John Isner

John Isner
Isner 2016 in Vienna
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	April 26, 1985
Size:	208 cm
Weight:	108 kg
1st professional season:	2007
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Rene Moller David Macpherson
Prize money:	$ 19,081,320
singles
Career record:	431: 270
Career title:	15th
Highest ranking:	8 (July 16, 2018)
Current placement:	21st
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	116: 102
Career title:	5
Highest ranking:	26 (April 2, 2012)
Current placement:	194
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: March 16, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985 in Greensboro , North Carolina ) is an American tennis player .

Career

2003-2007: College Tennis

Isner played college tennis at the University of Georgia from 2003 to 2007 and won the college team championships with his team in 2007 , after Georgia was in the final a year earlier. With him as the lead player, Georgia has only lost one match in the past 2 years. In addition, Isner was number 1 in the ITA rankings for a long time . Isner achieved 139 individual victories in college tennis. This makes him the most successful player in the history of the University of Georgia.

His greatest success in singles was winning the ITA Men's All-American Championships in October 2005 . He never won singles at the NCAA Division I Tennis Championships, the most important tournament in college tennis. His best result was the final in May 2007 , which he just lost to Somdev Devvarman .

Statistics for the most important college tournaments:

competition	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07
ITA All-American Championships	-	VF	S.	F.
ITA Indoor Championships	-	1R	HF	2R
NCAA DI Championships	-	2R	2R	F.
The results refer to the individual competition.

2007–2008: The beginnings on the World Tour

In the summer of 2007, Isner began his professional career on the ATP tour. In his only short professional career, he has already won a Challenger and a Future tournament, the second and third class tournament categories. His greatest success at the beginning of his career was at the ATP tournament in Washington, DC , where he - due to a back injury to Fernando González - made it into the main draw with a wild card. Although he only started the tournament as number 416, he defeated Tim Henman , Benjamin Becker , Wayne Odesnik , Tommy Haas and Gaël Monfils one after the other and reached the final, in which he was defeated 4: 6, 6: 7 Andy Roddick . Isner's greatest strength, due to his height of 2.08 m, is his serve with which he hit 144 aces in the course of the tournament and won all his matches in the tie-break of the third set on the way to the final . With this success he made it to number 193 in the world rankings. In addition, he received a wildcard for the subsequent tournaments in Cincinnati and New Haven , but failed in the first and second round each to David Ferrer . At the US Open , Isner reached the third round after victories over Jarkko Nieminen and Rik De Voest , in which he failed against the number one in the world, Roger Federer , in four sets. He was only one of two players who won a set against Federer in the course of the tournament. In the further course of the season Isner was able to celebrate some successes at Challenger tournaments and ended the tennis year on position 107 in the world rankings .

The year 2008 was less successful for Isner. In all four Grand Slam tournaments , he failed in the first round. His best result on the ATP Tour was reaching the quarter-finals in San José , where he beat Florent Serra and Tommy Haas. He finished the year in 144th place.

2009 at the US Open

2009–2017: Breakthrough and establishment in the top 20

2009 was the best year in John Isner's career to date. He reached the third round at the Australian Open and the third round at the Masters in Indian Wells , where he was able to beat a top 10 player for the first time with Gaël Monfils. Further successes were the quarter-finals in Houston , the second round at the Masters in Montreal and Washington and the round of 16 at the US Open , where he defeated Andy Roddick in the tie-break of the fifth set and only lost to Fernando Verdasco in four sets. In the Grand Slam tournaments of Wimbledon and Roland Garros , he was unable to participate due to an infection with glandular fever . He finished 2009 at position 34 in the world rankings.

Isner started the tennis year 2010 with his first tournament victory on the ATP Tour. At the Auckland tournament , he won the final against Arnaud Clément 6: 3, 5: 7, 7: 6. At the Australian Open he reached the second round, in which he was defeated by the strong Brit Andy Murray in three sets with 6: 7, 3: 6 and 2: 6. In February, he won his second title in doubles alongside Sam Querrey in Memphis 6-4 and 6-4.

2012

In March 2012, Isner surprisingly defeated world number one Novak Đoković in three sets with 7: 6, 3: 6 and 7: 6 in the semifinals of the Masters tournament in Indian Wells . In the final he met Roger Federer , to whom he was defeated 6: 7, 3: 6. In the world rankings, he made it into the top 10 for the first time through this final. Shortly afterwards, at the tournament in Houston, he again made it into an ATP final. Against Juan Mónaco he lost in three sets, the final participation promoted him to position nine in the world rankings. At the Grand Slam tournaments, he was eliminated early. He won two other tournaments that year, namely in Houston and Winston-Salem . He finished the year on world number 14. At the Australian Open 2013 he did not take part due to a knee injury. In Houston he won his first clay title. At the French Open he lost in the third round in five sets against Tommy Haas . In Wimbledon Isner was hurt again and had in the second round against Adrian Mannarino give up. He then won the Atlanta tournament again ; in the final he had the upper hand against Kevin Anderson 6: 7, 7: 6, 7: 6. He reached other finals: he lost the final in Washington, DC to Juan Martín del Potro and the final in Cincinnati to Rafael Nadal. He previously defeated Milos Raonic , Novak Đoković and Juan Martín del Potro in this tournament . At the US Open , he retired after losing to Philipp Kohlschreiber in the third round. Isner finished the year again in 14th place in the ranking.

In 2014 Isner started successfully with his second tournament victory in Auckland , beating Lu Yen-hsun 7: 6, 7: 6 in the final . At the Australian Open , he was eliminated in the first round against Martin Kližan . At the first Masters in Indian Wells he reached the semifinals, which he lost to Novak Đoković in three sets, as in the previous year. At the French Open he was eliminated in the round of 16 against Tomáš Berdych , in Wimbledon it was over in the third round against Feliciano López . He then won for the second time in Atlanta ; he won the final against Dudi Sela 6: 3, 6: 4. At the US Open he was eliminated again against Philipp Kohlschreiber . He finished the tennis year in 19th place.

In 2015, the American did not get into the season well, in Melbourne he was eliminated in the third round against Gilles Müller . In Miami , Isner was able to reach the first semifinals of the year, which he lost again to Đoković, previously he defeated Grigor Dimitrov , Milos Raonic and Kei Nishikori . In Paris he lost in the second round to Frenchman Jérémy Chardy . At Wimbledon he reached the third round, where he was defeated by Marin Čilić in five sets and after over two days. He won the Atlanta tournament for the third time, defeating Marcos Baghdatis 6: 3, 6: 3 in the final . This victory meant the tenth title of his career. At the US Open he was able to reach the round of 16, but lost it in three sets against Roger Federer. At the Masters in Paris he was able to defeat Federer, but then retired in the quarterfinals against David Ferrer. He finished the season in eleventh place in the world rankings.

In 2016 he was eliminated from Ferrer in the round of 16 at the Australian Open . At the French Open , Isner was also eliminated in the round of 16 against later finalist Andy Murray . He also often lost early in other tournaments, like in Wimbledon when he lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the third round after a long match. In Atlanta he was able to reach the final again, this time he lost to Nick Kyrgios . He skipped the 2016 Olympic Games . At the US Open he lost to Kyle Edmund in the third round . Together with Jack Sock in doubles, he won the Masters in Shanghai . He later reached the final of the Masters in Paris , where Isner lost to Andy Murray in three sets. He finished the year in 19th place in the world rankings. In 2017, he did not get past the third round of all Grand Slams. At the Masters in Rome he lost in the semifinals against the eventual winner Alexander Zverev . In Newport , Isner won the first title of the season, in the final he defeated Matthew Ebden 6: 3, 7: 6. In Atlanta he was able to triumph again with a 7: 6, 7: 6 over Ryan Harrison . Isner finished the season in 17th place.

Since 2018: First Masters title and Grand Slam semifinals

The year 2018 started badly for Isner with the exit in the first round of the Australian Open . With Jack Sock he was then able to win another Masters in doubles, namely the Indian Wells tournament . In Miami he won a Masters in singles for the first time a short time later, after defeating Alexander Zverev 6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 4 in the final. At the French Open , he was eliminated in the round of 16. In Wimbledon reached Isner his first Grand Slam semi-final of his career. He lost that against Kevin Anderson after more than six hours of play 7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 7, 6: 4, 24:26. It was the longest Grand Slam match semifinals in history and the third longest match in tennis history. Then he was able to win the tournament in Atlanta for the fifth time , in the final he prevailed 5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4 against Ryan Harrison, against whom he had lost in the same place last year. In July he achieved his best place in the world rankings with rank 8. At the US Open , Isner lost in the quarterfinals in four sets against Juan Martín del Potro. This season he qualified for the ATP Finals for the first time , but had no chance against Novak Đoković, Alexander Zverev and Marin Čilić with three defeats. He finished the season in tenth place, his best result so far at the end of the season. Isner was less successful in the 2019 season, he won his only title in Newport , it was his fourth win at this tournament. At the Masters in Miami he missed the title defense, he was clearly defeated in the final Roger Federer in two sets.

Personal and curious

Isner studied speech communication at the University of Georgia and has two older brothers.

After his victory over Tommy Haas, the German jokingly asked for a size limit for ATP players. With a height of 2.08 m, Isner is the second tallest player on the ATP tour after the Croatian Ivo Karlović .

→ Main article : John Isner - Nicolas Mahut (Wimbledon 2010)

On June 24, 2010, Isner and Frenchman Nicolas Mahut set a historic record in the first round match at Wimbledon . Only after a total playing time of eleven hours and five minutes was the match decided in Isner's favor. The decisive fifth set lasted over eight hours and ended 70:68. The game had already started on June 22nd. Because of falling darkness, however, she was interrupted twice - after the fourth and at 59:59 in the fifth set. The game set new records not only in terms of length, but also in terms of the number of aces: Isner got 112, Mahut 103 aces. Never before had a player reached a three-digit number of aces in a match.

In 2011 the two met again in the first round at Wimbledon. This time the game was decided in three sets: Isner won 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 2 and 7: 6 (8: 6).

On July 13, 2018, Isner also played the second longest Wimbledon match in history. In a playing time of 6:36 hours and five sets (6: 7 (6: 8), 7: 6 (7: 5), 7: 6 (11: 9), 4: 6, 24:26) he lost against Kevin Anderson in the longest semifinals of the tournament. He holds the record for the longest and third longest match in tennis history.

On March 6, 2016, Isner hit in his Davis Cup match against Bernard Tomic at 253 km / h, with which he achieved the fastest measured serve above the Challenger Tour level. Before that, Ivo Karlović (251.4 km / h) had held the record. Samuel Groth holds the record of the fastest serve with 263 km / h, which he set up on the Challenger Tour.

In December 2017, he married his longtime girlfriend, Madison McKinley.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam Tennis Masters Cup ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (4) ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 (1) ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 (13) ATP Challenger Tour (5)

ATP title by topping Hard Court (12) Sand (2) Grass (4)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 16, 2010	Auckland (1)	Hard court	Arnaud Clément	6: 3, 5: 7, 7: 6 2
2.	July 10, 2011	Newport (1)	race	Olivier Rochus	6: 3, 7: 6 6
3.	August 27, 2011	Winston-Salem (1)	Hard court	Julien Benneteau	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
4th	July 15, 2012	Newport (2)	race	Lleyton Hewitt	7: 6 1 , 6: 4
5.	August 25, 2012	Winston-Salem (2)	Hard court	Tomáš Berdych	3: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6 9
6th	April 14, 2013	Houston	sand	Nicolás Almagro	6: 3, 7: 5
7th	July 28, 2013	Atlanta (1)	Hard court	Kevin Anderson	6: 7 3 , 7: 6 2 , 7: 6 2
8th.	January 11, 2014	Auckland (2)	Hard court	Lu Yen-hsun	7: 6 4 , 7: 6 7
9.	July 28, 2014	Atlanta (2)	Hard court	Dudi Sela	6: 3, 6: 4
10.	2nd August 2015	Atlanta (3)	Hard court	Marcos Baghdatis	6: 3, 6: 3
11.	23rd July 2017	Newport (3)	race	Matthew Ebden	6: 3, 7: 6 4
12.	July 30, 2017	Atlanta (4)	Hard court	Ryan Harrison	7: 6 6 , 7: 6 7
13.	April 1, 2018	Miami	Hard court	Alexander Zverev	6: 7 4 , 6: 4, 6: 4
14th	29th July 2018	Atlanta (5)	Hard court	Ryan Harrison	5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4
15th	July 21, 2019	Newport (4)	race	Alexander Bublik	7: 6 2 , 6: 3

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 29, 2007	Lexington	Hard court	Brian Wilson	6: 7 9 , 6: 3, 6: 4
2.	September 28, 2008	Lubbock	Hard court	Frank Dancevic	7: 6 2 , 4: 6, 6: 2
3.	April 25, 2009	Tallahassee	Hard court	Donald Young	7: 5, 6: 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 5, 2007	Washington, DC (1)	Hard court	Andy Roddick	4: 6, 6: 7 4
2.	February 21, 2010	Memphis	Hard court (i)	Sam Querrey	7: 6 3 , 6: 7 5 , 3: 6
3.	May 9, 2010	Belgrade	sand	Sam Querrey	6: 3, 6: 7 4 , 4: 6
4th	July 25, 2010	Atlanta (1)	Hard court	Mardy Fish	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 7 4
5.	July 24, 2011	Atlanta (2)	Hard court	Mardy Fish	6: 3, 6: 7 6 , 2: 6
6th	March 18, 2012	Indian Wells	Hard court	Roger Federer	6: 7 7 , 3: 6
7th	April 15, 2012	Houston	sand	Juan Mónaco	2: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6
8th.	4th August 2013	Washington, DC (2)	Hard court	Juan Martín del Potro	6: 3, 1: 6, 2: 6
9.	18th August 2013	Cincinnati	Hard court	Rafael Nadal	6: 7 8 , 6: 7 3
10.	August 9, 2015	Washington, DC (3)	Hard court	Kei Nishikori	6: 4, 4: 6, 4: 6
11.	7th August 2016	Atlanta (3)	Hard court	Nick Kyrgios	6: 7 3 , 6: 7 4
12.	November 6, 2016	Paris	Hard court (i)	Andy Murray	3: 6, 7: 6 4 , 4: 6
13.	March 31, 2019	Miami	Hard court	Roger Federer	1: 6, 4: 6

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 7, 2008	Newport	race	Mardy Fish	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6: 4, 7: 6 1
2.	February 21, 2010	Memphis	Hard court	Sam Querrey	Ross Hutchins Jordan Kerr	6: 4, 6: 4
3.	May 15, 2011	Rome	sand	Sam Querrey	Mardy Fish Andy Roddick	without a fight
4th	October 16, 2016	Shanghai	Hard court	Jack Sock	Henri Kontinen John Peers	6: 4, 6: 4
5.	18th March 2018	Indian Wells	Hard court	Jack Sock	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7: 6 4 , 7: 6 2

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 21, 2007	Calabasas	Hard court	Brian Wilson	Robert Kendrick Cecil Mamiit	7: 6 10 , 4: 6, [10: 8]
2.	November 4, 2007	Louisville	Hard court (i)	Travis Parrott	Richard Bloomfield Michael Ryderstedt	6: 4, 6: 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 2, 2010	Rome	sand	Sam Querrey	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2: 6, 3: 6
2.	April 10, 2011	Houston	sand	Sam Querrey	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7: 6 4 , 2: 6, [5:10]
3.	March 17, 2012	Indian Wells	Hard court	Sam Querrey	Marc López Rafael Nadal	2: 6, 6: 7 3
4th	5th March 2017	Acapulco	Hard court	Feliciano López	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	3: 6, 3: 6
5.	October 8, 2017	Beijing	Hard court	Jack Sock	Henri Kontinen John Peers	3: 6, 6: 3, [7:10]

statistics

singles

Tournament 1	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	total
Australian Open	1R	1R	2R	AF	3R	1R	-	3R	3R	AF	1R	1R	-	-	-	0
French Open	-	AF	3R	AF	2R	AF	3R	2R	1R	3R	-	1R	-	-	-	0
Wimbledon	2R	HF	2R	3R	3R	3R	2R	1R	2R	2R	-	1R	-	-	-	0
US Open	3R	VF	3R	3R	AF	3R	3R	3R	VF	3R	AF	1R	3R	-	-	0
ATP Finals 2	-	RR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Indian Wells Masters	AF	2R	3R	AF	AF	HF	2R	F.	3R	AF	AF	2R	-	-	-	0
Miami Masters	F.	S.	3R	2R	HF	AF	3R	3R	AF	3R	2R	1R	-	-	-	1
Monte Carlo Masters	-	-	-	-	AF	-	1R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Madrid Masters 3	-	VF	-	-	VF	AF	2R	2R	2R	AF	-	-	-	-	-	0
Rome Masters	-	2R	HF	-	AF	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	-	-	-	-	-	0
Hamburg Masters 4	not carried out											-	-	-	-	0
Canada Masters	2R	AF	1R	2R	VF	1R	1R	HF	2R	-	2R	-	-	-	-	0
Cincinnati Masters	2R	1R	HF	2R	1R	AF	F.	-	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	-	-	0
Shanghai Masters	3R	-	AF	1R	AF	AF	2R	AF	-	2R	1R	not carried out				0
Paris Masters	2R	3R	HF	F.	VF	2R	AF	2R	HF	2R	2R	-	-	-	-	0
Olympic games	not carried out			-	not carried out			VF	not carried out			-	not carried out			0
Davis Cup 5	-	HF	VF	VF	PO	PO	VF	HF	VF	PO	-	-	-	-	-	0
Tournament participation 6	18th	22nd	23	21st	25th	23	24	21st	22nd	21st	18th	19th	5	0	0	237
Finals reached	2	2	2	2	2	2	4th	4th	3	4th	0	0	1	0	0	26th
Individual titles won	1	2	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	14th
Hard court wins / defeats	21:18	21:18	25:15	23:14	31:16	29:13	27:16	27:12	26:13	29:13	25:17	9:12	8: 4	0-0	0-0	276: 155
Sand victories / defeats	8: 5	8: 5	7: 4	5: 5	10: 6	6: 5	8: 5	10: 7	4: 7	8:10	2: 1	1: 3	0-0	0-0	0-0	69:58
Turf wins / defeats	5: 1	5: 1	6: 3	5: 2	4: 3	4: 2	4: 3	8: 2	6: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 4	0: 1	0-0	0-0	44:23
Carpet wins / defeats 7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
Overall wins / defeats 8	30:18	34:24	38:22	33:21	45:25	39:20	39:24	45:21	36:21	38:24	27:18	11:19	8: 5	0-0	0-0	389: 236
World ranking points	1770	3155	2265	1850	2495	1890	2150	2215	1800	1850	1067	304	407	14th	2	N / A
Year-end position	19th	10	17th	19th	11	19th	14th	14th	18th	19th	34	144	106	843	967	N / A

Explanation of symbols: S = tournament victory; F, HF, VF, AF = entry into the final / semi-finals / quarter-finals / round of 16; 1R, 2R, 3R = elimination in the 1st / 2nd / 3rd main round; RR = Round Robin (group stage)

¹ tournament result in brackets means that the player has not yet finished the tournament; it shows his current round in the tournament. When the player finishes the tournament, the bracket is removed.
² before 2009 Tennis Masters Cup
³ The Masters tournament in Madrid was held before 2002 in Stuttgart, Essen and Stockholm. In 2009 the surface was changed from hard court to sand.
⁴ The Hamburg tournament has not been part of the Masters series since 2009.
⁵ PO = Playoff (promotion and relegation round in the Davis Cup world group).
⁶ In contrast to the ATP ranking , only tournaments of the ATP World Tour as well as the four Grand Slam tournaments and the ATP World Tour Finals are counted here (as well as for the number of finals and titles won) . H. no Challenger or Future tournaments or team competitions ( Davis Cup or World Team Cup ). However, the latter count in the win / lose statistics.
⁷ No more ATP tournaments have been held on carpet since the 2009 season.
⁸ As of the end of the 2019 season

Web links

Commons : John Isner  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of John Isner (English)
• ITF Profile of John Isner (English)
• Davis Cup stats by John Isner (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wimbledon 2018: Kevin Anderson beats John Isner in record-breaking semi-final. In: bbc.com. July 13, 2018, accessed on August 23, 2018 . 
2. ↑ dpa: Haas desperately against number 416. In: FAZ.net . August 4, 2007, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Wimbledon - 70:68! Tennis madness over. In: .eurosport.yahoo.com. June 24, 2010, archived from the original on November 15, 2012 ; accessed on January 17, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Jörg Allmeroth: Wimbledon 2011: The game that never ends. (No longer available online.) In: fr-online.de. Frankfurter Rundschau , June 20, 2011, archived from the original on December 19, 2014 ; Retrieved December 19, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Sprint instead of marathon: Isner wins against Mahut. In: Focus Online. Focus , July 18, 2013, accessed December 19, 2014 . 
6. ↑ Kevin Anderson is in the final after the historic six-hour semifinals. In: Spiegel Online. Spiegel , July 13, 2018, accessed July 14, 2018 . 
7. ↑ 253 km / h - Isner's “bullet” lands in the record book. In: eurosport.de. March 9, 2016, accessed August 2, 2017 . 
8. ↑ John says "Yes". In: Tennisnet. spox.de, December 3, 2017, accessed December 4, 2017 .