Favorite Tennis Movie
While there are dozens of movies about football, baseball, basketball, and other sports, there are very few about tennis. Which of these tennis themed films is your favorite?
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- DirectorIda LupinoStarsClaire TrevorSally ForrestCarleton G. YoungTennis prodigy Florence Farley is torn between romance and her mother's ambitions.
- DirectorRobert KaylorStarsChad LoweGail O'GradyPatrick BreenSteve is a college freshman who plays tennis for the school. But he falls desperately in love with Shelly, also a tennis player. It's all downhill from there. Steve can't eat, he can't sleep, his grades drop, and he gets kicked off the tennis team. What can he do? Well, his resourceful friend suggest turning Steve into a woman in order to get him close to Shelly who doesn't know he is alive.
- DirectorLee H. KatzinStarsVincent Van PattenRae Dawn ChongMartin SheenA depressed and destitute Nick Irons, a tennis pro banned from the tour for slugging a player during a TV match, agrees to coach a bookie's "head case" son, Joel, who wants to turn pro. The bookie wants his son to get out of tennis and contracts Nick to discourage him. Nick begins to do that but after an episode with his old flame, Jennifer, and after seeing the kid's determination he decides to teach him all the tricks, both physical and psychological, of the trade. The two battle the kids of a famous coach, unfair refs., injuries, travel all over the southern US, while Nick tries to woo his love back, finally to reach the big championship tennis match where all is resolved in dramatic fashion.
- DirectorJane AndersonStarsHolly HunterRon SilverMatt LetscherThe historic 1973 tennis match between middle-aged champion Bobby Riggs (Ron Silver) and young feminist Billie Jean King (Holly Hunter).
- DirectorRichard LoncraineStarsKirsten DunstPaul BettanyJon FavreauA pro tennis player has lost his ambition and has fallen in rank to 119. Fortunately for him, he meets a young player on the women's circuit who helps him recapture his focus for Wimbledon.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsScarlett JohanssonJonathan Rhys MeyersEmily MortimerAt a turning point in his life, a former tennis pro falls for an actress who happens to be dating his friend and soon-to-be brother-in-law.
- DirectorDonal LogueStarsDonal LogueKirk FoxDanny TrejoTwo mid level Hollywood losers attempt to find redemption, revenge and meaning in their lives through celebrity tennis tournaments.
- DirectorYûichi AbeStarsKanata HongôYu ShirotaHiroki AibaTwelve year old tennis prodigy, Ryoma Echizen attends the distinguished school of Seishun Academy Middle School with his eyes set on being on the regulars team of the tennis club, which the school is famous for.
- DirectorDanny LeinerStarsSeann William ScottRandy QuaidBrando EatonA high school janitor has not recovered from his failed career as a tennis pro. He begins coaching his beloved sport to a group of misfits and leads them to the Nebraska State Championships.
- DirectorAdam LipsiusStarsLindsey ShawChandler MasseyKeith CoulourisWhen the number one junior player in the country is injured, she begins to discover the teenage life she never got to live... and find the love she never thought she'd have.