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The Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships is the longest tennis match in history.It was a first-round Men's singles match, in which the American 23rd seed John Isner played against French qualifier Nicolas Mahut.
A plaque commemorating the Isner–Mahut match on Court 18 at Wimbledon.. This article details longest tennis match records by duration or number of games. The 1970–1973 introduction of the tiebreak reduced the opportunity for such records to be broken.
The second-longest match: Isner v Anderson, July 13, 2018. This match saw Isner face similarly big-serving Kevin Anderson of South Africa. [95] The match is the longest tennis match ever in the second week of a Grand Slam tournament, both by time and number of games played.
That match and Isner's loss to Kevin Anderson by a 26-24 score in the fifth set in the semifinals at Wimbledon eight years later were a big part of the impetus for the sport's eventual switch to ...
Isner also holds the single-match mark of 113 aces, achieved during his 11-hour, 5-minute victory over Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon in 2010 that concluded at 70-68 in the fifth set — the longest ...
The first round match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut set a new record for the longest tennis match in history (in both time and total of games), as well as many other records due to its length. Isner won the match, taking the final set 70–68 after a total of 11 hours and 5 minutes of play across three days. [4]
You should've known we were in for a marathon match when you saw American John Isner's name in the Wimbledon semifinal. Wimbledon: Anderson beats Isner in third-longest men's singles tennis match ...
In addition to all the records set during the match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut, the following records were also established: Novak Djokovic's first-round match against Olivier Rochus was the latest-ever finish at Wimbledon, ending at 22:58, two minutes before the 23:00 curfew. [25] Djokovic won the match 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2.