Monday, October 3, 2011

Classic Tennis Style

Here we have some pics of Borg, Vilas, McEnroe, Connors, Ashe and Agassi winning tournaments in Ellesse, Sergio Tacchini, Fila, Adidas and Nike.

This stuff sometimes still exists in retro form, but it’s not the same.





















Vintage Adidas Tennis Ads

These are some ads from Adidas’ tennis heyday in the late 70′s to mid 80′s. Ivan Lendl and Stephan Edberg were the two famous players who each had their own line with the brand when I was growing up. The apparel was tight country club style and the tennis sneakers are also timeless classics. It’s a shame Adidas doesn’t really tap into their sports heritage these days.
























My Adidas?


Achille


Adicolor


AdiMed

Atlanta

Baltic Cup

Boston Super


Calgary

Chamois

Dublin





Edberg Spezial



Europa

Falmouth

Forest Hills

Formula One



Gazelle

Grand Slam

Handball

Helsinki

Indoor

Indoor Special

Jazz

Joss


Kansas

Kegler Super

Koln







Lady TRX Competition

L.A. Trainer


Lendl

Liga


Magnum


Mallorca

Mamba





Marathon


Mercury



Meteor

Mexicana

Micropacer

Monaco


Munchen

Napoli

Nevada

Nite Jogger


Ontario


Oregon

Pinto

Quorum

Race Walk

Riverside

RN6100


Rochester

Roma

Runner Super

Sao Paulo

Saratoga



Seltene

Silberwind

SL76

Spezial

SRS

Stephan Edberg

Stokholm

Summit

Surf

Tabasco


Tahiti

Tech Trainer

Tie Break




Tobacco

Tom Okker


Torsion

Trimm Trab

Trinidad

Tulsa

Ultimate

Vigo

Water Competition

Yankee

Yeti