Are there any vintage (old) tennis matches on YouTube?

[Vamos Rafa Nadal]

I would love to watch any really old (1930's-1975) video footage of tennis matches or partial matches on YouTube - wondering if anyone knows if there are any available?

 

[AnOctorokForDinner]

Using Youtube and Dailymotion, what can be found last time I checked:
Wimbledon finals - 1960 (partial), 1966, 1969+
USO finals - 1969, 1972-73 (partial), 1974+

1969 AO SF Laver-Roche (excerpt), 1969 Wim SF Laver-Ashe, 1975 AO F
1970 Dunlop F, 1974 Bastad F

That should be good enough.
Huge shame full RG finals don't seem to be available until 1977.

Collectors have some more, as expected, but there really isn't a lot before 1979, I think that's when US tennis coverage picked up.

 

[Vamos Rafa Nadal]

Thank you for the information Are there any titles or user names for me to look for? Usually once I find a few things I stumble on more in time!

 

[Dan Lobb]

A pity that more is not available.

Recently, we have the 1969 Wimbledon men's final complete on Youtube.

Also 1970, 1971 Wimbledon men's finals complete.

CBS broadcast nationally the greatest pro tournament ever held, the Forest Hills Tournament of Champions, in 1957, 1958, and 1959.

These may still exist in the CBS Sports vault. They should be released.

The 1967 Wimbledon Pro still exists complete in the BBC vault...they should let us see them.

Check my thread "Tennis in the Second Golden Age of Sports" for links to all of the above.

 

[Vamos Rafa Nadal]

I will be sure to check it out! thanks!

 

[DMP]

Look for videos placed on youtube by krosero. That is a good starting point. Also this

it is just about the best quality full match video I know from the wooden racket era.

And this

considered one of the finest matches ever played at Wimbledon.

 

[Dan Lobb]

Look for videos placed on youtube by krosero. That is a good starting point. Also this



it is just about the best quality full match video I know from the wooden racket era.

And this



considered one of the finest matches ever played at Wimbledon.

There is a more recent and complete video of the 1975 Australian final than the one posted long ago by Krosero, also with much better visual quality. I would recommend the more recent one rather than Krosero's.

I posted the recent 1975 Australian final on my thread "Tennis in the Second Golden Age of Sports".

That 1975 AO final is probably the key grass court match of that entire era.

 

[Dan Lobb]

There is a more recent and complete video of the 1975 Australian final than the one posted long ago by Krosero, also with much better visual quality. I would recommend the more recent one rather than Krosero's.

I posted the recent 1975 Australian final on my thread "Tennis in the Second Golden Age of Sports".

That 1975 AO final is probably the key grass court match of that entire era.

The 1971 Wimbledon men's final and the 1975 Australian men's final are linked on Page 38 of my thread "Tennis in the Second Golden Age of Sports"

 

[hoodjem]

https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/check-out-these-old-greats-on-vid.147431/

 

[PDJ]

Look for videos placed on youtube by krosero. That is a good starting point. Also this

it is just about the best quality full match video I know from the wooden racket era.

And this

considered one of the finest matches ever played at Wimbledon.

@krosero