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unusual facts about Real Tennis


Pete Bostwick

Son Pete Jr. was one of the best and most versatile amateur sportsmen in American history who won two National squash titles and hard racquets Open Championships and who also excelled at golf, ice hockey, court tennis and Lawn Tennis.


Racquet and Tennis Club

Tim Chisholm (partnered by Julian Snow) won the Real Tennis Doubles World Championship in 2001.

Robert Still

At Eton and Oxford he developed an interest in racquet games, winning a Blue and in later life playing real tennis for the Marylebone Cricket Club.

Sally Jones

She has presented a string of other TV and radio programmes, including several series of "On the Line", the BBC TV sports politics show, the daytime show "The Garden Party", real tennis documentaries for Channel 4, coverage of women's British Open golf (St Mellion, Cornwall), international tennis, women's rugby and NBA basketball (BBC TV), "Transworld Sport" (Channel 4) and international gymnastics (ITV).

In 1986, she took up Real Tennis and won the world championship at Bordeaux in 1993 (Ladies Real Tennis Association), beating Charlotte Cornwallis in the final, as well as two British Open and two US Open championships.


see also

Cambridge University Real Tennis Club

In 1866, a real tennis court was built at the western end of Burrell's Walk, close to Grange Road, on land leased from Clare College.

The Cambridge University Real Tennis Club is located on Grange Road, Cambridge, England.

Royal Melbourne Tennis Club

It is one of only five clubs in the world with more than one court (along with Queens Club in London, Prested Hall, Cambridge University Real Tennis Club and the Racquet and Tennis Club).