Longest rally ever... Wilander Vilas French Open 1982

[gr0chibre]

even a nadal-ferrer is better to watch ! ! !

[unholyjebus]

When the video fast forwards, that isn't the sound of someone pressing a button.. oh no... it's the sound of someone fapping.

[Mzee1084]

Borg and Vilas has an 88 shot rally (video says 86) in the 1978 french open final.

[millionairejh]

well its easy , when ur not going for any shot, and hitting like 30 mph....

[TheFedererNadallover]

almost as if these guys are playing ping pong .. lol ..

And unbelievable stamina from both guys !

[xXmichael4Xx]

the longest rally ever was one of 643 times over the net between Vicky Nelson and Jean Hepner at Richmond, VA in October 1984. the match lasted 6 hr 22 minutes and was won by Nelson 6-4, 7-6. It concluded with a 1 hr 47 min tiebreak, 13-11, for which one point took 29 minutes.

[LyricalWax]

@xXmichael4Xx surely at one point they decided to keep going to make a record? There's no way they were competitively playing for 643 shots.

[Sconz32]

Theres no fucking way that was 28 minutes long, even on fast foward.

[Alfangus]

68 shots << 643 shots

Nelson and Hepner is far and away the longest rally ever

[cherzo]

nowhere near the longest rally ever

[federerpremiumclass]

fast forwarded because you wouldve fell asleep if they didn't you fucking tardshits.

[redplague]

This isn't the longest rally ever. There was a longer one involving Vicki Nelson-Dunbar.

[zzyzybynsky]

why did you fast forward it??

btw this isn't the longest rally in men's pro open era tennis anyway

[michaelnight67]

This is not the way to see a rally. Please put it in real speed.

[Jaishankar100]

What Stamina!! Ha ha!! unbelievable shot making!!

[zb9775]

the longest rally recorded was between Borg and Villas.....check it out

[zb9775]

thanks to the latest invention of racket technologies designed to control and hit powerful shots..no wonder today's players hardly play long rallies.....except i9n the French Open.....

[millionairejh]

yea i wanna see this happen in this era, when ppl are hitting 90 mph+forehands to the corners of the court lol

[jegspillerpiano]

let's see it in real time for fuck's sake, then we can apreciate how long it was. This fast forward shit is pointless.

[Gorosu]

is not the longest ....the longest was made by Bjorn Borg think it was 86 shots

[Omic11]

io ne ho fatti 160 in un unico scambio di una partita durata 3h e 45'.

[gianniisnoice]

hewitt and federer had a 40summit ralley and they were exhausted after that, these 2 hardly moved and look like they could go all night!

[ulizinho]

yes. Today it is much more intense.

[urranuss]

they barely even move,how different the game on clay is today

[jdlund]

It's just not that entertaining of a rally. Neither player is being very aggressive. I know that this is the French but come on, show some energy, show some life. Both players seem fairly indifferent to the process.

[Sacredmagicman]

holy

[eliotte123]

The longest women's match occurred between Vicki Nelson-Dunbar and Jean Hepner in 1984 lasting 6 hours and 31 minutes with Nelson-Dunbar winning 6-4, 7-6 (11). One point lasted 643 strokes and 29 minutes.[5]

[aczzz01]

wtf???????????

[alanmoroney]

I do not think this is the longest rally at all involving Wilander.

I think in 1987,he had 90+ dshot rallies in the final v Ivan Lendl!

[krogdog]

je danse le mia

[Miguelborg]

What's the idea!!!! Why the hell the video is in "fast forward"??????

[chapaev36]

Yes, it's impossible to enjoy this rally with this format. I don't know what the point is.

[tryder1991]

@Miguelborg because it would have taken 28 minutes otherwise, would you be able to watch one rally for 28 minutes lol

[Miguelborg]

@tryder1991 28 minutes for ONE POINT???????? come on!!!!!!!! it's impossible...

[tryder1991]

@Miguelborg seriously, that rally took 28 minutes, longest rally in history of tennis

[LyricalWax]

@tryder1991 that is the dumbest thing I've heard, you're saying it took 30 seconds per shot?

28 minute rally, lol.

[tryder1991]

@LyricalWax haha i commented on the wrong video, i had both on at the same time i think, i meant to comment on the nelson-dunbar vs hepnar match that had a rally of over 28 minutes lol, my bad :D

[rubenkmkc]

vilas=got

[jordanaus75]

The reason the rallies are slower in the early 80's is because the improved racket technology today allows Nadal to hit so much harder. Give Nadal the same racket Wilander had in this match and I'm betting Nadal's game would look far different. I often wonder if Sampras and Agassi would have been as successful with their powerful hitting games if they had used the rackets of the mid 80's.

[Samprasisthebest]

Don't know about Agassi, but Sampras used an eighties racket. The Wilson Prostaff 6.0 that he used wasn't very easy to use, and was quite heavy.

[jordanaus75]

Yes Sampras' racket was from the late eighties,certainly not the era where this footage was taken though. Agassi started out with a Prince from the late eighties too which allowed him to hit the ball incredibly hard. While not attempting to discredit the wonderful talent and record of either Sampras or Agassi, they earmarked the assension of the power player due to racket technology which ended the emergence of touch or cerebral type players (the Wilanders, Edbergs, Mecirs, McEnroes).

[Samprasisthebest]

You make a good point.

[jkygogo]

Don't agree. Mats Wilander, Stefan Edberg both played with the power players of Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl and beat them. They won their titles during that power period of Tennis.

Peace.

[quiet1234]

Mats didnt beat sampras when pete was the pistol, he beat him in 1990 in sydney, almost 1 year before the uso victory. Edberg, he beat pete alot when pete was still developing too, but he was still a great player and pushed pete when pete first got near the top and even when pete was number 1

[jkygogo]

Also Boris Becker and others like Jim Courier And Andre Agassi.

Respect

[gallagherii]

Even nadal couldnt hit his drive with that grip with de 80's raquets.

[fcshahzaib]

yeah and i am wondering would federer be as successful. Give those boots, those fast surfaces, rackets, medical advancements and players like roddick and hewitt to Laver, Borg, Mcenroe, connors, lendl, tilden, and countless others and then they ll show you whats tennis.

See thats the problem. tennis has changed so much unlike any other sport that u cant compare players. I laugh at ppl who say fed is the best ever, or samp or laver is the best ever. Cuz u can compare cuz of all the variables.

[chapaev36]

Not only hit harder but with more wrist action and thus greater racquet speed. Now, this doesn't mean that guys couldn't generate as much racquet speed 25 years ago as they do today - rather, if they hit then as they hit now (with the technology they were accustomed to) the ball wouldn't land in fair territory.

[krosero]

Lendl and Nystrom got to over 100 strokes at Roland Garros in 1987.

[Nat395]

no. borg vs. villas was 86 shots. it was at the french open somewhere in the 70s i think.

[HeartBreakKid1987]

This was NOT the longest rally ever!!!!!

[TropicalBuddha]

I prefer watching Nadal on clay, with faster shots, than the slower rallies of the early 80's

[gabic83]

who cares?

[TropicalBuddha]

Please learn to be a little more constructive, than making such meaningless comments.

[gabic83]

jajaj you are so right

[marcus25121974]

to "tropical": have you ever played tennis? have you ever tried the old sweet wooden racket?

[xedvux]

Was this longer than Borg vs. Vilas?

Wilander apologised to the crowd after winning for the long rallies.