2023-08-24 05:02:02
John Isner announced Wednesday that he will retire from professional tennis after his appearance at the US Open, ending a career that included a Grand Slam semifinal appearance and a victory in the longest match in history. .
“This transition will not be easy, but I am looking forward to enjoying every second with my amazing family,” the 6-foot-10 (2.08-meter) American wrote on social media, including a photo showing him with his wife and their children. four children.
The US Open, the last major of the year, starts on Monday in New York.
Isner, 38, achieved his best-ever world ranking in 2018, when he climbed to eighth place shortly after reaching the Wimbledon semifinals. He has won 16 singles titles and has hit more than 14,000 aces, an ATP Tour record.
That includes a single-match record 113 in his victory over Nicolas Mahut, a match that lasted 11 hours and five minutes, spanning three days, in the first round of Wimbledon in 2010, ending 70-68 in the fifth round. set.
There is now a plaque commemorating that feat on the outer wall of Court 18, where it took place.
“Especially once the match went past something like 25 all, I didn’t really think,” Isner said in 2010. “I would serve and try to hit a forehand winner.”
That duel and Isner’s loss to Kevin Anderson 26-24 in the fifth set of the Wimbledon semifinals eight years later influenced the decision to standardize tiebreakers in the deciding sets of all Grand Slam tournaments.
Isner was born in North Carolina and played tennis at the University of Georgia. She won over 22 million dollars in prize money. He is currently ranked 158.
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