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Exhibition AT the

Sabadell Tennis Club

This is a photographic report of the exhibition that took place at the Sabadell Tennis Club in March 2009. The original rackets were mounted on panels with photographic images and texts to make the evolution of the racket from its beginnings to the modern era more comprehensible. 

















PANELS exHIBITED in the room

batteldore

Battledore & Shuttlecock

bill_tilden

Bill Tilden

borg

Björn Borg

bulbous

Bulbous

dayton

Dayton

don_budge

Don Budge

dunlop_maxly

Dunlop Maxply

fantail

Fantail

fishtail

Fishtail

flattop_01

Flat Top

flattop_02

Peck & Snyder

grays_cambridge

Grays Cambridge

harry

Harry C. Lee & Co.

hazells

Hazells Streamline

inicis_empunyadura

Other grips

jimmy_connors

Jimmy Connors

ken_rosewall

Ken Rosewall

King_Evert

Billie Jean King – Chris Evert

lawn_tennis

The Lawn Tennis Court

McEnroe

John McEnroe

paume

Jeu de Paume

primeres_raquetes

The first rackets

rackets

Rackets (the game)

realtennis

Royal Tennis

Sla_authograph

Slazenger Autograph (1915)

sla_challenger

Slazenger Challenge Nº 1

Sla_Demon

Slazenger the Demon (1895)

sla_doherty

Slazenger, the Doherty

Sla_Renshaw

Slazenger the Renshaw (1885)

SPHAIRISTIK

Sphairistiké, the first regulation

tenis_sabadell

The beginnings of tennis in Sabadell (1912)

vilas

Guillermo Vilas

wedge

Wedge (the center of the racket)

wright_ditson

Wright & Ditson