Historic Tennis Matches

Black and white images showcasing male tennis players in action at various tournaments, featuring vintage sports attire and enthusiastic spectators.

Tony Trabert (U.S.A.) moves to the net to return a ball from Davidson in the Davis Cup 1954 inter-zone final in Brisbane today 17/12/54. Set as is on the baseline. Facing the camera are Davidson (left) and Bergelin. December 20, 1954. (Photo by The Telegraph Newspapers Ltd.).

Anefo photo collection. Dutch Tennis Championships 1968, Scheveningen. Jan Hajer (photo) plays against Tom Okker. 13 August 1968. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. International Tennis Tournament, Amsterdam Okker, Action. May 25, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Tennis, Davis Cupplowen Netherlands and Rhodesie in Tennispark Klein Switzerland in The Hague, Tom Okker Action. 25 April 1965. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Dutch Tennis Championships Mets jobs. 12 August 1964. Scheveningen, South Holland

Tony Trabert (U.S.A.) moves to the net to return a ball from Davidson in the Davis Cup 1954 inter-zone final in Brisbane today 17/12/54. Set as is on the baseline. Facing the camera are Davidson (left) and Bergelin. December 20, 1954. (Photo by The Telegraph Newspapers Ltd.).

Anefo photo collection. National Championships, Scheveningen, continued 237490; Nr. 19: M. Scissors in action, no. 20: Miss Stove in Action /. August 13, 1970. Scheveningen, South Holland

Fighting To Play in the Final - Eric Sturgess of South Africa speeds acrossthe Centre Court after the ball during his Men's Singles semi-final against Australian Ken McGregor at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships.McGregor won the first set 6-1.The winner will meet the winner of the other semi final between Americans Savitt and Flam. July 04, 1951.

South African Champion Reaches Wimbledon Semi-Final - Eric Sturgess (South Africa) in play against Frank Parker (U.S.A.), whom he defeated in the quarter-finals of the men's singles championship at Wimbledon today (Monday).Eric Sturgess, South African Champion, qualified for the semi-final of the men's singles lawn tennis championships at Wimbledon (London) today (Monday) by defeating Frank Parker (U.S.A.) 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3. Parker, who has won the French Championship for the past two years, was greatly fancied. June 27, 1949.

Anefo photo collection. Dutch tennis championships Jan Hajer in action (training). August 11, 1964

Anefo photo collection. Davis-cup the Netherlands, Jan Hager in Aktie. April 29, 1966

Eric Sturgess. January 01, 1950.

Anefo photo collection. National Tennis Championships in Scheveningen; Kampioe marijke scissors in action. August 18, 1974. Scheveningen, South Holland

The No. 1 Seed Beaten: H. Flam (USA), ranked as No. 2 seen in play on the Centre Court at Wimbledon when he won his quarter final match against Australia's Sedgman, the No. 1 "seed". July 2, 1951.

Anefo photo collection. International tennis tournament milk house, quarterfinals; Loek Sanders in action. July 15, 1977

Action In Long Wood Bowl Doubles -- Norman Bickel (left rear) and his partner, Frank ***** of Chicago, playing Adrian Quist (wearing shorts) and Jack Craweord of Australia, in the semi-finals of the doubles event at the annual Longwood Bowl Tennis Tournament, July 21. Quist and Crawford Won, 8-6, 6-4. July 21, 1939. (Photo by Acme)

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

G. Worthington (tennis). November 19, 1947.

Anefo photo collection. Tennis matches on the Mets jobs in Scheveningen. Tom Okker in action. July 6, 1969. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Tennis Championship in the Netherlands in Hilversum, Tom Okker in action. July 22, 1965. Hilversum, the Netherlands

Budge Patty (USA). July 03, 1947. (Photo by Overseas Telecommunications Commission, (Aust.))

John Bromwich. May 28, 1947.

Anefo photo collection. Tennis tournament in Hilversum, the Dutch Evert Schneid in action. July 19, 1965. Hilversum

Nancye Wynne (Victoria) at practice. March 06, 1939.

Anefo photo collection. International tennis championships at Melkhuisje in Hilversum, Betty Stove in action. July 26, 1971. Hilversum

Nancy Bolton - Victoria. November 16, 1936.

Anefo photo collection. National tennis championships in Scheveningen; T. Zwaan. August 16, 1974. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. International tennis tournament in Hilversum (t Milkhuisje Margaret Court in Action. August 2, 1970. Hilversum

Australian John Cooper (facing camera) returns service ball by Keishiro Yamagi (foreground) during the first of the two singles matches of the "A" section of the Davis is cup Eastern Zone at the Denen Colliseum court here 4/23. Yamagi defeated Cooper 3-2. April 23, 1935. (Photo by UPI)

Anefo photo collection. Dutch Tennis Championships Scheveningen .. August 12, 1967. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. International Tennis Championships Milk House, the Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau in Aktie. July 18, 1973. Hilversum

Your Cameraman again "British news Photographer of the year".Photo Shows: One of the pictures in the winning portfolio. Gloria Butler, United States Tennis player, in action at Wimbledon. December 18, 1951. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd).

Australian Victor In Wimbledon TennisMrs. H.W. Bolton of Australia in play against Britain's Mrs. J. Coles, whom she defeated 6-1, 6-0 in the first day's play in the women's singles championship matches at Wimbledon London. June 24, 1947.

Anefo photo collection. National tennis championships on the Mets tennis courts 1975. Fleury in action. August 14, 1975. Scheveningen, South Holland

Their Winning Ways - Australians Ken McGregor (left) and partner F.A. Sedgman in play against Americans Budge Patty and "Ham" Richardson during the men's doubles at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships. The Australians won the Centre Court battle 6-4, 6-2, 6-3. July 06, 1951.

05/24/2022. May 1936. Gottfried Von Cramm in a Davis Cup match between the teams of Spain and Germany.

She tried, she failed, she went the way of all the others who have played against Maureen Connolly at Wimbledon.Shirley Fry makes a long leg to get to yet another ball that got away. July 13, 1953.

Fred Perry, 1934. Artist: London News Agency

Anefo photo collection. National tennis championships on the Mets tennis courts. Eric Wilberts in Aktie. 12 August 1981. The Hague, South Holland

United States Crowns New Tennis Champions :For years, Victor Seixas and Doris Hart, outstanding U.S. tennis players, have striven to attain the ambition of their lives - the tennis championship of the United States. In early September 1954, their dreams were finally realised at the Forest Hills, New York, courts. Seixas defeated Australia's Rex Hartwig and Miss Hart defeated Louis Brough of the United States.Seixas makes a nice backhand return to Hartwig in the first set of the finals at Forest Hills. Seixas, who many U.S. tennis experts thought had passed his peak as a player, won the finals, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. February 04, 1955. (Photo by United States Information Center).

Seixas drives to McGregor playing at net. Trabert is in right hand corner and Sedgman in the left. January 05, 1952. (Photo by The News and The Mail).

Anefo photo collection. National Tennis Championships on Maschances, Jan Hordi in Aktie. August 9, 1966

Anefo photo collection. Tennis Davis Cup Netherlands against Romania, Fleury in Action. May 20, 1973. The Netherlands, Romania

Anefo photo collection. Tennis Davis Cup Dutch South Africa, Jan Hajer against Hewitt. May 6, 1967

Anefo photo collection. Tennis in Hilversum, Jan Hajer in action. July 20, 1965. Hilversum

Davis Cup Match in Paris.The Davis Cup has been won by England, the first time they have held it since 1912. Our picture shows Perry (nearest camera) playing Cochet, which the Englishman won 8-10, 6-4, 8-6, 3-6, 6-1. September 11, 1933.

Anefo photo collection. Davis-Cup Netherlands, Tom Okker in Aktie. April 29, 1966

Wimbledon Tennis Championships -- Seventh Day - Men's Singles Quarter finals.The Danish player, Kurt Nielsen, seen after he had just beaten Ken Rosewall of Australia. Nielsen won 7-5, 4-6, 6-8, 6-0, 6-2. June 29, 1953. (Photo by Daily Mail Contract Picture).

Anefo photo collection. Metz Tennis Championships Metzbanen First Round Loek Sanders in Aktie. August 10, 1976

Trabert follows his service to the net and volleys the return with Seixas alert. This was the successful pattern of the Americans' play. December 31, 1953.

Anefo photo collection. National Tennis Championships in Scheveningen. Piet van Eysden in Aktie. August 8, 1967. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Davis Cup The Netherlands Against Hungary, Tom Okker Against Gulyas, action. May 1, 1964. Hungary, the Netherlands

Anefo photo collection. Tennis in Hilversum, McMillan (ZA) in action with white cap. July 20, 1965. Hilversum

Anefo photo collection. Dutch Tennis Championships 1968, Scheveningen. Game moment. 13 August 1968. Scheveningen, South Holland

Australian Win... On Doubles Day At Wimbledon : This striking action picture, taken in the fifth exciting set of their match on the Centre Court at Wimbledon here on Doubles Day, shows O.W. Sidwell of Australia, his muscles taut and strained, his face set, as he leaps to smash back a ball to J. Drobny (Czechoslovakia) and Bob Falkenburg (U. S.) while his fellow-Australian partner G.E. Brown looks anxiously on. The Australian won the match - played in temperature reaching into the eighties as the heat wave continues to sweep across Britain - in five sets. June 28, 1949.

Anefo photo collection. Top Tennis Tournament 1969 in Amsterdam Ralston, Action. May 22, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

High angle view of a young man playing tennis on a tennis court

Reaching High At WimbledonReaching to a high shot during the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament today (Friday) is Jack Arkinstall (Australia) during his singles watch on the centre court against follow countryman, Ken Rosewall. June 26, 1953 . (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Anefo photo collection. Tennis Amsterdam Tonny Roche in Aktie. May 23, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Here's an action shot of Jacques Brichant, of Belgium, who sent United states Davis Cup hopes plunging downward today as he defeated Vic Siexas, 6-3, 11-9, 2-6, 6-1, in the second singles match of the U.S. - Belgium interzone finals at Brisbane, Australia. this shows Brichant in action in the All-England lawn tennis championships at Wimbledon, England, in June of 1949. December 17, 1953. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Anefo photo collection. Tennis Davis-Cup Netherlands against Romania in The Hague, the Romanian Nastase in Action. May 18, 1973. The Hague, the Netherlands, Romania

Wimbledon Tennis Championship, J.E. Bromwich (Australia) in play against E. Seixas (U. S. A) on the Centre Court this Afternoon..... July 01, 1950. (Photo by S. Beadell, Paul Popper Ltd.)

Anefo photo collection. Tennis Championships on the Metabaries, Command General Dagblad, Lagendaal. August 11, 1965

Anefo photo collection. National Tennis Championships in Scheveningen. Judith Salome in Aktie. August 7, 1967. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Tennis Championships, Trudy Groenman in action. August 10, 1965

Sport - Tennis - Davis Cup - 1955.Lew Hoad and Tony Trabert 1954... the spoils went to the genial American. February 04, 1955.

Anefo photo collection. International tennis championships in Hilversum, the Dutchman Jan Barth in Aktie. July 18, 1966. Hilversum

Anefo photo collection. Mets-Tennis Tournament Dutch Championships; Van Boeckel action. August 5, 1986

Anefo photo collection. Tennis Netherlands against Canada for the Davis Cup in Scheveningen Jan Hordijk in Aktie. May 9, 1969. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Tennis championships Scheveningen. August 23, 1953. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Tennis championships, Jan Hajer in action. 12 August 1965

Anefo photo collection. Tennis in Buitenveldert. Tom Okker in Action against Mandarino. May 23, 1968. Buitenveldert

Anefo photo collection. International tennis championships in Hilversum. July 18, 1966. Hilversum

Davis Cup Squad 1953 - Tennis. December 31, 1953.

Anefo photo collection. Student tennis championships. Henny van Rijn in Aktie. May 28, 1963. Leiden, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Dutch Tennis Championships 1968. Tom Okker in action. August 14, 1968. Scheveningen, South Holland

Sweden's S. Davidson completes a back hand strike in his men's singles match against Australia's I.G. Ayre, whom he beat at the Wimbledon, London, Tennis Championships today (Saturday). June 26, 1953.

M.Connelly defeats Miss Taylor. November 17, 1952.

"Little Mo" Wins Again In Mixed Doubles This Time - America's 17-year-old Maureen Connolly partnered by Australia's Mervyn Rose in their mixed doubled match against J. Bartroli (Spain) and Mrs. B. Weddenburn (South Africa) whom they easily beat by 6-1, 6-1 in the Wimbledon lawn tennis Championships. June 25, 1952.

Anefo photo collection. Dutch tennis championship on the Mets jobs in Scheveningen, W. Maris (left) and R. Kuypers. 12 August 1959. Scheveningen, South Holland

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sport tournament in Semarang on the occasion of the farewell of General de Waal through the T-, V, and W-Brigades and B.C. Perkalongan. Tennis. April 12, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

Anefo photo collection. International tennis milk house Hilversum; Michiel Schapers action. July 24, 1985. Hilversum

Torchbearer. Games of the XVII Olympiad. lazio. Rome. Italy 1960.

Anefo photo collection. Dutch Tennis Championships 1971 Scheveningen. 13 August 1971. Scheveningen, South Holland

Gino bramieri, 60s

Anefo photo collection. Final of the international tennis tournament in Hilversum. Brichan, winner of the men's people. August 2, 1959. Hilversum

Anefo photo collection. International badminton championships in Haarlem Oon Chong Hau in Action, winner men just. February 9, 1969. Haarlem

Tennis match. 1957.

Anefo photo collection. Open Dutch Tennis Championships 1969 in Hilversum. Roger Taylor (England) in action. August 2, 1969. Hilversum, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Dutch tennis championship. August 20, 1955

Tom Brown - Tennis. November 24, 1946.

Anefo photo collection. International badminton championships in Haarlem, Alan Parson (South Africa) in action. 13 February 1965. Haarlem, South Africa

Davis Cup Interzone Final Doubles:Washer (Belgium) allows a volley from Trabert (U.S.), right background, to fall out of court as Trabert's partner, Talbert, and Brichant watch tensely. December 22, 1953. (Photo by The Telegraph Feature Service).

10/10/1970. Manolo Orantes during the final of the Spanish tennis championship.

Anefo photo collection. Tennis championships Scheveningen. August 23, 1953. Scheveningen, South Holland

Nervous female tennis player (EV003462_H)

Anefo photo collection. National Tennis Championships on Mets jobs in Scheveningen: T. Groenman, Action. 12 August 1969. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. National Tennis Championships, Scheveningen; Peter Soeters in Aktie. August 14, 1974. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. International tennis tournament Milkhuisje 1979. Taroczy in action against Sanders. July 26, 1979. Hilversum, Noord-Holland

Elsevier photo collection. Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus were present at the Davis Cup competition in the Netherlands - South Africa. In the foreground Cliff Drysdale with his double-handed backhand. 14 May 1966. Scheveningen

Anefo photo collection. Daviscup competitions. Burgert. June 2, 1961

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