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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 first was the now-legendary opening-round match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships when Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut in 11 hours and 5 minutes in a match played over three separate days. The second-longest match in major tournament history was Isner's loss to South African Kevin Anderson in the first men's semifinal at the 2018 Wimbledon ...
The All England Club has hosted some of the sport's longest matches, including, most famously, the longest ever: John Isner's 11-hour, 5-minute defeat of Nicolas Mahut in the first round in 2010 ...
The second day's play alone totalled 7 hours and 8 minutes, more than the longest previous complete match, therefore also making it the longest session of tennis ever played in a single day. Isner eventually defeated Mahut 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7), 7–6(3), 70–68. [18] The match lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes in total, and the fifth set alone ...
Winning a Wimbledon title is a big deal — after all, it’s one of the most prestigious and difficult tennis tournaments in the world. The annual Wimbledon championships will begin on July 1 ...
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 ...