Historic Tennis Matches

Black and white images of tennis players in action during various matches, showcasing athleticism and competitive spirit in classic styles from the mid-20th century.

Fair Ball In Davis Cup Doubles Match -- Colin Long (left) of the Australian team returns a hard shot at Gardnar Mulloy's feet as Mulloy's partner, Billy Talbert (center Background), watches the play in the third set of Davis Cup doubles match at Forest Hills, N.Y., Sept.5. The American team clinched the Davis Cup for the 14th time by winning the doubles match in four sets, 9-6, 9-7, 2-6, 7-5, after Victories, Sept. 4, in both of the opening singles matches. November 01, 1951. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Tennis on Metzbanen Scheveningen, 25, 26, Betty Stove, 27, 28, Francoise Durs. July 4, 1976. Scheveningen, South Holland

Vic Seixas & Lewis Hoad. February 11, 1954.

Bromwich Downs Parker In Davis Cup MatchHaverford, PA. - Frank Parker Of Milwaukee (Left) Shaking Hands With Jack Bromwich Of Australia At The Merion Cricket Club Here Sept. 4th. Bromwich Downed Parker In Straight Sets To Clinch The Davis Cup For Australia. In Their Tennis Singles Match Here. April 09, 1939. (Photo by ACME News Pictures, Inc.)

H. Cochet. January 12, 1936.

Anefo photo collection. Tennis Championship of the Netherlands Fredy Marinkelle and Betty Stove. August 13, 1962. The Netherlands

Champion In Final Again - Miss Maureen Connolly (right) the champion, and Miss Shirley Fry pictured before the start of their semi-final match at Wimbledon this afternoon. Miss Connolly won. July 2, 1953.

Anefo photo collection. Tennis matches in Noordwijk. July 17, 1948. Noordwijk

Seixas & Sedgeman after 1952 Davis Cup match. January 05, 1952. (Photo by The News and The Mail).

Anefo photo collection. National Tennis Championships Scheveningen; Finals Fred Hemmes in Aktie. August 15, 1976. Scheveningen, South Holland

Kramer shows Californians Bob Perry, 14, Allen Cleveland, 13, Herb Flam, 18, how he does it. Flam is National Junior champion; Perry, Cleveland seek National Boys' title. July 13, 1951.

1955 All England Lawn Tennis Championships At Wimbledon: Final Of Ladies Singles.Photograph Shows: Louise Brough bites her racket in ***** as she makes a poor shot during the fast exciting match of the ladies Singles final in which she beat fellow American Mrs. Beverly Fleitz to win the title for the fourth time. She was also Wimbledon champion from 1948 to 1950. July 02, 1955. (Photo by Fox Photos)

Anefo photo collection. International badminton competitions in Duinwijckhal Haarlem game moment. February 15, 1970. Haarlem

Anefo photo collection. National Tennis Championships Scheveningen; FINALES ELLIE Kessies Apple in Aktie. August 15, 1976. Scheveningen, South Holland

Jack Crawford N.S.W. Tennis Player. December 09, 1945.

Model Release. Ron Barrett. Joan Newman. Vintage Photograph. A couple in postion to play doubles tennis.

Anefo photo collection. International tennis championships 1975 at the milk house in Hilversum. Pecci from Paraguay in action. July 17, 1975. Hilversum-Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. National Tennis Championships Scheveningen; Elly Versiers Appel in action. August 9, 1978. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. International tennis championships Hilversum, Hewitt congratulates OKker. July 24, 1966. Hilversum

Anefo photo collection. Tennis tournament the milk house; Tom Okker in action. July 25, 1978

Anefo photo collection. Badminton. April 15, 1967

Northern England open Lawn Tennis Tournament at Manchester.Doris Hart shakes hands with Jean Forbes after Doris had beaten her. June 15, 1955.

Anefo photo collection. International tennis championships 1975 at the milk house in Hilversum. The Argentinian Vilas in action. July 17, 1975. Hilversum, Noord-Holland

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

Anefo photo collection. National tennis championships on the Mets tennis courts 1975. Apple in action. 12 August 1975. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Tennis Championships Mets jobs; Annelous Schothorst in action. August 11, 1978

Perry Beats Cocket In Singles Of The Davis Cup Finals.Perry leaving the courts after his victory over dochet. Rene Laceste ex-champion is shown on left. July 20, 1933. (Photo by ACME News Pictures, Inc.).

Vintage Photograph. A girl jumping to hit tennis ball.

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

Anefo photo collection. Tennis championship in the Netherlands, Tom Okker and Jan Hajer honoring with cup. August 16, 1964. The Netherlands

lezione collettiva di tennis, 1958

Anefo photo collection. National Tennis Championships in Scheveningen. Els Veentjes (Spruyt) in Action. August 7, 1967. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Dutch Tennis Championships in Scheveningen, E. Siemons in Aktie. August 14, 1972. Scheveningen, South Holland

Dan Maskell (1908 - 1992), British tennis player, coach and later universally loved Wimbledon commentator. Pictured showing Miss Mary Hardwick and Miss Kay Stammers the correct method of delivering a half-volley. Date: 1937

Anefo photo collection. unknown . National Tennis Championships Chalk (L). Van Meegeren. August 14, 1961

Black and white photograph of different sportsmen in France before the start of WWII; tennis champion Christian Boussus (1908-2003), in action in a tennis match.

Anefo photo collection. International tennis championships milk house; Loek Sanders in action. July 21, 1981

Anefo photo collection. ABN tennis tournament in Rotterdam; Vitas Gerulaitis in action. April 5, 1978. Rotterdam, South Holland

The Davis Cup. Great Britain V France At Wimbledon. -- B. Destremau (France) in play against A. J. Mottram (Gt. Britain) this afternoon.The International Lawn Tennis Championship 1951-Festival of British-took place today at the All England Club, Wimbledon, where Great Britain played France in the second round match. May 19, 1951. (Photo by Fox Photos).

Young woman playing tennis on a tennis court

Anefo photo collection. Dutch Championships Table tennis in Utrecht, Bettine Vriesekoop in Aktie. 15 March 1981. Utrecht

Anefo photo collection. Tennis Netherlands against Germany in Venlo, Mrs. Rouwenhorst (left) and Mrs. J. Pohmann (right). 25 August 1957. Germany, the Netherlands, Venlo

Lawn Tennis Championships At Wimbledon -- J. Borotra (France) in play. August 26, 1949. (Photo by Central News).

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

Anefo photo collection. Willem Maris Dutch Champion at the Dutch Tennis Championships played on the Mets jobs in Scheveningen, to the right of him chairman E.H. Muntz. August 19, 1962. Scheveningen, South Holland

05/10/1975. José Higueras during the Davis Cup Quarterfinal match between the Spanish and United Kingdom teams.

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

07/24/1975. José Higueras during the Davis Cup Qualifying match held in Barcelona between the Spanish and Swedish Teams.

'Little Mo' Plays In New Dress - America's Maureen Connolly - 'Little Mo' wears a new Teddy Tinling designed tennis dress as she plays against Miss Audrey Housley in the Surrey Lawn Tennis Championship here. Yesterday the 17-year-old U.S. champion won her first match in England. She beat Jean Petchell. May 27, 1952. (Photo by Planet News Ltd.)

Anefo photo collection. National Championships Tennis 1979 Scheveningen. Marianne van der Torre in action. August 19, 1979. Scheveningen, South Holland

Mrs. Moody Champion For The Sixth Time: All England Championship At Wimbledon, London, The Finals July 8th -- Mrs. Helen Wills Moody (U.S.A.) the champion, and Miss Dorothy ***** (Gt. Britain) before their great match for the Ladies' Singles *****, won by Mrs. Moody 6-4, 6-8, 6-3. Miss Round put up a great *****, winning a set off Helen, the firsts since 1927. August 14, 1933. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

Frenchman Henri Cochet is now 51 but his all-court game has delighted London enthusiasts. December 1, 1953.

Kim Beazley - Lab. Fremantle. September 22, 1952.

Anefo photo collection. Tennis competition the Netherlands against Switzerland. September 12, 1953

Vintage Photograph. Man and woman wearing white tennis clothes sitting on bench on tennis court outside with rackets

Anefo photo collection. International tennis championships 1975 at the milk house in Hilversum. The Antillean Hose in action. July 15, 1975. Hilversum, Noord-Holland

Southport Stages First All-Professional Tennis TournamentDan Maskell the Wimbledon professional (left) and Martin Plaa (France) who played in the first match of the tournament yesterday.A new departure in first class tennis was seen at Southport yesterday when a three-day international tournament in the North. September 28, 1934.

Wimbledon's First Bombshell:Henri Cochet (right) the French Champion Shaking hands with I.G. Collins (the Scotsman), who defeated him. July 29, 1932.

Anefo photo collection. Tennis Davis Cup Netherlands against Romania in The Hague, Ovics (left) and Okker. May 18, 1973. The Hague, the Netherlands, Romania

Cumberland Club Hard Courts Tournament Held At Hampstead, London.John Arkinstall of Australia in action against G.D. Oakley (G.B.) during their semi-final match, when Oakley defeated Arkinstall 6-3, 2-6 and 6-2. April 18, 1953.

Pfaffman tennis

Anefo photo collection. Wimbledon-Exhibition in Noordwijk. July 3, 1955. Noordwijk, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Tennis: The Netherlands against Greece. The participants Maris, van Eysden, Hajer, Kalyvas, Captain Rinkel, Capt Akepoulis Poulos, Dimitri, Kanelopoules and cutter. April 24, 1963

Anefo photo collection. Final tennis on Mets jobs; Louk Sanders Champion Men (in action). 12 August 1978

Anefo photo collection. Tennis Netherlands against Belgium in Noordwijk, Trudy Groenman won Van Miss I. Loeys (Belgium) on the right. August 27, 1966. Belgium, Netherlands, Noordwijk

Another Win For DrobnyVictorian Jaroslav Drobny of Egypt (right) shaking hands over the net with Australia's R. Hartwig whom he beat, 6-3; 7-5, 7-5 on Court one at the All England Club here during the Wilmbledon Lawn Tennis championships. June 27, 1953.

Anefo photo collection. Tennis: the Netherlands against Norway. Wilton, from Swol, Hessen, Paape and Rinkel (in citizen) on Marlot. 25 April 1953. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. National Tennis Championships in Scheveningen. Marianne van der Torre in Aktie. August 17, 1980. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Tennis in Hilversum. Men's fashion. Mr. J. Singh from India suffers from his long hair. July 22, 1963. Hilversum

Anefo photo collection. International badminton championships in Haarlem Erland Heads in action. February 9, 1969. Haarlem

Tom Brown, Tennis Men's do Championship at Wimbledon. Final of the G. Brown an ***** won by T. Brown and J. Kramer. July 23, 1946. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Ltd.)

Anefo photo collection. National Tennis Championships in Scheveningen. H. van Boeckel in Aktie. August 17, 1980. Scheveningen, South Holland

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

Anefo photo collection. ABN tennis tournament in Rotterdam; Jimmy Corners in action (head). April 5, 1978. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Tennis, Davis Cupplowen Netherlands and Rhodesie in Tennispark Klein Switzerland in The Hague, the players the battle v.l.n.r. Okker, Van Eysden and Dowdeswell /. 25 April 1965. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. National Tennis Championships. Hennie van Rijn and Miss Keller. August 17, 1961

Mrs. Nancy Bolton (R) and Miss Toowey (L) after ***** Bolton's win in the angles championship. January 1, 1948.

1902 S.C.E.G.G.S. February 25, 1953.

T. Schroeder, USA. December 01, 1951.

Perry Champion StillVon Cramm (right) congratulating F.J. Perry on the court after his victory at Wimbledon today July 5.F.J. Perry, of Great Britain, retained his Lawn Tennis championship at Wimbledon today July 5, when he defeated Baron Gottfried Von Cramm(Germany) in three straight sets in the final of the men's singles. August 19, 1935. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Williamd Sidwell of Australia (left) and Jaroslav Drobny of Czechoslovakia shake hands before their Davis Cup match at Chesnut Hill, Mass. Aug.19. October 8, 1948. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Anefo photo collection. DAVIS-CUP Nederland, the two teams. April 29, 1966

It's On Again. Applause from the packaged stands seen in the background greets Davis Cup stars Tony Trabert (left) and Lewis Hoad as they walk onto the centre court for their match. December 27, 1954.

Young woman hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket

Today's Tennis At Wimbledon -- Senorita de Alvarez and Fraulein Aussem shaking hands after their match, in which the German girl was beaten. July 02, 1928. (Photo by Photopress)

Clark Graebner (USA) *****. November 18, 1955.

Anefo photo collection. Tennis Mets jobs, Dutch Tennis Championships, Biesheuvel and Van Dalsum. August 17, 1955. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Tennis championships in the Netherlands. Left Mrs Ridderhof, Ladies champion Only, right Jan Hayer, mens champion just. August 17, 1963

Anefo photo collection. Tennis Netherlands against Austria, Detlev Hedry (L) congratulates Jan Hayer who won. April 24, 1964. The Netherlands, Austria

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

Quist Defeats Allison -- Adrian Quist of Australia today defeated Wilmer Allison of the U.S . In the Davis Cup Zone finals here today. Left to Right: Adrian Quist and Wilmer Allison.And Wilmer Allison at the scene of their 1936 Davis Cup clash. Quist drank beer beforehand to get some sleep. May 30, 1936. (Photo by Associated Press Photo). May 30, 1936.

1920S 1930S Two Boys Tennis Match Holding Rackets Standing Near Net On Tennis Court

Anefo photo collection. Dutch tennis championships in Scheveningen, Rolf Thung and Elly Apple (headers). August 18, 1972. Scheveningen, South Holland

'Mrs. Fabyan - Half-Volley', c1935. Creator: Unknown.

Gerald Patterson. April 15, 1952.

Anefo photo collection. International tennis championships 1975 at the milk house in Hilversum. The Argentinian Vilas. July 17, 1975. Hilversum, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Tennis on Mets jobs in The Hague, Princess Beatrix in conversation with Trudy Groenman and Tom Okker. July 4, 1964. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Dutch Tennis Championships Mets jobs, Trudy Groenman (R) and Ada Brakes. 12 August 1964. Scheveningen, South Holland

Models Released: John Miller, Sherry Logan. Vintage Photograph. Man teaching woman how to hold tennis racket.

Anefo photo collection. Finals Tennis in Hilversum, right E. S. Drysdale. July 26, 1964. Hilversum

Anefo photo collection. Championship Tennis on Masbas, number 15 and 16 Tom Okker in Aktie. August 14, 1966

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