Tennis Collection

Discovery of a Dandelion on Centre Court
The crowd, groundsmen, officials and players on the Centre Court of Wimbledon are astonished to discover the presence of a cheeky dandelion on the court

Windsor Real Tennis 1500
Real tennis is played at Windsor Castle, during the reign of Henry VII

Reids Palace Hotel advertisement
Reids Palace Hotel in Madeira, boasting happy sunny days, no rain, no dust...unequalled private sea-bathing, afternoon and evening open air dances, childrens seawater pool, 100 bathing cabins

The Italian tennis team captain Adriano Panatta at the Davis Cup playoff, Seul, Korea 1987

Babar, king of the elephants, and Celeste playing tennis at Celesteville. Illustration from one of Jean de Brunhoffs
BABAR THE ELEPHANT, 1930s. Babar, king of the elephants, and Celeste playing tennis at Celesteville. Illustration from one of Jean de Brunhoffs Babar books, 1930s

The Tennis Championships at Wimbledon
The Tennis fortnight at Wimbledon is for many the most thrilling period of the summer season. All roads to Wimbledon are literally crowded with tennis enthusiasts moving towards the great concrete

Borley Rectory 1890S
Borley Rectory at the time of Harry Bulls occupancy : the garden front, the Bull family enjoying a game of tennis

ARTHUR ASHE (1943-1993). American tennis player. Photographed during his match against Jimmy Connors in the mens singles final at Wimbledon, won by Ashe in four sets, 5 July 1975

Real Tennis & Racquets
The racquets used to play the game are depicted below a match in progress. Date: 1771

Wimbledon tennis complex, UK
Wimbledon tennis complex, aerial photograph. This complex is host to the Wimbledon tennis championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world

Real Tennis in Paris
The last jeu de paume in Paris, Passage Cendrier

Playing Table Tennis - Edwardian - Etiquette
I am not sure whether it is my turn. (to write the postcard or to serve!!) A smart Gentleman makes a courteous enquiry to his glamorous young female table tennis companion. Date: circa 1904

All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Art
Oil painting of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, home of the Wimbledon Championships, 1922 - current day. Centre Court Capacity 15, 000, Court No1 capacity 11, 500

Old Harry Rocks, The Foreland or Handfast Point, Studland, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

You Cannot Be Serious! John McEnroe 1981
You Cannot Be Serious! John McEnroe at Wimbledon 1981

Real Tennis at Lord s
A match is played at Lords Court, London. Date: circa 1860

Virginia Wade wins Wimbledon
Virginia Wade, tennisplayer holds Wimbledon trophy after winning womens title, while Queen Elizabeth II looks on, 1977

Jimmy Connors, in action at Wimbledon, 1982

Playtime at Wimbledon. by William Heath Robinson
The new craze of Jazz Tennis caught in full swing by our extra special artist. A humorous illustration of tennis players dancing the foxtrot on a tennis court

Aerial view of Wimbledon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Bjorn Borg in action at Wimbledon 1977. He won the title that year for the second time

Empty tennis court at Choi Hung Estate, one of the oldest public housing estates in Hong Kong, Wong Tai Sin District, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Aerial image of Centre Court and Number 1 Court, All-England Club (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club), Wimbledon, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Poster, Beaulieu sur Mer, French Riviera. Date: circa 1930

Frank Riseley
Frank Lorymer Riseley (1877 - 1959), British tennis player. Date: 1904

Tennis-Monaco
View over the tennis at Monte-Carlo ATP Masters Series in Monaco. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE

Stefan Edberg - 1988 Wimbledon Championships
Tennis - 1988 Wimbledon Championships - Mens Singles Final Swedens Stefan Edberg on his way to his 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-2 victory over West Germanys Boris Becker on Centre Court

BILLIE JEAN KING. American tennis player. Photographed during the San Francisco tennis tournament in January 1974

1971 Wimbledon Champion John Newcombe
Tennis All England Tennis Championships - Wimbledon John Newcombe (AUS) celebrates with the Wimbledon Trophy after beating Stan Smith in the Mens Singles Final 03/07/1971 Credit: Colorsport

Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878 - 1960), English tennis player and seven time winner of the ladies singles title at Wimbledon between 1903 and 1914

Tennis / Mixed Doubles
Mixed doubles in the grounds of a stately home

Table Tennis Team Red
Rosi Feist

Stefan Edberg - 1988 Wimbledon Champion
Tennis - 1988 Wimbledon Championships - Mens Singles Final Swedens Stefan Edberg kisses the trophy after his 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-2 victory over West Germanys Boris Becker on Centre Court

Monte Carlo advertisement 1931
Stylish advertisement for Monte Carlo on the French Riviera, winter sun destination for the smart and well-heeled, suggesting that you can enjoy both sport

Goodwins toilet soap, 1930s
An advert for Goodwins toilet soap, featuring a smiling young woman holding a tennis racket. 1937-1938

Real Tennis in Italy
Giocco della racchetta - four Italians in a game of real tennis in an indoor court, watched by spectators

Dog - Border collie with tennis balls on court
JD-18558-c Dog - Border collie with tennis balls on court John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Vaslav Nijinsky / Tennis
VASLAV NIJINSKY Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, seen here in his tennis outfit for Jeux

John McEnroe / Wembley
John McEnroe at the Benson and Hedges Championships at Wembley in 1979

CHRISTs COLLEGE 1690
A bird s-eye view of the college showing the chapel, dining hall, library, the Deans lodgings & garden, the kitchen & an area for playing le jeu de paume (real tennis ?)

Ladies Doubles / Wimbledon
Ladies doubles match at Wimbledon

Barclays London Lager advertisement with tennis
Advertisement for Barclays London Lager, showing two refreshing looking glasses ready and waiting for some tennis players who can be seen on a grass court in the distance. Date: 1928

Pigs Playing Tennis 1904
Pigs playing tennis

Garden Ping Pong, 1901
An advertisement for Hamleys ping pong for the garden

Front cover of Tatler featuring Helen Wills Moody
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of tennis champion Helen Wills Moody and her opponent Mrs L. A. Godfree (Kitty Godfree) just prior to the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships

Advert for Dewars White Label Scotch Whisky
No Faults The umpire and a tennis player having a drink of Dewars White Label Scotch Whisky, at the end of the match. 1937

Some English lawn tennis players
A group of English tennis players. From left at top: E. d S. H. Browne, Rev. J. T. Hartley (Wimbledon Champion 1879, 1880), C. W. Grinstead, Miss Maud Watson (Lady Champion, 1884), H. F

Girl Plays Ping Pong
A girl in a flowing pink dress plays ping pong

Old Harry Rocks, The Foreland or Handfast Point, Studland, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Wimbledon Tea Interval
The tea interval : the spectators turn their attention to strawberries and cream

Lyttleton V Saunders 89
A Lyttleton and C Saunders play real tennis at New Princes Club in Knightsbridge, London, which was recently opened by the Prince of Wales

Tennis Chivalry 1930S
A chivalrous gentleman tennis player bows as he shakes the hand of his attractive female opponent over the net!

Making Tennis Racquets
Stringing new tennis racquets at a workshop in Wimbledon, London

Dog - Border collie jumping over tennis net with racquet in mouth
JD-18556 Dog - Border collie jumping over tennis net with racquet in mouth John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Major Walter Clopton Wingfield - devised, developed and popularised the game of lawn tennis in the early 1870s. 1881

Advert for Raoul Shoe Company 1912
French footwear, womens shoes for all occasions, street, town, seaside, tennis, walking, evening and court. 1912

Craven A advertisement - tennis
For your throats sake smoke Craven A. A female tennis player enjoys a smoke in between sets. Date: 1939

Centre Court, Wimbledon
Overhead view of the famous Centre Court at Wimbledon - the Lawn Tennis Championships being one of the highlights of the summer sporting calendar. Date: 1927

Rene Lacoste in play at Wimbledon
Rene Lacoste playing Hubert de Morpurgo in the fifth round of the mens singles. In 1926 and 1927 Lacoste was the top ranked player in the mens game

Empire Hotel, Lowestoft, Suffolk
The Empire Hotel at Lowestoft, Suffolk, opened in 1900. In 1921 it was acquired by the Metropolitan Asylums Board and reopened the following year as a hospital for tuberculosis patients

Lea Pericoli, Italian Tennis Player at Wimbledon 1955

Tennis players Fred Perry and Barrelet de Ricou at London V Paris annual Indoor Lawn Tennis match 1930

The Linesman Who Snored at Wimbledon
A linesman disrupts play at Wimbledon by letting out a loud snore mid-point. 1928

Teddy bear playing tennis. Date: circa 1900s

Tatler cover - Gabrielle Chanel & Alain Gerbault
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a snapshot taken at Eaton Hall, Cheshire seat of the Duke of Westminster, where Alain Gerbault, captain of the Firecrest and French lawn tennis star, was staying

SNCF poster, Chamonix, France, in summer and winter, offering golf, hockey, mountaineering, skiing and tennis. Date: circa 1948

Tennis player Captain A. F. Wilding in caricature
New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding, Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913. His championship run came to an end in 1914 when he was beaten by Australian, N. E

Tennis-playing brunette beauty prepares to smash
Striking! A tennis-playing brunette beauty prepares to hit a net-side smash shot. It looks like game, set and match for her handsome male companion. Date: early 1940s

Tennis court romance, 1890s or early 1900s
Tennis player distracted by a flirtatious, fashionable woman, circa 1900. Printed color halftone reproduction of an illustration

1960s tennis fashion
Frilly panties by Teddy Tinling, as worn by tennis players in the 1960s. Worn with a navy banded white cardigan by Maxine Leighton

The Ball Boy by George Studdy
Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy sits at the edge of a tennis court and rather naughtily chews his way through a number of tennis balls

Heath Robinson Cartoon
Cartoon, All for Lawn. A few timely suggestions for levelling our lawns in preparation for the coming tennis season. Groundsman flattening grass

Olympics / 1912 / Tennis X4
Tennis: mixed doubles final with Hannam and Dixon v. Aitchison and Roper-Barrett

Wimbledon / Semi-Final 81
Lawford versus Renshaw in the fifth round of the all-comers match at the Lawn Tennis Championship at Wimbledon

Emmanuel College 1690
A bird s-eye view of the college showing the chapel, dining hall, library, the Deans lodgings, gardens, brewery, kitchen & an area for real- tennis or le jeu de paume

Tennis Court Oath
Representatives of the non- privileged classes held a meeting in a tennis court after finding themselves locked out of their usual meeting hall in Versailles

Tennis / Ladies Doubles
A game of womens doubles in a country garden

Evonne Goolagong / Evonne Cawley, tennis player in action at Wimbledon, 1979

Tennis player Ann Haydon Jones in action at Wimbledon
Tennis player Ann Haydon Jones 1968

Tennis: A Hot Rally
A doubles tennis match played at the turn of the 20th century. Artist: George Derville Rowlandson Date: 1902

Ping Pong at Denham Court
A game of ping pong (table tennis) in progress inside Denham Court, Denham, Buckinghamshire. Date: circa 1904

Tennis At Scarborough
1922: The tennis courts at South Cliff, Scarborough, north Yorkshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Dolly Sisters and Pearl White, location unknown, 1920s 1920s

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"Experience the Grandeur of Tennis at Reids Palace Hotel: A Spectacular Blend of Luxury and Sport" Indulge in a world-class tennis experience like no other, as we invite you to witness the elegance and excitement that surrounds this timeless sport. From the prestigious Tennis Championships at Wimbledon to the enchanting illustrations of Babar playing tennis in Celesteville, it has captivated hearts across generations. Transport yourself back to the 1930s with Jean de Brunhoff's iconic Babar books, where even elephants engage in friendly matches on lush green courts. Immerse yourself in their whimsical world as they showcase their agility and grace while swinging rackets amidst laughter and joy. But it's not just about fictional tales; real-life moments have also shaped the history of tennis. Picture Centre Court at Wimbledon adorned with delicate dandelions, adding a touch of nature's beauty to an already breathtaking setting. And let us not forget Paris, where Real Tennis takes center stage, captivating spectators with its rich heritage and intense gameplay. Step into our very own Wimbledon tennis complex here in the UK – a haven for both professionals and enthusiasts alike. Marvel at aerial views capturing Centre Court and Number 1 Court from above, showcasing these hallowed grounds where legends are made. Delve deeper into history as we journey back to Borley Rectory in the 1890s – a place where passion for tennis thrived long before modern stadiums stood tall. Witness how this beloved sport has evolved over time yet retained its essence throughout centuries. Remember John McEnroe's infamous outburst? Relive that moment when he exclaimed "You Cannot Be Serious. " during his heated match in 1981 – forever etching his name into tennis folklore. From traditional racquets to table tennis etiquette during Edwardian times, explore every facet of this versatile game that transcends boundaries. Whether it be Monaco or any corner of the globe, tennis unites people, cultures, and passions.