Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships
The Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships is the longest tennis match in history. It was a first-round Men's Singles match, in which the American 23rd seed John Isner played against French qualifier Nicolas Mahut. The match began at 6:13 pm (British Summer Time, or 17:13 UTC) on Tuesday, 2010, on Court 18 at Wimbledon. At , due to fading light, play was suspended before the start of the fifth set. After resuming on Wednesday, 23 June, at , the record for longest match was broken at . The light faded again, and so play was suspended at , with the final set tied at 59 games all. Play resumed at on Thursday, 24 June, and Isner won at , the final set having lasted 8 hours, 11 minutes.