# History in the making (longest tennis match ever) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 23, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/history-in-the-making-longest-tennis-match-ever/156942 "2010-06-23T13:51:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/history-in-the-making-longest-tennis-match-ever/156942/1 "2010-06-23T13:51:59Z")
> WIMBLEDON, England – The longest match in tennis history has been suspended for darkness at 59-59 in the fifth set at Wimbledon. The first-round match between 23rd-seeded [John Isner](http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1023) of Tampa, Fla., and qualifier [Nicolas Mahut](http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=222) of France was halted at dusk Wednesday. It had already been suspended because of fading light Tuesday night after the fourth set. > They have been playing for a total of exactly 10 hours – 7 hours, 6 minutes in the fifth set alone, enough to break the full-match record of 6:33, set at the 2004 French Open. > **[Isner-Mahut match suspended at 59-59 in fifth](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/wimbledon10/news/story?id=5319726)** > > The longest match in tennis history has been suspended for darkness at 59-59 in the fifth set at Wimbledon. and it is still not finished, it got called on the account of darkness for the second day. doesn’t matter if you like tennis or not this is just crazy ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/history-in-the-making-longest-tennis-match-ever/156942/2 "2010-06-23T13:57:31Z")
They talked before the match and agreed this is the only way either of them will make the news. lol ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/history-in-the-making-longest-tennis-match-ever/156942/3 "2010-06-23T16:58:05Z")
haha ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/history-in-the-making-longest-tennis-match-ever/156942/4 "2010-06-23T17:47:30Z")
8 hours of boring