After a total of 318 games, that took 11 hours and 5 minutes to play, spread across 3 days, American John Isner finally prevailed over Frenchman, Nicolas Mahut, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(7), 7-6(3), 70-68 in their first round Wimbledon match. Below are the records that were set in this match. While all these new records are incredible, I think the most amazing statistic is that before Isner broke in the final game, Isner and Mahut had held their respective serves, a combined 168 straight service games.
New Records
Total number of games- 318 games (206 more than previous record)
Previous Record- 112 games (Pancho Gonzales vs Charlie Pasarell at the 1969 Wimbledon)
Most games in the 5th set of a Grand Slam- 138 games (98 more than previous record)
Previous Record- 40 games (Andy Roddick vs Younes El Aynaoui at the 2003 Australian Open)
Total match time-11 hours, 5 minutes (4 hours, 28 minutes longer than previous record)
Previous Record- 6 hours, 33 minutes (Fabrice Santoro vs Arnaud Clement at the 2004 French Open)
Most aces in a match- John Isner 112 aces, Nicolas Mahut 103 aces
Previous Record- 78 aces (Ivo Karlovic)
Combined total of aces-215 aces (119 more than previous record)
Previous Record-96 aces (Ivo Karlovic vs Radek Stepanek in a 2009 Davis Cup match)
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