 Eric Felsenfeld joined Liberty Wealth Management, LLC, as a managing partner in 2009. When he is not serving clients in areas of investment management and tax efficiency at the independent financial services firm, Eric Felsenfeld enjoys staying active by playing tennis.
The longest match in tennis history took 11 hours and 5 minutes to complete. The five-set match took place during the first round of the 2010 Wimbledon men’s singles tournament and spanned 3 days of play. The match was contested by American John Isner and Nicolas Mahut of France. Isner managed to break Mahut and serve out the first set at 6-4, while an early break for Mahut sealed the second set at 6-3. There would not be another break of serve for multiple days. Mahut won the third set in a tiebreak, 9-7, while Isner evened the match at two sets all by winning the fourth set tiebreak 7-3. Play was suspended for darkness, and the fifth set began the following morning. Neither man could break serve. By the time the match was called for darkness on a second consecutive day of play, the score was knotted at 50 games all. The match continued into a third day and lasted for just over an hour before Isner broke Mahut’s serve and won the fifth set by a game score of 70-68. The final set alone was several hours longer than the second longest match of all time. The match was instrumental in rule changes at multiple tournaments, with Wimbledon implementing a fifth set tiebreak in 2019. Isner and Mahut were drawn against one another in the first round of Wimbledon the very next year, but Isner won 7-6, 6-2, 7-6.
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