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The match was held at the French Open 2012<\/a> and lasted for a total of 5 Hours and 41 minutes.<\/em> Nicknamed by the media as Marathon Man<\/strong>, John Isner<\/a> failed to win against Paul Henri Mathieu<\/a> on the main Court Philippe Chartier.<\/p>\n No one expected Mathieu to win, as he was No. 261 seed<\/strong>, while his opponent Isner was the No. 10 seed<\/strong>. The match was explosive, ending with 18-16 for Mathieu.\u00a0Mathieu had an injury in the previous season that made him miss all of his matches, landing a devastating blow to his ranking. However, he got it all together in time for the match against Isner. This was the 2nd<\/sup> longest match in terms of duration at the French Open<\/strong>, the first being the French Open 2004 1R between Santoro and Cl\u00e9ment.<\/p>\n Nowadays, Mathieu climbed up the ranking, reaching rank 80, however his highest career-point was back in 2008 when he got to the singles ranking of No 8 in the World!<\/strong>\u00a0On the other hand, John Isner, although losing against Mathieu in this remarkable match, achieved his highest singles ranking of No. 9 in the World back in April 2012. He\u2019s regarded as one of the best servers of the ATP World Tour<\/a>, and most likely will be featured in one of our future articles: Best Servers in Tennis.<\/strong><\/p>\n