Tennis Stuff -

Tennis Collectibles, curios, and different stuff


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Tennis is ubiquitous in many ways, otherwise these things would not exist:

Something you should always do:


Here is an International Tennis Hall of Fame mouse pad:

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This is a Michael Chang signed fan from the 1997 Davis Cup semi-final matches in Washington DC.

The US team defeated Australia in the semi-final.  Sweden won the Davis Cup that year defeating the United States 5-0.

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From 1998 two tennis wine bottles - wine bottles filled with Wilson US Open balls.

Also a pewter tennis wine bottle cork.

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You should never be stationary when playing a point in tennis, but after tennis there seems to be an unending supply of tennis stationary.  Here is some:

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Here are 6 sets of tennis napkins, all playing to the sense of humor:

One says "Tennis Players Have More Bounce", another (bottom left) says "I'd rather be bad at tennis than golf because 'love' sounds better than 'double bogey', and the bottom right napkins say "More women would play tennis if the white clothes didn't make our butts look like a movie screen"

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You need energy for a tennis match - so, how about some tennis pasta:

Shaped like tennis racquets, tastes like...pasta.

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A tennis picture frame:

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A Tennis Angel pin, with a good message

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Tennis racquet friendship pins

"One to wear, one to share"

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This is a nice pewter tennis girl pin:

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You probably know that Barbie and Ken have been playing tennis for, well, decades - obviously tennis keeps us looking young.

Barbie was born in 1959.

Now we are happy that one of Belgian great's Kim Clijsters and her daughter Jada will be represented in a Barbie design - here is a link to the story.

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If you don't know, tennis is also a social opportunity....would you like ice in your drink? On the racquets. Racquet shaped ice (1970s).


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See a collection of Tennis Glass- Tennis drinking glasses, art, curios, etc.

The artwork on this plate is by Suzy Spafford.

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We cannot guess the age of this gorgeous wood tennis jewelry box:

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A nice silver pin:

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 This tennis racquet will keep your tie straight, but arguably these days only Roger Federer can wear it....


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Postage stamp art and history:

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What a racket.

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Wimbledon preserves, with vintage tennis art on the packaging

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We wonder who other than Anna Kournikova lights fires this way:

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Tennis is ubiquitous, doesn't everyone have one of these...

...maybe we should...

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...and a tennis Sun Sprite.

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A Swarovski tennis pin


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Mirror, mirror on the wall....Tennis racquet mirrors mounted on solid metal frames polished to a gloss (and quite heavy)

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This vintage razor, with flat top tennis racquets, could be from the early 20th century, or late 19th, based on the racquet depiction.

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This Chemold Rod Laver racqet has been turned into a clock - it's time to play tennis.