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John Isner
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American tennis player
OverviewAI-generated
John Isner is an American tennis player born Jonathan Robert Isner in Greensboro in 1985. He competes as a right-handed athlete and began his professional career in 2007. Isner was educated at the University of Georgia and is currently coached by David Macpherson. He resides in Dallas and speaks English.
His professional statistics include a singles record of 489–317 and a doubles record of 150–115. He has earned prize money of 22,430,808. Isner participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics and is known by the nickname "Marathon Man." He has four children.
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Key facts
- Full name
- John Robert Isner
- Country sports
- United States
- Residence
- Dallas , Texas, U.S.
- Born
- ( 1985-04-26 ) April 26, 1985 (age 41) , Greensboro, North Carolina , U.S.
- Height
- 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
- Plays
- Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
- College
- University of Georgia
- Prize money
- US $22,433,361 29th all-time leader in earnings
- Official website
- www.johnisner.com
- Career record
- 489–317 (60.7%)
- Highest ranking
- No. 8 (July 16, 2018)
- Australian open
- 4R ( 2010 , 2016 )
- French open
- 4R ( 2014 , 2016 , 2018 )
- Wimbledon
- SF ( 2018 )
- Us open
- QF ( 2011 , 2018 )
- Tour finals
- RR ( 2018 )
- Olympic games
- QF ( 2012 )
- Davis cup
- SF ( 2012 , 2018 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Greensboro
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Educated at
- University of Georgia
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2012 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- tennis
- Mass
- 108
- Official website
- www.johnisner.com
- Image
- John Isner 3, Aegon Championships, London, UK - Diliff.jpg
- Height
- 208
- Number of children
- 4
- Residence
- Dallas
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- Commons category
- John Isner
- date of birth
- 1985-04-26
- doubles record
- 150–115
- singles record
- 489–317
- birth name
- Jonathan Robert Isner
- prize money
- 22430808
- start of work period
- 2007-00-00
- head coach
- David Macpherson
- handedness
- right-handedness
- social media followers
- 278241
- ranking
- 26
- nickname
- Marathon Man
- significant person
- Nicolas Mahut
- competition won
- 2022 BNP Paribas Open – men's doubles
- name in native language
- John Isner
- end of work period
- 2023-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers ever to play on the ATP Tour, Isner achieved his career-high singles ranking in July 2018 by virtue of his first Masters 1000 crown at the 2018 Miami Open and a semifinal appearance at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, Isner played the longest professional tennis match in history, requiring five sets and 183 games to defeat Nicolas Mahut in a match which lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes, and was played over the course of three days. Isner holds the record for hitting the ATP's fastest official serve ever and third-fastest on record in tennis at 157.2 mph or 253 km/h during his first-round 2016 Davis Cup match. He has the most aces in the history of the ATP Tour, having served 14,470, as of August 31, 2023. Isner retired from professional tennis following the 2023 US Open.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Isner” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.