who has the most outrageous outfits on ATP and WTA Tours?

Tempest344

Professional
anyone seen anything that was quite a shock?

I remember seeing Bethanie Mattek who had a truly Bizzare outfit on at wimbledon in 06
she was wearing football socks and tiny shorts, quite unflattering


Vince Spadea on a couple of occasions as well as Nadal at the AO this year
and Fabrice Santoro
with his funny coloured shirts

any other players who wear eccentric outfits?
 

bluetrain4

G.O.A.T.
WTA - it begins and ends with Bethanie Mattek. From the high socks, short shorts, 70s fitness look, to the cowgirl outfit, there's really no contest.

Well, maybe a little bit of a contest. Serena is the undisputed No. 2, though she's toned it down recently. The pinnacle for Serena was the Capriati match at the US Open with the fake leather catsuit and the space gladiator legging things she took off before the match.

ATP, well, not mutch here, except Hrbaty's backless shirt and Safin's current all neon orangeish yellow get-up. ATP historically would be "Image is Everything" era Agassi.
 

Jack the Hack

Hall of Fame
Pics? You need pics?!?!?

Well, here you go...

Bethanie Mattek:

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Jack the Hack

Hall of Fame
Vincent Spadea (he ain't afraid-a-ya!):

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I was actually at this match:

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Someone in the stands kept yelling to Spadea "come on Shiney Shorts, you can do it!"
 

Jack the Hack

Hall of Fame
Agassi certainly had some questionable attire in his early years:

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The denim shorts were "wild" at the time, but I actually liked this outfit:

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^^^^^ And check out the Donnay racquet. He didn't play with that one for long... my memory of that racquet was him stomping and breaking one after another during a bad early round match at the French Open. The sponsor couldn't have been happy about that!
 

Jack the Hack

Hall of Fame
Although I've gotten used to it, I still think Nadal's capri pants and sleeveless shirts look like something he stole out of my Mom's closet back in the late '80s:

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vandre

Hall of Fame
i'm with you...

i loved the agassi denim shorts circa 89. i agree about the capri pants and i think nike should now concentrate on developing a material that will not let nadal pick his seat between points.

for the women, its hard to beat aneres (serena) or bethany mattek, who dresses like she lost some sort of drunken bet. the only way it can get much crazier is if she plays a match dressed as the san diego chicken!
 

Jack the Hack

Hall of Fame
vandre said:
... or bethany mattek, who dresses like she lost some sort of drunken bet. the only way it can get much crazier is if she plays a match dressed as the san diego chicken!

I think I would actually pay to see Federer play Nadal in the San Diego chicken outfit...

Then again, I would pay even bigger money to watch Kournikova come out of retirement and play Ivanovic or Vaidisova in the nude! :lol:
 

bluetrain4

G.O.A.T.
I completely overlooked Nadal. I'm so used to his clothes now that it doesn't even register how sort of ridiculous he looks. The first time, I saw him, I thought he was crazy. But, it's like his identity now. It would just be weird to see Nadal in a collared and sleeved shirt, above the kneee shorts, with no bandana.
 

Messarger

Hall of Fame
To me Nadal looks alright. At least his clothes are not ridiculously stand out. His capris are just capris, not some shiny black colored pirate shorts. Cant say the same for Serena and Spedea's outfits.
 

alas

New User
i think Hrbaty's shirt was da worse i've ever seen..imagine it's a sunny day n when he takes out his shirt..there's lik 2 'wings' on his back..not nice at all..
 

krprunitennis2

Professional
I completely overlooked Nadal. I'm so used to his clothes now that it doesn't even register how sort of ridiculous he looks. The first time, I saw him, I thought he was crazy. But, it's like his identity now. It would just be weird to see Nadal in a collared and sleeved shirt, above the kneee shorts, with no bandana.

THere was a pic posted with Nadal wearing a sleeved shirt (no collar though) above the knee/knee level shorts, without a bandana (I'm guessing he took it off since the pic was after the match), and he looked a bit better, though it was a change.
 

NLBwell

Legend
I think the worst was on a cold day at Wimbledon (I think) Serena had a white outfit on with - if I remember right - capri pants just above her ankle, some kind of coat thing, and bra straps sticking out. She looked like a refugee from Hurricane Katrina who had to run out of the house in her pajamas and just threw on her house coat.
Don't know if anyone could find a picture of this.
 

callitout

Professional
Vincent Spadea (he ain't afraid-a-ya!):

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I was actually at this match:

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Someone in the stands kept yelling to Spadea "come on Shiney Shorts, you can do it!"

He wore that crap at Cincy. I thought he forgot his outfit and went to WalMart to buy clothes because the ATP wouldnt give him their freebies. But it turns out he is attempting to sell his homemade Salvation Army duds. Good luck Vince...Keep the day job.
 
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