1972 Wimbledon Championships 1972 Wimbledon Championships The 1972 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was scheduled to be held from Monday 26 June until Saturday 8 July 1972 but rain on the final Saturday meant that the men's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles finals were played on Sunday 9 July. It was the first time in the tournament's history that finals were played on a Sunday. It was the 86th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third
Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's singles minutes and 66 total games with a third set ending at 25–23. This was the longest tennis match in Olympic history, in terms of games played, under the best of three sets system. In terms of time, it was, at that time, the longest best of three sets men's singles match in Olympic history. However, only three days later, this record was eclipsed by Roger Federer and Juan Martín del Potro on 3 August 2012 in a semi-final tie that lasted 4 hours 26 minutes, ending at 19–17. This was not only the longest singles tennis match in Olympic history