26. On June 22, 2010, Isner and Mahut took to the court in an unanticipated first round clash. Barely any attention was paid to them, partly because they were scheduled to play where?
From Quiz Isner/Mahut: Greatest Match Ever!
Answer:
Court 18
Court 18 is one of the outer courts at the All-England Club, and even though it's better than the small show courts traditionally reserved for doubles or juniors matches, the accommodations are nothing like those found on Centre Court or Court 1. One major detriment to the match's location was that an automatic line-calling system ("Hawkeye" to tennis fans) was not present on the outer Wimbledon courts. That meant that, as the match progressed, players were forced to abide with the umpire's line calls and couldn't issue a challenge. There were no McEnroe-level temper tantrums, but questionable calls arose on both sides, as they will in any important match.
After the epic Wimbledon final between Federer and Nadal in 2008, the All-England Club installed a roof over Centre Court to prevent such rain delays from occurring again. In the first two years of competition, the roof was fairly useless, because rain mysteriously vanished from the typically-wet grounds in June. In a first round match between Olivier Rochus and Novak Djokovic in 2010, their match was moved to Centre after sundown to allow them to finish in a lighted arena. No such arrangements could be made for Isner and Mahut, stranded on lonely Court 18.
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