Longest-ever Slam doubles match ends
Nestor-Knowles win 5-7, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 23-21 in 6 hours, 9 minutes
 | Mark Knowles, left, of the Bahamas and Daniel Nestor of Canada celebrate their doubles victory. |
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WIMBLEDON, England - Daniel Nestor of Canada and Mark Knowles of the Bahamas won the longest doubles match in Wimbledon and Grand Slam history Wednesday — a marathon lasting 6 hours, 9 minutes over two days.
They beat Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Todd Perry of Australia 5-7, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 23-21 in a match suspended because of darkness Tuesday with the fifth set 11-11.
The previous longest doubles match at a Grand Slam was 5 hours, 29 minutes at the 1990 Australian Open when Pieter Aldrich and Danie Visser of South Africa beat Scott Davis and Robert Van’t Hof of the United States in five sets, including 23-21 in the deciding set.
The previous longest doubles match at Wimbledon was 5 hours, 5 minutes in 1985 when Heinz Gunthardt of Switzerland and Balazs Taroczy of Hungary beat Paul Annacone of the U.S. of Christo Van Rensburg of South Africa in five sets — 24-22 in the fifth.
Gunthardt and Tarozcy were playing in an over-45 doubles match on a nearby court Wednesday at Wimbledon.
The longest doubles match in tennis history was 6 hours, 20 minutes in a 2002 Davis Cup semifinal between Argentina and Russia.
The longest in singles was 6 hours, 31 minutes, a first-round five-setter at the 2004 French Open won by Fabrice Santoro over fellow Frenchman Arnaud Clement.
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