Real Tennis - Notable Players

Notable Players

  • Camden Riviere
  • Boris Johnson Mayor of London.
  • Claire Vigrass: A recent addition to the sport's player base, who has recently scored her first Grand Slam in the woman's tournaments and stands as the current women's world champion.
  • Ed Stoner: UCL History Undergraduate and soccer agent in East Africa.
  • Joshua Crane: Champion from 1901 to 1905, Crane's career coincided with that of Jay Gould.
  • Tim Emrys-Roberts
  • Pierre Etchebaster
  • Robert Fahey: Current world champion (since 1994). Fahey has successfully defended his world championship title more times (9) than any previous champion.
  • Jay Gould II: Gould learned at the age of 12 at his father's court in Lakewood, NJ. Gould won the American championship from 1906 to 1926, one of the longest streaks in the history of sport. From 1907 to 1925, he lost only one singles match, to English champion E.M. Baerlein. During that period, he never lost even a set to an amateur.
  • G.H. Hardy
  • John Moyer Heathcote
  • King Henry VIII of England
  • King John III of Sweden
  • George Lambert
  • King Louis X of France
  • Hon. Alfred Lyttelton
  • Julian Marshall
  • Eustace Miles: The first foreign winner of the American championship in 1900. Unusually for the period, Miles was a vegetarian, and produced a book on dietetics entitled "Muscle, Brain and Diet."
  • Tom Pettitt
  • Richard D. Sears: First American amateur champion of court tennis in 1892, and apparent inventor of the overhead "railroad service," currently the most popular serve in the game.
  • D.E.A.Lawrence Esq: world renowned stroke maker and on court jester - the John McEnroe of real tennis
  • P.S. Sears
  • James Charles Taylor
  • Fred Tompkins: Head professional of the Philadelphia court. When the New York Racquet and Tennis club opened, Fred Tompkins was invited to be head professional. However, when Fred went to his brother Alfred to borrow money for his passage, Alfred decided to go over in Fred's place. Fred Tompkins later took over the Philadelphia court instead.
  • Prof. Nic James, Head of Performance Analysis at Middlesex University. Formerly of UWIC
  • Tim Collins, former Programme Director at the BBC and Corporate Troubleshooter.
  • Mr. William S. Barker, Esq. Portfolio Manager, Motley Fool Asset Management.
  • Jeremy Howard (entrepreneur), President and Chief Scientist of Kaggle, Co-Founder of Optimal Decision Group and Fastmail.fm
  • Jack Dodgson
  • Arthur Clark

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