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Longest tennis match records
Longest tennis match records: John Isner d. Nicolas Mahut, Wimbledon 2010, 11h 5m, 183 games, 70-68, over three days. Also longest doubles (Berdych/Rosol, 7h 2m, Davis Cup 2013), Davis Cup singles (Mayer d. Souza, 6h 43m), and women's (Nelson-Dunbar d. Hepner, 6h 31m) records; final-set tie-breaks since 2022 make the record unbreakable at majors.
Lorenzo Musetti
Lorenzo Musetti, Italian tennis player born 2002 in Carrara, former junior No. 1, career-high ATP No. 5, two 2022 titles, 2024 Olympic bronze, one-handed backhand.
Lorenzo Sonego
Lorenzo Sonego, Italian tennis player born 1995 in Turin; four ATP singles titles (Antalya, Cagliari, Metz, Winston-Salem), career-high No. 21, 2025 Australian Open quarterfinalist, 2023 Davis Cup winner with Italy.
Louis Raymond
Louis Bosman Raymond (1895–1962), South African tennis player; won men's singles gold at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics beating Japan's Ichiya Kumagae, six-time South African champion, Wimbledon semifinalist 1924, Davis Cup player 1919–31.
Lucas Pouille
Lucas Pouille, French tennis player (born 1994, Grande-Synthe), former world No. 10, five ATP titles, 2019 Australian Open semifinalist, clinched France's 2017 Davis Cup; career derailed by elbow injury and Achilles rupture.
Lucie Šafářová
Lucie Šafářová (born 1987, Brno) is a retired Czech tennis player, 2015 French Open singles finalist, former world No. 1 in doubles, winner of five Grand Slam doubles titles with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medalist.
Mackenzie McDonald
Mackenzie McDonald (Michael Mackenzie Lowe McDonald, "Mackie"), American tennis player born 1995 in Piedmont, California. UCLA's 2016 NCAA singles and doubles champion; career-high ATP No. 37; defeated Rafael Nadal at the 2023 Australian Open.
Madison Keys
Madison Keys (born 1995) is an American tennis player, 2025 Australian Open champion (beat Sabalenka 6-3 2-6 7-5), 2017 US Open runner-up, coached by husband Bjorn Fratangelo.
Madrid Open (tennis)
Mutua Madrid Open: combined ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 clay tournament at the Caja Mágica, Madrid, since 2009 (indoor hard court 2002-08); 655 m altitude, fastest clay on tour; Nadal and Kvitova/Sabalenka lead titles.
Magda Linette
Magda Linette, Polish tennis player born 1992 in Poznan; career-high No. 19 (2023), three WTA singles titles, 2023 Australian Open semifinalist, 2020 WTA Shot of the Year winner.
Mahesh Bhupathi (మహేష్ శ్రీనివాస్ భూపతి)
Mahesh Bhupathi (మహేష్ శ్రీనివాస్ భూపతి, Hesh), born 1974 Chennai, Indian doubles tennis great; first Indian Grand Slam winner (1997 French Open mixed), world No. 1 doubles 1999, 52 ATP titles, 'Indian Express' partner of Leander Paes.
MaliVai Washington
MaliVai Washington, American tennis player (ATP 1989-1999), career-high No. 11, four ATP titles, 1996 Wimbledon finalist losing to Krajicek; founded MaliVai Washington Youth Foundation in Jacksonville, Florida.
Mansour Bahrami (منصور بهرامی)
Mansour Bahrami (منصور بهرامی), born 1956 in Tehran, is an Iranian-French former tennis pro, world No. 31 in 1987 and 1989 Roland Garros doubles finalist, famed for self-taught trick shots on the senior tour.
Marat Safin (Марат Мубинович Сафин)
Marat Safin (Марат Сафин), Russian tennis player, world No. 1 (2000), winner of the 2000 US Open and 2005 Australian Open, 15 ATP titles, Davis Cup champion 2002 and 2006, Hall of Famer, later a Russian parliament member.
Marc Rosset
Marc Rosset (born 1970, Geneva) is a Swiss former tennis player, professional 1988-2005, who won the 1992 Barcelona Olympic singles gold over Jordi Arrese, the 1992 French Open doubles with Jakob Hlasek, and reached No. 9 in singles in 1995.
Marcos Baghdatis
Marcos Baghdatis (Μάρκος Παγδατής), Cypriot tennis player, 2006 Australian Open finalist and Wimbledon semifinalist, career-high No. 8, four ATP titles, retired 2019, later coached Svitolina and Zheng Qinwen.
Mardy Fish
Mardy Fish (born 1981), American former tennis pro, career-high No. 7 in 2011, six ATP singles titles, 2004 Olympic singles silver medalist, retired 2015 US Open, later U.S. Davis Cup captain.
Margaret Court
Margaret Court (née Smith), Australian tennis champion born 1942, holds the all-time records of 24 Grand Slam singles titles and 64 total majors, won the 1970 calendar Grand Slam, and later became a Pentecostal minister.
Maria Kirilenko (Мария Юрьевна Кириленко)
Maria Kirilenko (Мария Юрьевна Кириленко, born 1987, Moscow), Russian tennis player, career-high No. 10 singles and No. 5 doubles, 12 WTA doubles titles, 2012 Olympic doubles bronze with Petrova; distinct from basketball player Andrei Kirilenko.
Maria Sakkari (Μαρία Σάκκαρη)
Maria Sakkari (Μαρία Σάκκαρη) is a Greek professional tennis player who peaked at No. 3 in 2022, finished two straight years in the WTA top 10, and reached the 2026 Athens final.
Maria Sharapova (Мария Юрьевна Шарапова)
Maria Sharapova (Мария Юрьевна Шарапова), Russian tennis champion born 1987 in Nyagan; five Grand Slam titles, career Grand Slam, 2004 Wimbledon win at 17, 15-month meldonium ban, retired 2020, Hall of Fame 2025.
Marin Čilić
Marin Čilić, Croatian tennis player born 1988 in Medjugorje, 2014 US Open champion, runner-up at Wimbledon 2017 and Australian Open 2018, career-high No. 3 in January 2018, 21 ATP titles, Davis Cup winner 2018.
Mario Tennis
Mario Tennis: Camelot-developed arcade tennis series starring Mario characters, from Mario's Tennis (Virtual Boy, 1995) through Mario Tennis Aces (2018) to Mario Tennis Fever (2026), known for two-button shot control, Power Shots, and Zone Shot racket-breakage mechanics.
Mario Tennis Aces
Mario Tennis Aces (Mario Tennis Aces) is a 2018 Camelot-developed Nintendo Switch arcade tennis game, the eighth Mario Tennis entry, known for Zone Shots, Zone Speed, Trick Shots, breakable rackets, and Adventure Mode; Metascore 75.
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli, French tennis player, 2013 Wimbledon singles champion and former world No. 7, known for her rare two-handed forehand and backhand; retired 2013, later coach of Jelena Ostapenko and broadcaster.
Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles, born 1971 in Nassau, Bahamas, is a former ATP doubles world No. 1 who won 55 doubles titles, three men's doubles Grand Slams with Daniel Nestor, and the 2009 Wimbledon mixed doubles, later coaching Jessica Pegula.
Mark Philippoussis
Mark Philippoussis, "The Scud", Australian tennis player born 1976 in Melbourne; world No. 8, 11 ATP titles, 1998 US Open and 2003 Wimbledon finalist, two-time Davis Cup champion (1999, 2003), three-time Olympian.
Mark Woodforde
Mark Woodforde (born 1965, Adelaide) is an Australian left-handed tennis player, half of "The Woodies" with Todd Woodbridge; 11 Grand Slam doubles titles together, six Wimbledons, Olympic gold 1996 and silver 2000, later coach and ITF Davis Cup Committee chair.
Markéta Vondroušová
Markéta Vondroušová, Czech left-handed tennis player born 1999; 2023 Wimbledon champion as the first unseeded women's winner of the Open Era, 2019 French Open finalist, Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medalist, later given a four-year ITIA doping suspension.
Marta Kostyuk (Марта Олегівна Костюк)
Marta Kostyuk (Марта Костюк), Ukrainian tennis player born 2002 in Kyiv; 2017 Australian Open junior champion, WTA titles at Austin, Rouen, and Madrid 2026, Grand Slam semifinalist at Roland Garros and Wimbledon 2026, career-high No. 10.