Fashion brands manufactered tennis apparel for pros - vintage ones.

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Always was interested in this question. Please, if someone have information, post it here. Pictures are highly welcome.
That's what i know:
Cerrutti 1881 - Wilander, Taroszy, someone else;
Marlboro Classics - Sundstrom, Hlasek, Dowdeswell;
Jockey - Borg, Gilbert, Wilkison;
Bally - Hlasek, Rosset;
Robert Bruce - Connors.
 
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Wasn't Connors also with Cerrutti?
Panatta was with Superga, and Lendl too, I think.

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Tennis_Hands said:
Wasn't Connors also with Cerrutti?
Panatta was with Superga, and Lendl too, I think.

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You're right about Connors, he was that "someone else".
Panatta and Lendl used Superga shoes. Don't know if it is a fashion brand but not an apparel manufacture for sure:).
Panatta used his own ''Panatta'' clothing brand, don't know who produced it for him.
Lendl used Australian L'Alpina along with his Superga time.
 
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BorgCash said:
You're right about Connors, he was that "someone else".
Panatta and Lendl used Superga shoes. Don't know if it is a fashion brand but not an apparel manufacture for sure:).
Panatta used his own ''Panatta'' clothing brand, don't know who produced it for him.
Lendl used Australian L'Alpina along with his Superga time.
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Yes, I was talking about the shoes. Not sure whether they ever produced apparel, but if they did I don't recall that. I understood your question as one that excludes brands that are considered sports apparel producers nowadays, but are overwhelmingly fashion brands.

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brinkeguthrie

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I think Nystrom did Cerrutti. I would swear Connors just sewed 1881 patches on his Robert Bruce line- some styles looked identical.
 
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vsbabolat said:
He also wore Brooks tennis shoes
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I loved those Brooks shoes. I had worn the adidas Nastase for the longest and switched to them. The only problem I had with them was they lasted about two months. I had to order two pair at a time, but those shoes hold a special place in my tennis heart. Just great shoes and one of my first mail orders since I couldn't find them around here. I wore them until they quit making them.
 
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I seem to remember Johnny Nobackhand wore mustachioed Casben clothing; maybe that was some Australian only arrangement - the world was much bigger back then.
 
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Stefan Edberg was wearing an italian brand called Lafont before Adidas, also sandy mayer was with maggia, Nystrom , if i remember well he got Pony for sometimes.
 
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love15 said:
Stefan Edberg was wearing an italian brand called Lafont before Adidas, also sandy mayer was with maggia, Nystrom , if i remember well he got Pony for sometimes.
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John Alexander wore that too; used to 'rock' - IMO LOL - some of their dark blue and white stuff.
 
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BorgCash said:
Super Pros? Never heard about it.
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I had a pair of the Connors ones. They used that >< Robert Bruce logo on the side; red heel tab with a gold signature:
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Vilas wore a pair too. His weren't leather uppers, I don't know what they were. Had powder blue trim around the ankle and a GV logo. He wore them US only for a time, Diadora elsewhere:
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brinkeguthrie said:
I had a pair of the Connors ones. They used that >< Robert Bruce logo on the side; red heel tab with a gold signature:
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Vilas wore a pair too. His weren't leather uppers, I don't know what they were. Had powder blue trim around the ankle and a GV logo. He wore them US only for a time, Diadora elsewhere:
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I know Vilas used Puma a lot.
 
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BorgCash said:
Always was interested in this question. Please, if someone have information, post it here. Pictures are highly welcome.
That's what i know:
Cerrutti 1881 - Wilander, Taroszy, someone else;
Marlboro Classics - Sundstrom, Hlasek, Dowdeswell;
Jockey - Borg, Gilbert, Wilkison;
Bally - Hlasek, Rosset;
Robert Bruce - Connors.
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Those were GOAT times.
 
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vsbabolat said:
Fred Perry was tennis clothes before it became a lifestyle brand. Fred Perry was the last Brit to win Wimbledon before Andy Murray.
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Interesting that before FP switched to tennis he was world champion in table tennis (in 1929). Considering The Championship (Wimbledon) winner being non-official World champion in lawn tennis, Fred was very unique athlete. He won Wimbledon three times in a row, also he was first to win all four GS titles (career GS).
 
brinkeguthrie

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love15 said:
Stefan Edberg was wearing an italian brand called Lafont before Adidas, also sandy mayer was with maggia, Nystrom , if i remember well he got Pony for sometimes.
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I don't think that was Lafont. I know what you're referencing; the Lafont logo was a lower case l also crossed like an 'f.'
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brinkeguthrie said:
I don't think that was Lafont. I know what you're referencing; the Lafont logo was a lower case l also crossed like an 'f.'
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Correct, it's not Lafont.
 
brinkeguthrie

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BorgCash said:
Yeah, great find, Italian brand called Elleci LC. Young Stefan worn it until his everlasting contract with Adidas, started around second half of 1984.
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Boy, that's a new name for me, and I've at this awhile. Never knew what that logo stood for. And while I'm at it; what was really the Connors deal with Cerutti 1881? Design looked just like Robert Bruce. IE, put an Cerutti logo on Robert Bruce, done.
 
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brinkeguthrie said:
Boy, that's a new name for me, and I've at this awhile. Never knew what that logo stood for. And while I'm at it; what was really the Connors deal with Cerutti 1881? Design looked just like Robert Bruce. IE, put an Cerutti logo on Robert Bruce, done.
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It was the other way around. When he went back to Robert Bruce they put Robert Bruce logos on Cerutti 1881 clothes and done.
 
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brinkeguthrie said:
Boy, that's a new name for me, and I've at this awhile. Never knew what that logo stood for. And while I'm at it; what was really the Connors deal with Cerutti 1881? Design looked just like Robert Bruce. IE, put an Cerutti logo on Robert Bruce, done.
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No, it was original Cerutti 1881 line. For some period company produced tennis and ski clothing and got contracts with top athletes: Connors, Wilander, Taroczy in tennis and the great Stenmark in ski.
 
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