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Friday, June 25, 2010

316. The Longest Tennis Match Ever

They started the match clean shaven.

The longest professional tennis match, in terms of both time and total games played, was the Wimbledon 2010 first round match between Nicolas Mahut and John Isner on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of June, 2010, lasting 11 hours and 5 minutes, with a total of 183 games. The fifth set of the match, lasting 138 games, played over 8 hours 11 minutes, was also the longest set in history by both time and games.  (read more: http://alturl.com/v9w2)

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