Who lost the longest ever tennis match at Wimbledon (in 2010)?
Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships 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 French qualifier Nicolas Mahut. The match began at 6:13 pm (British Summer Time, or 17:13 UTC) on Tuesday, 2010 on Court 18 at Wimbledon. At , due to fading light, play was suspended before the start of the fifth set. After resuming on Wednesday, 23 June, at , the record for longest match was broken at . The light faded again,
Longest tennis match records Fabio Fognini and Teimuraz Gabashvili played for 4 hours and 52 minutes. Longest tennis match records This article details longest tennis match records by duration or number of games. The 1973 introduction of the tiebreak reduced the opportunity for such records to be broken. However, among the Grand Slams, only the US Open uses the tiebreak in the final set; the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon instead use the advantage set rules in the final set, which allows for an indefinite number of games until one player is ahead by two. Only two professional competitive matches have lasted