What are the longest tennis matches in Grand Slam history? - ESPN

The longest match in tennis history lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes, with the players competing over three days. Let's look back at that showdown and examine other marathon matches.

2010 Wimbledon: John Isner def. Nicolas Mahut (11 hours, 5 minutes)

At Wimbledon in 2010, the first-round match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes. The two battled over the course of three days. Their match featured five sets, including a 138-point fifth set. (Wimbledon did not use a tiebreak in the fifth set at the time.)

On the first day, the match had to be halted at the end of the fourth set because it was too dark to continue. On the second day, the scoreboard stopped working and eventually shut off, as it was only programmed to go to 47-47 (but it would be fixed by the third day). The match was halted on Day 2 once the sun went down.

On Day 3, Isner won the deciding final set, 70-68. There were 980 total points, including 711 points in the fifth set. The players were exhausted, as it was 4½ hours longer than the previous record for longest match. Isner's 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 70-68 victory allowed him to advance to face Thiemo de Bakker, but Isner would lose that match in just 74 minutes (the shortest men's match in Wimbledon history at that time).

2018 Wimbledon: Kevin Anderson def. John Isner (6 hours, 36 minutes)

John Isner also competed in the second-longest Grand Slam match of all time. This time, Isner faced Kevin Anderson in the 2018 semifinal at Wimbledon. This match featured 99 games and three tiebreakers over five sets. The fifth set lasted nearly three hours, becoming the longest Centre Court match in history.

Anderson defeated Isner 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-7 (9), 6-4, 26-24 after 6 hours and