June 24, 2010: The day Isner and Mahut completed the longest match in history

John Isner and Nicolas Mahut completed the longest match in tennis history at Wimbledon on June 24, 2010. The marathon became one of the sport’s defining moments and rewrote the record books. It remains a landmark in men’s tennis because of how extreme the contest was and where it was played.

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