List about the longest tennis encounters Among these encounters are some of the best of all time in general and of the history of Wimbledon in particular. Which one is your favorite? What remains in your memory? In this list about the longest tennis encounters you can find: 17. Verdasco - Ferrer - Open Usa 2010 (4 hours 23 minutes) 16. 4 hours, 17 minutes 15. Corretja vs Sampras - Davis Cup 2002 (3 hours and 55 minutes) 14. Pancho Gonzales vs Charles Pasarel - Wimbledon 1969 (112 games) 13. Alex Corretja vs Hernán Gumy - Roland Garros 1998 (5 hours and 31 minutes) 12. Isner vs Mahut - Wimbledon 2010 (11 hours 5 minutes) 11. Radek Stepanek vs. Ivo Karlovic, Davis Cup (5 hours and 59 minutes). 10. Federer vs Roddick - Wimbledon 2009 (4 hours and 16 minutes) 9. McEnroe vs Borg - Wimbledon 1980 David Nalbandian vs Federer - Tennis Masters Cup 2005 (4 hours 30 minutes) Federer vs Sampras - Wimbledon 2001 (3 hours 41 minutes) Clement vs Santoro - Roland Garros 2004 (6 hours and 33 minutes). Marat Safin vs Federer - Australian Open 2005 (5 hours) Nadal vs Novak Djokovic - Masters of Madrid 2009 (four hours 15 minutes) McEnroe vs Wilander. Davis Cup 1982 (6 hours 22 minutes) Nadal vs Verdasco - Australian Open 2009 (5 hours 14 minutes) Nadal vs Federer 2008 Final of Wimbledonl ((4 hours, 48 minutes) 17. Verdasco - Ferrer - Open Usa 2010 (4 hours 23 minutes) Intense and spectacular was the duel between the two that lasted for 4 hours and 23 minutes. Finally it was Verdasco who ended up taking a match in which either of them could win and that ended with Madrid exhausted on the ground after closing the match with one last impressive point. 16. 4 hours, 17 minutes after having to overcome the disadvantage of two sets against accumulated, to end up being imposed in five sets (1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 and 8-6). 14. Pancho Gonzales vs Charles Pasarel - Wimbledon 1969 (112 games) In 1969, he played a legendary match of the Wimbledon Tournament against the American Charles Pasarell. It was the longest in history, reaching to play 112 games. Gonzales lost the first two sets (the first of which also was a record in duration and was resolved with a score of 22-24), but finally Gonzales defeated his rival. Soon after the tie breaks (sudden death), which prevent the prolongation of the sets when ties to six games are produced. 13. Alex Corretja vs Hernán Gumy - Roland Garros 1998 (5 hours and 31 minutes) 1988, sixteenth: Alex Corretja (ESP) to Hernán Gumy (ARG) in 5h 31: 6-1, 5-7, 6-7, 7-5 and 9-7. 12. Isner vs Mahut - Wimbledon 2010 (11 hours 5 minutes) The duel began on Tuesday, resumed with the fifth set on Wednesday and resolved on Thursday with a total score of 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-7 and 68-70, after 665 minutes. final victory for John Isner. 11. Radek Stepanek vs. Ivo Karlovic, Davis Cup (5 hours and 59 minutes). The Czech Republic won the first point in the Davis Cup semi-final in Croatia with the victory of Radek Stepanek against Ivo Karlovic, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2) and 14-16, in the first game, which lasted for five hours and 59 minutes. The giant Karlovic (number 31 of the ATP) and Stepanek (17) maintained their respective services for eighty consecutive games, something unprecedented in the Davis Cup. The first four sets were decided in the 'tie-breaks', and in the fifth it took 30 games to determine the winner of the match. The most impressive data of the match was the 78 aces of Karlovic, world record, which, however, did not serve to achieve victory. 10. Federer vs Roddick - Wimbledon 2009 (4 hours and 16 minutes) In the final at the All England Club, Roger Federer won in a marathon match Andy Roddick, who had beaten the local Andy Murray, 5-7, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 3- 6 and 16-14. 9. McEnroe vs Borg - Wimbledon 1980 The final proved to be a battle between two players of extreme quality and is to this day named by several people as the best tennis match in history. [12] The media baptized it as 'The party of the century.' The game started in favor of McEnroe who took the first set 6-1 to what Borg responded by taking the next two. The fourth set was of high level and the final tie-break was reached in what could have been the first Wimbledon final to be defined in a tie-break. In an incredible... The images you can find in this video are property of 20 minutos