Wimbledon 2022: John Isner bags the record for most aces served

John Isner may not have gone past the third round of Wimbledon 2022 but scripted a prestigious record against his name. John was in the middle of his match against Italian player Jannik Sinner when one of his 24 aces in the match made the world record. The 37-year-old American has served as many as 13,748 aces in his 15 years long professional career.

John Isner lost this game but he looked very content after adding this world record to his bag. ‘’ I don’t pat myself on the back too much but this one, I think, is pretty cool. I want to keep playing to keep adding to my total.’’ said the world’s number 22 ranked John after the match.

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The world record for most aces served by a player was previously held by Croatian tennis player Ivo Karlovic with 13,728 aces to his name. John Isner also has the record for being part of the longest match ever in history. In Wimbledon 2010 John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played a historic game that lasted for 11 hours and five minutes spanning over 3 days.

Isner also has the most aces served for this year with 653 aces served in 2022 alone. He has finished as the leading aces server on ATP Tour for seven consecutive years. In 2015 he finished with 12,60 aces in the season. The Greensboro-born athlete also holds the record of 1000+ aces served in the most number of seasons (7).

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Following the record-breaking match against Jannik Sinner, John Isner said ‘’I’m very proud of this record, I wish I could have broken it in a win, but to set the all-time aces record at Wimbledon is very special. It’s a credit to how professional I have been to keep myself healthy for such a long period’’