It wasn’t, when it started, an important tennis match: John Isner, the 23rd seed, was facing Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in the first round at Wimbledon on side court No. 18. Few people in the U.S ...

The electronic sign keeping track courtside as the points passed and the game totals rose went blank while 23rd-seeded John Isner of Tampa, Fla., and qualifier Nicolas Mahut of France played—and ...

It wasn’t, when it started, an important tennis match. John Isner, the 23rd seed, was facing Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in the first round at Wimbledon, on sidecourt No. 18. Few people in the U.S ...

This year, the total match time was 2:03. Last year, Isner hit 113 aces, and Mahut 103. This year, each man finished with eight. Last year, the match featured twists and turns and required all ...

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) John Isner has won the longest tennis match on record by beating Nicolas Mahut 70-68 in the final set at Wimbledon. Picking up at 59-59 in the fifth set Thursday ...

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) John Isner of the United States and Nicolas Mahut of France are still deadlocked in the longest tennis match on record. Picking up at 59-59 in the fifth set, the match ...

To appreciate last year’s grueling match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut, consider this historical perspective. The numbers border on the absurd. 183 games. 11 hours, 5 minutes of play ...

Why eliminate that interesting element in the game? But we recently had that epic 70-68 (John Isner d. Nicolas Mahut, Wimbledon 2010) result, and let's face it — that monster put the kibosh ...

And still there was no winner. John Isner of Tampa, Fla., and Nicolas Mahut of France were tied at 59-59 in the fifth set at Wimbledon after exactly 10 hours of action when play was suspended ...

After playing the longest match ever in their first-round meeting at Wimbledon 2010, John Isner and Nicholas Mahut's rematch at the Hopman Cup lasts just 90 minutes, with Isner winning (again ...

Q: Do you think the record for the longest match set last Wimbledon by John Isner and Nicolas Mahut has a chance of ever being broken? Pete Sampras: There’s no way we’ll ever see a score like ...