John Isner biography – tennis player

John Isner is born in Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1985. He is an American tennis player. With a height of 6′ 9.10″ (206cm) he is the secondf of tallest tennis players in the world. The tallest is Ivo Karlovic with 6′ 9.89″ (208cm). Isner is a tennis professional since 2007.

Isner, as the 23rd placed player in the Wimbledon 2010th in the first round played against Nicolas Mahut. Isner got a match score of 6:4, 3:6, 6:7 (7), 7-6 (3), 70:68, where he set a new record in the number of as services. Isner served 112, while his opponent Mahut 103 aces, which were both destroyed the old record owned by Ivo Karlovic (208 cm).

The meeting last from 22 24 June 2010., a total of 11 hours and 5 minutes of the game.