Wimbledon longest tennis match ever

That is nothing more than No imena organized by the British are saying its open now. Nearly ten hours, 594 minutes, 36.640 seconds ... All that time is spent playing tennis, the American John Isner and Frenchman Nicolas Mahut until the natural light to illuminate tired and decided to go until the next day.

Thus, the match for the first round of Wimbledon 2010 became the largest in the history of professional tennis playing at the May 24, 2004 fought the French Arnaud Clement and Fabrice Santoro at Roland Garros . At that time, the Gauls were swapping racket for 6 hours and 33 minutes in 61 games. The 162 games, 840 points and over 180 aces very far left that meeting of the Paris Open .

Wimbledon is now the scene of the two conflicting records for the duration of court because the shortest match of all time was also played on grass. It was in 1881. Willie Renshaw defeated John T. Hartley 6-1, 6-1, 6-0 in just 37 minutes.

Who is John Isner?

An American was 2.06 meters tall and 25 years old whose virtue is the first service. Precisely this match also gave aces per game record of 97 aces to realize, a figure that could be greater.

Who is Nicolas Mahut?

A French 28-year-old whose best performance here was in the late Queen's and Newport. Only overcame a second round of a grand slam at Wimbledon 2006.