Longest Tennis Match Ever - And Not Over Yet!

[olddutch]

Records broken during the unfinished Wimbledon first-round match between John Isner and Nicolas

Longest Tennis Match Ever - And Not Over Yet!

Longest match (time elapsed): Mahut-Isner currently 10 hours

Previous record: 6 hours 33 minutes - Fabrice Santoro beat Arnaud Clement, French Open, first round, 2004

Longest match (games played): Mahut-Isner currently 163 games

Previous records:

Doubles: 122 - Stan Smith and Erik van Dillen (United States) v Patricio Cornejo and Jaime Fillol (Chile) - Davis Cup, 1973

Singles: 112 - Pancho Gonzales beat Charlie Pasarell 22-24 1-6 16-14 6-3 11-9 - Wimbledon, 1969

Longest fifth set and longest set at a grand slam: Mahut-Isner's 59-59 (7 hours and 6 minutes)

Previous records:

Longest fifth set at a grand slam: Andy Roddick beat Younes El Aynaoui 4-6 7-6 4-6 6-4 21-19 - Australian Open, 2003

Longest set: 25-23 John Newcombe beat Marty Reissen 4-6 6-3 6-4 25-23 - U.S. Open, 1969

Most aces by a player and match total: 98 Isner, 95 Mahut

Previous record: 78 - Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) - 2009 Davis Cup v Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic)

*****

Talk about fighting spirit - Amazing and unbelievable !

Will the records created by this match (providing it ever finishes) ever be broken ?

[squarebear]

Have they started playing again? It finished last night at 59-59

[mollykins]

Do they just keep on going until one is so tired they collapse or do they have a break say at 9pm then resume agains 9am the next day?

[craft1948]

I had to turn this match off as I was knackered just watching it.......what's the betting that they come out today and it ends in just 2 more games.

[squarebear]

They kept going until it was bad light last night but the American could hardly move.

[BertiWooster]

They should just settle it by pistols at dawn

[marval]

it's over, the American won

[AB Editor]

Match-point: http://www.theanswerb...t/Question909320.html