Editing Tennis (section)

== In popular culture ==
* "Tennis balles" are mentioned by [[William Shakespeare]] in his play [[Henry V (play)|''Henry V'']] (1599), when a basket of them is given to King Henry as a mockery of his youth and playfulness.
* [[David Foster Wallace]], an amateur tennis player himself at Urbana High School in [[Illinois]],<ref name="Brief Interview with a Five Draft Man">{{cite web| title= Brief Interview with a Five Draft Man| url= https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/magazine/extra/node/66410| work= Amherst Magazine| access-date= 28 June 2009| archive-date= 30 December 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111230164102/https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/magazine/extra/node/66410| url-status= dead}}</ref> included tennis in many of his works of non-fiction and fiction including [[A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again|"Tennis Player Michael Joyce's Professional Artistry as a Paradigm of Certain Stuff about Choice, Freedom, Discipline, Joy, Grotesquerie, and Human Completeness"]], the autobiographical piece [[A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again|"Derivative Sport in Tornado Alley"]], and ''[[Infinite Jest]]'', which is partially set at the fictional "Enfield Tennis Academy" in [[Massachusetts]].
* Japanese [[manga]] series ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]'' revolves around the tennis prodigy [[Ryoma Echizen|Echizen Ryoma]] and tennis matches between rival schools.
* ''[[The Royal Tenenbaums]]'' (2001) is a film that features Richie Tenenbaum ([[Luke Wilson]]), a tennis pro who suffers from depression and has a breakdown on court in front of thousands of fans.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Royal Tenenbaums|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265666/|publisher=IMDB.com|access-date=6 May 2012}}</ref> 
* ''[[Wimbledon (film)|Wimbledon]]'' (2004) is a film about a discouraged pro tennis player ([[Paul Bettany]]) who meets a young woman on the women's tennis circuit ([[Kirsten Dunst]]) who helps him find his drive to go and win [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Wimbledon|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360201/|publisher=IMDB.com|access-date=6 May 2012}}</ref> 
* In ''[[The Squid and the Whale]]'' (2005), Joan ([[Laura Linney]]) has an affair with her kids' tennis coach, Ivan ([[William Baldwin]]). In a symbolic scene, Joan's ex-husband, Bernard ([[Jeff Daniels]]), loses a tennis match against Ivan in front of the kids.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Squid and the Whale|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367089/|publisher=IMDB.com|access-date=6 May 2012}}</ref>
* [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Match Point]]'' (2005) features a love affair between a former tennis pro, Chris Wilton ([[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]]), and his best friend's fiancé, Nola Rice ([[Scarlett Johansson]]). A scene of the movie includes a brief comparison between [[Andre Agassi]] and [[Tim Henman]], with Chris Wilton calling both of them "geniuses".<ref>{{cite web|title=Match Point|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416320/|publisher=IMDB.com|access-date=6 May 2012}}</ref>
* ''[[Confetti (2006 film)|Confetti]]'' (2006) is a [[mockumentary]] which sees three couples competing to win the title of "Most Original Wedding of the Year". One competing couple ([[Meredith MacNeill]] and [[Stephen Mangan]]) are a pair of hyper-competitive professional tennis players holding a tennis-themed wedding.<ref>{{cite web|title=Confetti|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427089/|publisher=IMDB.com|access-date=6 May 2012}}</ref>
* There are several tennis video games including the [[Sports games in the Mario series|''Mario Tennis'']] series, the [[Top Spin (video game)|''TopSpin'']] series, the ''[[Virtua Tennis]]'' series, ''[[Sega Superstars Tennis]]'', ''[[Grand Slam Tennis]]'' and ''[[Wii Sports]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Topspin 4 Official Website|url=http://www.2ksports.com/games/topspin4|publisher=2K Sports|access-date=6 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505031131/http://2ksports.com/games/topspin4|archive-date=5 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mario Tennis official website|url=http://mariotennisopen.nintendo.com|publisher=Nintendo|access-date=7 May 2012|archive-date=12 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512160052/http://mariotennisopen.nintendo.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Challengers (film)|''Challengers'']], a 2024 film by director [[Luca Guadagnino]], centers around a trio of tennis players, and their relationship with one another, romantic and otherwise. It was nominated four times at the [[82nd Golden Globe Awards]], where it won [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=BBFC |title=Challengers |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/challengers-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdezodg5 |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=www.bbfc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>