Episodes

  • Favourite Rackets
    Nov 2 2023
    Questions and answers with Jim revealing his favourite items in the collection.
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    9 mins
  • The Wightman Cup
    Nov 2 2023
    Questions and answers with Jim about Hazel Wightman and the Wightman Cup.
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    6 mins
  • The Fellkoropalon tennis racket from the 1870s
    Feb 16 2021
    Questions and answers with Jim about the Fellkoropalon racket made around 1879 by F H Ayres and the kite mark.
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    3 mins
  • Alexandra tennis racket from circa 1878
    Feb 16 2021
    Questions and answers with Jim about the Alexandra racket and how provenance and research can add so much to the story of an item and its ownership.
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    4 mins
  • Army and Navy Lawn Tennis Pine Equipment
    Feb 16 2021
    Questions and answers with Jim about the transition from communal equipment to personalised rackets in the early days of Lawn Tennis.
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    4 mins
  • The Birmal tennis racket from the 1920s
    Feb 16 2021
    Questions and answers with Jim about the Birmal racket being ahead of its time.
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    3 mins
  • The Dunlop Maxply tennis racket from the 1930s
    Feb 16 2021
    Questions and answers with Jim about the development of the Maxply racket and the players who used it for over 50 years until the 1980s.
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    4 mins
  • Amelie Mauresmo's Radical Flexpoint tennis racket from the 2007
    Feb 16 2021
    Questions and answers with Jim about the personalisation of rackets for top players.
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    3 mins