The most prestigious tennis tournament in the world in the future in the crucial final set to a Tiebreak. Thus, the record of the longest Wimbledon game should not be broken.
The longest Match in Wimbledon history fought John Isner (l.) and Nicolas Mahut (R)
The venerable All England Lawn Tennis Club, breaks up with his world-famous grass tournament in Wimbledon with a Tradition Starting next year, will be played in all competitions in the final set when the score was 12:12 a Tiebreak. The other sentences are already decided at 6:6 by the Tiebreak. So far, the winner in single men and in all doubles disciplines had to have at the decisive passage two games ahead.
Longest Game: 11:05 Hours
Gone are the days of endless Marathon Matches are in order. This summer the semi-finals had ensured between the South African Kevin Anderson and John Isner from the USA caused a stir. The Match ended just after 6:36 hours, with a time of 26:24 in the fifth set to Anderson. It was the second longest Match in the history of the Tournament. Longer only the historical match between Isner and the Frenchman Nicolas Mahut, which went in 2010, after three days and a total of 11:05 hours of playing time with 70:68 in the decisive passage for Isner to end.
“It is time”
In the decision, the Feedback of the players and officials as well as match data from the past 20 years, included are Philip Brook, Chairman of the All England Club, said: “From our point of view, it is time for a Tiebreak for the Match to introduce, which is not, is a reasonable time in the deciding set to a natural end.” Yet there was, in the four Grand Slam tournaments at the U.S. Open in New York when the score was 6:6 in the decisive set in a Tiebreak. This is only since 1970 to the tennis rules of the world Federation ITF.
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