When did you start watching tennis?

[mahatma]

Most fans of a sport come when there is a story which can't be missed. I am picking some times in history to ask ttw in general when did you start watching tennis?

I was watching it when Ivanisevic won Wimbledon as a wild card. Probably that's where it started for me.

( Have tried and picked 1/2 events per decade! )

 

[ND-13]

2011. - when real tennis started

 

[King No1e]

300 BCE @TheNachoMan

 

[Frenchy-Player]

Chang's victory at RG 1989.

 

[TheNachoMan]

2007 Wimbledon final

 

[mahatma]

Damn, missed any other

 

[DSH]

1994-2000, I only saw him very little, but from 2001 it caught my full attention.
It is one of my three favorite sports.

 

[antony]

2021, after I started playing competitively myself. Started playing tennis 2020

I grew up with my family watching tennis in the 90s though. Pete Sampras and Michael Chang were the family’s favorites

 

[Bumbaliceps]

Roland Garros 2003 or 2004, at the tennis club when I was a kid. Wasn't supporting anyone, it just felt like all the players were some kind of titanic monster human gods of tennis

 

[alexio]

roddick el aynayui ao03 probably

 

[Dead Mosquito]

RG 2022 when Nadal bageled Ruud to win his 22nd major

 

[DSH]

RG 2022 when Nadal bageled Ruud to win his 22nd major

You must be quite young, then.

 

[Lleytonstation]

2001ish. Vague memories of rooting for sampras. First match I remember was fed beating Pete at WC. The irony.

 

[l0s3]

2005/06

 

[Beerus]

Wimbledon 1946. Yvon Petra's run made me a tennis fan.

 

[NatF]

roddick el aynayui ao03 probably

A good initiation.

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My earliest memory is Wimbledon 2003.

 

[NeutralFan]

Wimbledon 1985, back then I was a casual fan.

 

[Russeljones]

Late 80's.

 

[ojo rojo]

1877
@Spencer Gore

 

[DSH]

1877
@Spencer Gore

Immortal guy, although I think Nostradamus takes the prize for the longest Longevity in the thread.

 

[Ronaldo]

1972, Connors and late night exos with Rod Laver.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

1877
@Spencer Gore

damned... beat me (and him) to the punch!!!

 

[Start da Game]

introduced to the sport at 8 by my elder cousins during 1993 wimbledon.....followed only wimbledon every year for about 4 years.....slowly started following other events in tennis as well like roland garros starting with 1997 kuerten epic.....been a regular follower of most atp events and all four slams from the beginning of fedal era around 2004.....over the last 6 or 7 years other important things in life have taken over so do not follow non slam events anymore.....soon i may stop following the slams regularly as well.....planning to become a troll at ttw after retirement of rafa.....

 

[Beerus]

1877
@Spencer Gore

It was epic when Frank Hadow beat that Federer hater in 1878.

 

[adil1972]

In 1988 at that time in my region there was only one tv channel no cable tv. That tv only show wimbledon men & women finals that is no earlier rounds or other GS

Only one newspaper cover tennis news at that time

tennis wish that didnt come true

med losing US Open 2021 final to djok thus resulted in djok CYGS
and winning AO 2022 final defeating nadal thus prevented nadal from winning 21 GS

 

[Terry Tibbs]

I was born in 1972. My very earliest memories where watching some if the 82 Wimbledon final between Connors and Macenroe

 

[NatF]

introduced to the sport at 8 by my elder cousins during 1993 wimbledon.....followed only wimbledon every year for about 4 years.....slowly started following other events in tennis as well like roland garros starting with 1997 kuerten epic.....been a regular follower of most atp events and all four slams from the beginning of fedal era around 2004.....over the last 6 or 7 years other important things in life have taken over so do not follow non slam events anymore.....soon i may stop following the slams regularly as well.....planning to become a troll at ttw after retirement of rafa.....

Have the last 12 years just been a warm-up?

 

[Adv. Edberg]

1988 - Sweden winning all 4 slams

 

[guanzishou]

Pete Sampras, on black and white TV. I was a little kid glued to the TV, watched in amazement at how he won so many matches and hit a lot of aces.

 

[tusharlovesrafa]

2005 French Open

 

[Deleted member 629564]

Great poll options order.

 

[Shaolin]

1995. Sampras started it all for me.

 

[Start da Game]

Have the last 12 years just been a warm-up?

maybe natalia

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

The first match I watched was the FO final 2014 between Djokovic and Nadal, I was at my grandpa's house randomly searching for something to watch on the TV and this caught my attention. I had no clue about the rules so I almost didn't understand anything I was watching

 

[Hitman]

1988 - Sweden winning all 4 slams

Germany won all four slams that year also.

 

[Thriller]

Arthur Ashe. Wimbledon 1975.
I was aware that there was friction. Jimmy Connors was suing Arthur Ashe for something or other and played with the writ folded up in his sock.
Ashe killed him. It was surgical. I remember being amazed by his calm, demeanour as he tore Connors apart.
It was my first truly memorable match and I started to play tennis shortly afterwards.

 

[ojo rojo]

My Mother was and still is a big tennis fan so have been watching all my life. The most profound early memory of my own, was watching Becker win Wimbledon in '85. He was only about 7 years older than me at the time.
It's tragic to see the state of him now..

 

[Deleted member 762343]

Agassi-Medvedev at RG 1999.

 

[mahatma]

Wimbledon 1946. Yvon Petra's run made me a tennis fan.

Wow, how old are you!

 

[20 20 20]

I constantly started watching it since 09-10 but have followed grand slams since late 90s

 

[sliceroni]

Becker/Edberg 89 Wimbledon final. I was hooked.
As very young kid was puzzled and crushed when he lost to Brad Gilbert in the CIncy final a few weeks later. Like how could this guy with an ugly and boring a** game beat my guy? Lol

 

[Breakpointerer]

The 1897 Wimbledon semifinal between Sydney Smith and Wilberforce Eaves. One of the greatest matches of all time( and I've watched long enough to make this statement unlike the rest of u jokers). I've been hooked ever since.

 

[NatF]

Becker/Edberg 89 Wimbledon final. I was hooked.
As very young kid was puzzled and crushed when he lost to Brad Gilbert in the CIncy final a few weeks later. Like how could this guy with an ugly and boring a** game beat my guy? Lol

Have a seat at my table.

 

[DIMI_D]

1995 AO QF Sampras Vs courier
First Match I ever saw became a Sampras fan for life as a primary school kid!

 

[aldeayeah]

can't remember, but probably 1989 Roland Garros final, women's singles

 

[mahatma]

The 1897 Wimbledon semifinal between Sydney Smith and Wilberforce Eaves. One of the greatest matches of all time( and I've watched long enough to make this statement unlike the rest of u jokers). I've been hooked ever since.

Wow, and we go into centuries old matches. Nice. We have veterans here. Nice to know!

 

[Spencer Gore]

1877
@Spencer Gore

I had to watch earlier than that to figure out what was going on.

 

[Martin J]

In January this year. Best tennis ever.

 

[Tennfan123]

Wimbledon in the late 80s. Graf, Navratilova, Becker and Edberg.

 

[Third Serve]

I started watching tennis in 2022 at the beginning of the AO. Very lucky time to be a fan in the strongest era of all time.