikely to ever be broken. Under the pressure of bad weather, the organizers forced the German Christoph Negrita (29 years old, 677th place ATP) to play six matches in one day.

Germany’s Christoph Negritu was forced to play six matches in one day, a record for men’s tennis

Competing in both singles and doubles, the German played six matches on Monday, December 18. You heard that right, six games.

Physically, he resisted until the last game, during which he gave up the fight due to exhaustion. There were three singles and three doubles matches.

Negritu played in singles first with Frenchman Robin Bertrand (432 ATP) in the quarters (victory 6-2, 6-1), then with American Michael Zhu (999 ATP) in the semifinals (victory 3-6, 6-1, 6- 2), and then lost the final to the American Omni Kumar (392 ATP – the main favorite), the score 1-6, 1-6.

On the same day, December 18, Christophe Negritu also won three more doubles matches. The German was paired with the American Michael Zhu (31 years old, 999 ATP), whom he defeated in singles in the semifinals.

Negritu and Zhu advanced to the quarters of Michalis Sakellaridis / Stephanos Sakellaridis (Greece), 4-6, 6-2, 10-5, then beat Cesar Bourgois / Louis Tessa in the semi-finals, 6-2, 6-0, so in the final with a double of Thiago Pereira / Alexander Donsky, the German announced a defeat with a score of 6-2, 2-1 in favor of the opponents.

Christophe Negritu did not win a title after participating in the tournament in Monastir, but he made tennis history as the first player to play six matches in one day.

Christoph Negritu, born March 21, 1994 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany, is ranked No. 677 in the ATP singles rankings and has won $10,495 in tennis prizes this year. Added to this amount is $9,645, money that came from the double.

The Monastir ITF M15 took place from December 12 to 18 on hard with a total prize pool of $15,000.