LONDON, June 21 (Reuters) - Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic equalled the world record for aces in a single match with 51 at Wimbledon on Tuesday but still ended up a 6-7 7-6 3-6 7-6 12-10 loser in his first round clash with Daniele Bracciali.

Karlovic, at 6ft 10ins (2.08m) the tallest player in professional tennis, matched the number of clean service winners served up by Joachim Johansson at the Australian Open earlier this year.

Karlovic’s tally was a Wimbledon record, beating that jointly held by his compatriot Goran Ivanisevic and Australian Mark Philippousis, who hit 46 in 1997 and 2003 respectively.

Another great inspirational tall person of our time is Ivo Karlovic.

Sadly Andy Roddick just beat Croatian Ivo Karlovic in the Stella Artois title with a tight 7-6 7-6 victory. Roddick said: “Ivo’s serve is probably the biggest weapon in tennis… that was not fun at times.”

Karlovic, at 6ft 10ins is the tallest man in professional tennis. Fingers crossed him for him during Wimbledon.

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