The five longest men's matches in 2020
Would you have had the longest men's match in 2020 on your radar? A little tip: Dominic Thiem is only in second place ...
by Florian Goosmann
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Dec 06, 2020, 02:02 pm

# 5: US Open, 2nd round, Marton Fucsovics - Grigor Dimitrov - Duration: 4 hours 50 minutes
In the end it was 6: 7 (5), 7: 6 (4), 3: 6, 6: 4 and 6: 1 for the Hungarian against Dimitrov, the semi-finalist from 2019. Who actually had all the trumps in hand. He did not use four set balls in the second round, not even the two break lead in the fourth set. In the end, Dimitrov looked flabby. For Fucsovics, round 3 finally ended against Frances Tiafoe.
# 4: French Open, 1st round, Juan Ignacio Londero - Federico Delbonis - Duration: 4 hours 54 minutes
6: 4, 7: 6 (1), 2: 6, 1: 6, 14:12 Londero won the Argentine duel at the start of the French Open, the only major tournament where the fifth set is still played. After that, however, it was over: Londero lost in the second round against the former Paris semi-finalist Marco Cecchinato in four sets.
# 3: French Open, 2nd round, Roberto Carballes Baena - Denis Shapovalov - Duration: 5 hours
Carballes Baena won 7: 5, 6: 7 (5), 6: 3, 3: 6, 8: 6 against Shapovalov - quite a surprise in Paris. The Canadian was annoyed by the slow conditions, but above all by an alleged wrong decision: At 5: 4 in the fifth set "Shapo" had already served the match, at 30:15 a return from Carballes Baena probably ended up out of bounds. However, referee Carlos Ramos saw him well. However, the Hawk-Eye, installed in Paris only for TV transmission, indicated him behind the line. "When will we finally have Hawk-Eye on the sand", Shapovalov annoyed accordingly.
# 2: French Open, quarter-finals, Diego Schwartzman - Dominic Thiem - Duration: 5 hours 8 minutes
Diego Schwartzman made life difficult for himself against a tired Dominic Thiem, but in the end he won 7: 6 (1), 5: 7, 6: 7 (6), 7: 6 (5), 6: 2. After two bitter set losses, however, Schwartzman caught himself again and finally pulled the tooth of the great fighter Thiem with the break to 3: 2 in the fifth round. Nice: The gesture on the network between the two friends. In the semifinals, Schwartzman lost in three sets against eventual winner Rafael Nadal, whom he had defeated at the tournament in Rome.
# 1: French Open, 1st round, Lorenzo Giustino - Corentin Moutet - Duration: 6 hours 5 minutes
And Roland Garros again! The longest match of the year - stretched over two days - was won by the world number 157. Lorenzo Giustino with 2: 6, 7: 6 (7), 7: 6 (3), 2: 6, 18:16, it was also his first victory at the ATP or Grand Slam level. And only 28 minutes shorter than the record match in Paris between Fabrice Santoro and Arnaud Clement in 2004 (6 hours 33 minutes). Crazy, but typically tennis: Giustino scored a total of 217 points, Moutet on the other hand 242. The French also got more winners (88 to 57), but he left the field as a loser. Giustino was then asked whether he was still fit: "I feel perfect," he replied with a laugh. "Tomorrow I'm going to run a little more because I feel too fresh." It was probably too much: Round 2 ended in three sets against Diego Schwartzman.