Nicolas "Phantom" Mahut - the player who within one week was involved in the longest singles deciding 3rd and 5th set of 133 years in the Grand Slam history :shrug: :crazy:
http://www.menstennisforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=214439&d=1283909495
Archer encouraged me to create a new thread, and I think it's a good idea to emphasize the 2010 Wimbledon: J.Isner d. N.Mahut 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(7), 7-6(3), 70-68 achievement from the perspective of the whole tennis history back to 1877 when the first Wimbledon was held. So, the idea of this thread is to show all the longest singles and doubles sets in terms of games...
5 LONGEST SINGLES SETS IN TENNIS HISTORY IN TERMS OF GAMES
1968 Kansas City: J.Brown d. B.Brown 36-34, 6-1
1966 Philadelphia: V.Seixas d. B.Bowrey 32-34, 6-4, 10-8
1966 Warsaw: R.Taylor d. T.Nowicki 33-31, 6-1
1967 Southampton (q): D.Knight d. M.Sprengelmeyer 32-30, 3-6, 19-17
1966 Warsaw: R.Taylor d. W.Gasiorek 27-29, 31-29, 6-4
5 LONGEST DOUBLES SETS IN TENNIS HISTORY IN TERMS OF GAMES
* That doubles match lasted 6 hours 10 minutes. Schloss and Mozur served as a second pair in both losing sets. They saved match point at 6:7 and 9:10 in the third set.
Voo de Mar
06-29-2010, 05:26 PM
I've got an aspiration to gather below all sets of the Grand Slam history (singles matches) which ended with at least 20 games won by one player. Moreover, all sets of this kind which were played in the Open Era in both, singles and doubles (also with qualifying matches!) in order from "70-68" to "20-18"... Looking at all Grand Slam singles scorelines through different decades, I'd say my general impression is that from the very beginning (the end of XIX Century) to 1950s, the scorelines were very similar, long sets were 10-8 or 11-9. That changed in the 50s when players began to play more often sets 15-13 or 16-14. In the early 60s cracked the limit of "+20 sets", in the late 60s we had those extraordinary "+40" sets in doubles, and it was the main reason of introducing tie-breaks in the early 70s :yeah:
Reminder: tie-breaks were introduced to:
- Aussie Open in 1971
- Roland Garros in 1973
- Wimbledon in 1971
- US Open in 1970
- Davis Cup in 1989
1969 US Open, 4R: J.Newcombe d. M.Riessen 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 25-23
2012 London-Olympics, 2R: JW.Tsonga d. M.Raonic 6-3, 3-6, 25-23
- the longest singles deciding 3rd set in the Open Era
1962 Wimbledon, 2R - N.Pietrangeli d. N.Pilic 24-22, 6-2, 6-4
1969 Wimbledon, 1R - P.Gonzales d. C.Passarell 22-24, 1-6, 16-14, 6-3, 11-9
1976 Davis Cup - D.Power d. A.Betancur 6-4, 22-24, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
1987 Davis Cup - A.Chesnokov d. M.Schapers 24-22, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
1950 US Open, 2R - S.Schwartz d. C. De Voe 6-4, 21-19, 6-3
"20 set" for the first time after 73 years of GS events :)
1961 US Open, 4R - M.Sangster d. A.Palafox 21-19, 8-10, 6-3, 6-4
1966 US Open, 1R - J.Osborne d. C.Buchholz 6-8, 6-3, 6-3, 21-19
1968 Wimbledon, q - L.Lumsden d. F.Tutvin 6-4, 10-12, 21-19, 6-1
1968 US Open, 1R - J.Loyo-Mayo d. J.Robbins 8-6, 16-14, 21-19
1981 Davis Cup - C.Kirmayr d. U.Pinner 6-2, 11-13, 21-19, 6-3
2003 Australian Open, QF - A.Roddick d. Y.El Aynaoui 4-6, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4, 21-19
1954 Australian Open, q - R.Sherriff d. E.Johnson 18-20, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
1958 US Open, 1R - W.Bond d. D.Junta 20-18, 7-5, 6-4
1966 Australian Open, 3R - A.Roche d. T.Okker 20-18, 6-2, 3-6, 8-6
1969 Bristol, 2R - D.Ralston d. R.Taylor 18-20, 6-2, 6-2
1970 Australian Open, QF - D.Ralston d. J.Newcombe 19-17, 20-18, 4-6, 6-3
1991 Davis Cup - R.Ashby d. J.Medrano 4-6, 7-6, 6-3, 5-7, 20-18
1993 Wimbledon, q - Ga.Muller d. P.Lundgren 4-6, 7-6, 20-18
1998 Davis Cup - N.Marques d. N.Zimonjic 3-6, 6-0, 2-6, 6-3, 20-18
2000 Wimbledon, 3R - M.Philippoussis d. S.Schalken 4-6, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 20-18
DOUBLES
1973 Davis Cup - S.Smith / E.Van Dillen d. J.Fillol / P.Cornejo 7-9, 37-39, 8-6, 6-1, 6-3
- the longest doubles set in the Open Era
1997 Australian Open, 1R - W.Arthurs / J.Irleand d. C.Brandi / F.Messori 6-3, 3-6, 29-27
- the longest doubles deciding 3rd set (along with MD **) in the Open Era
2007 Wimbledon, 2R - M.Melo / A.Sa d. P.Hanley / K.Ullyett 5-7, 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(7), 28-26
(http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=105281)- the longest doubles deciding 5th set in the Open Era
* The longest deciding 3rd set played juniors, at Wimbledon 2002 when R.Henry beat C.Morel 7-5, 6-7(3), 26-24
** The longest MD lasted 4 hours 14 minutes
***Italic - matches before the Open era
straitup
06-29-2010, 05:31 PM
Mahut :worship:
TennisOnWood
06-29-2010, 05:37 PM
Ineed Mahut :worship:
I really don't care if he stay without ATP title... he is part of tennis history for good
And again,great job Voo
Certinfy
06-29-2010, 05:38 PM
Mahut :worship:
Echoes
06-29-2010, 06:05 PM
Great threads (plural!).
What I think should also be remembered is that Nico was also serving second in the 3rd set against Boggo but when he broke his serve (3X?). All in all he must have served 82 times (17+65?) to stay in the tournament. Am I right?
It's great to see him have his place in tennis history. :yeah: I've been a fan since the match against Safin in Bercy, though I didn't care much about tennis in those days.
Roger Taylor in Warsaw, twice above 30 ! :worship:
By the way, I knew already on Saturday that Voo was there because I've watched the YT vids on Saturday afternoon. The "Golden Ace" clip passed from 5 to 23 views, very quickly (I don't think I've watched 18 times, though ! Someone else must have watched :eek::D)
Archer16
06-29-2010, 11:03 PM
I'm honored to have inspired a new thread of yours :D (and damn you're quick... ;))
Couple of ideas for post #2:
I think it would be better sorted to separate lists of singles and doubles, with another one of mixed added.
It would be nice to have such a one-liner in red (not in bold unless a record) below each entry, with (if known) match duration, set duration, ace count, MP saved and maybe another oddity if there was one.
In the Melo-Sa match thread there's a mention (http://www.menstennisforums.com/showpost.php?p=5619149&postcount=37) of a 21-19 set from Wimbledon 1966 that isn't list here (yet).
Voo de Mar
06-29-2010, 11:20 PM
In the Melo-Sa match thread there's a mention (http://www.menstennisforums.com/showpost.php?p=5619149&postcount=37) of a 21-19 set from Wimbledon 1966 that isn't list here (yet).
Because in the #2 post, I've included "20 sets" from:
- all Grand Slam tournaments (singles)
- all Grand Slam tournaments (singles + doubles in the Open Era)
Where are doubles scorelines from Grand Slam tournaments before 1968? If there's such a website, we can improve #2 :p
I found the info about that match. It had been halted due to darkness on Sunday and wasn't resumed because Riessen changed his status on Monday and became a pro :lol:
straitup
08-03-2010, 05:51 PM
Weird :lol:
Echoes
08-04-2010, 10:25 AM
That's the kind of historical anecdotes that I love. :lol:
It's weird but it fits very well into the context of that period. You certainly all know about the farce round the Ashe/Okker final in Forest Hills. ;)
Echoes
11-15-2010, 03:53 PM
Another awesome scoreline here.
Bristol West of England Open 1969 2nd round:
Ralston def Taylor 18/20 6/2 6/2
Dennis Ralston was defeated in the next round by Owen Davidson. The match against Taylor was suspended for darkness at one set all. I think the match against Davidson was in the next afternoon, but not sure.
Roger Taylor must be the only player to have won 20 games in 4 sets !
Voo de Mar
11-15-2010, 04:49 PM
^ Thanks, added to the list :yeah:
Echoes
01-01-2011, 04:19 PM
Two others:
Queen's Final 1969:
Fred Stolle def. John Newcombe 6/3 22/20
London - Royal Albert Hall 1970 (pro tournament; Mar. 4-7) QF:
Marty Riessen def. Marc Cox 25/27 8/6 7/5
Riessen went on to win the tournament, defeating Ken Rosewall in the final and also won the doubles tournament. Since he had a long 5 set match in the doubles final, he asked for the singles final to be a best of 3.