Isner won the U.S. on Thursday Frenchman Mahut in the longest game in history, eleven hours over three days.
The result was a thrilling 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7 / 9), 7-6 (7 / 9) and 70 - 68.
These are the most important facts and figures of this:
-183: the number of sets played, a world record, well above the previous mark achieved by the Americans Pancho Gonzales and Charlie Pasarell, also at Wimbledon in 1969.
-138: the number of games in the fifth set, another record that far exceeded the previous 48 games, played in a fourth set (25-23) between Australian John Newcombe and Marty Riessen in U.S. Open United States 1969.
-112: the number of aces of John Isner, surpassing the previous record of 78 Croatian Ivo Karlovic, succeeded last year in Davis Cup against Czech Radek Stepanek. Mahut also beat Karlovic record with 103 aces.
-215: number of aces accumulated by the two players, more than twice that total (96) Karlovic and Stepanek. Last year, in the Wimbledon final, won 16-14 in the fifth set against Roger Federer Andy Roddick, the two rivals reached a total of 77 aces, the fourth record in history.
-246: the number of winning balls Isner (244 to Mahut). Another amazing figure because it is considered that reach 100 winners in a match ball is a great result. The vast majority of these 'winners' were achieved in the service.
The result was a thrilling 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7 / 9), 7-6 (7 / 9) and 70 - 68.
These are the most important facts and figures of this:
-183: the number of sets played, a world record, well above the previous mark achieved by the Americans Pancho Gonzales and Charlie Pasarell, also at Wimbledon in 1969.
-138: the number of games in the fifth set, another record that far exceeded the previous 48 games, played in a fourth set (25-23) between Australian John Newcombe and Marty Riessen in U.S. Open United States 1969.
-112: the number of aces of John Isner, surpassing the previous record of 78 Croatian Ivo Karlovic, succeeded last year in Davis Cup against Czech Radek Stepanek. Mahut also beat Karlovic record with 103 aces.
-215: number of aces accumulated by the two players, more than twice that total (96) Karlovic and Stepanek. Last year, in the Wimbledon final, won 16-14 in the fifth set against Roger Federer Andy Roddick, the two rivals reached a total of 77 aces, the fourth record in history.
-246: the number of winning balls Isner (244 to Mahut). Another amazing figure because it is considered that reach 100 winners in a match ball is a great result. The vast majority of these 'winners' were achieved in the service.
