Longest ever game of tennis at wimbledon

This sceptred isle. Root of all evil. Ethical conundrums. This sporting life. Stage and screen. Birds and the bees. Brian Chandler, Rodgau Germany Research in the Library of Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum would suggest that the longest rally in a tournament was one in which the ball passed over the net times.

Nelson went on to win the match. Most serves in tennis history Presumably that wasn't in a tournament. There's also reference to a Rob Peterson USA managing 15, shots in 9hrs 10mins, but that doesn't mention the venue, date or other party involved. Dan Smith, UK According to tennislovers. The 6 hr 22 min match was won by Nelson , It concluded with a 1 hr 47 min tiebreak, , for which one point took 29 minutes.

The two rallyed 17, non-stop in 9hrs 7 min during a US Tennis association event. The longest ever Wimbledon match was also the longest match in grand slam history. The two tennis players played on the tennis court for a total of eleven hours and five minutes, which saw their game span across three days. During the game the two of them had secured two sets each, and the final set saw them play to a final score of The players and umpire were presented with a crystal bowl and champagne flutes following the match as special recognition for the length of the game.

John Isner won the match and progressed to the second round, but he was visibly exhausted and end up losing the game within 74 minutes.

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In the Wimbledon Grand Slam tournament, the match between Nicolas Mahut and John Isner broke the record for the longest tennis match of all time - the game was played over three days and lasted of total of 11 hours and 5 minutes.

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