To be fair to the ladies: Suzanne Lenglen

[gzhpcu]

In case we have some ladies on the forum, this is for them:

A video "Suzanne Lenglen: How I play tennis".... 1925

Has slow motion strokes too...

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/ho...uzanne-lenglen

Notice on the serve her good racket drop and pronation...

[tennis_chiro]

Absolutely awesome footage. But if there are 160 fps videos of Lenglen, there must be similar footage on her male contemporaries, Tilden and certainly the Four Musketeers.

don

[stotty]

The most exceptional footage ever...

I have watched this a few times over. I think this is the most remarkable footage I have ever seen. Good, clear video of someone so exceptional...in 1925. It's extremely rare indeed.

This is real tennis history.

Superb find, Phil.

[GeoffWilliams]

She had a great back hand overhead! VEry good player. A real path setter for many. She does down as one of the most missed, along with Edberg, Becker, Sampras, Laver, Hoad, Rosewall.