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Racquet

Racquet is a new quarterly magazine that celebrates the art, ideas, style and culture that surround tennis. We fondly remember the swashbuckling sport of the tennis boom of the 1970s and ’80s, and we’re working to restore some of that swagger to today’s game. We work with some of the best writers – those experienced in the tennis conversation, and those who’ve never covered the sport – as well as celebrated artists and photographers to explore the modern tennis landscape, bringing you something beautiful and meaningful four times a year.
Racquet Issue 19

Racquet N°19

Racquet Issue 19

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In celebration of Wimbledon’s Centre Court, which turns 100 this year, we present an entire issue of Racquet filtered through the prism of that storied court, it’s cover featuring Althea Gibson, the first Black athlete to win the Slam, painted by Marcus Brutus.

In these pages, cultural attaché Andrea Petkovic takes on Centre Court, where she has never set foot, and Laura Bailey photographs British upstart Francesca Jones, who is profiled by Ed Cumming. Tom Parker photo-documents the evolution of Centre Court over the course of a year; Jessica Iredale analyzes Andre Agassi’s Wimbledon kits; Joel Drucker looks for the meaning of John McEnroe at the All England Club; while Gerald Marzorati goes in search of the vicar who won The Championships.

The rest of the issue is devoted to our favorite moments that took place on Centre Court, from Marion Bartoli’s Championship win and surprise retirement to the high-water mark for the Indian Express, and the time club pro Marcus Willis’ came through qualifying and the first round to earn the honor of getting pasted by Roger Federer on Centre Court.

Origin

USA

Format

19x23cm

Weight

450g

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Price

20 €

Racquet Issue 18

Racquet N°18

Racquet Issue 18

Racquet is back with treatises on heavy metal, poetry, photography, fashion, aviation, tattoo culture, and ashrams, as well as a profile of underappreciated great Pancho Gonzales and, finally, the return of tennis-themed fiction.

Origin

USA

Format

19x23cm

Weight

450g

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Price

20 €

Racquet Issue 17

Racquet N°17

Racquet Issue 17

PREORDER This very special issue of Racquet is guest edited by one of our favorite voices in tennis and the world: Naomi Osaka. It features a profile of Naomi by Thessaly La Force, a deep dive into Naomi’s fashion philosophy by Jessica Iredale, Kenji Hall on how Naomi’s political activism is perceived in Japan and a look at tennis themes in Japanese animation. There are also conversations between Dev Hynes (Blood Orange) and Takashi Murakami and the artists Honor Titus and Mari Osaka. We also travel to Haiti for a look at tennis culture there and for a profile of Ronald Agenor, the most decorated player to fly the Haitian Flag. For the cover, Naomi commissioned Wellbeing, a painting by the Nigerian visual artist Dennis Osadebe.

Origin

USA

Format

19x23cm

Weight

450g

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Price

18 €

Racquet Issue 16

Racquet N°16

Racquet Issue 16

Come for the cover story on Nick Kyrgios, stay for our take on the new Roland Garros poster, empty stadia and over-sharing on the court. This red hot issue also features style tips from Laura Bailey, tennis court still-lifes by Giasco Bertoli and a sporty Barbie tutorial from Ben Rothenberg. Katrina Adams also recounts her illustrious doubles partnership with Zina Garrison, while Anne White lets us in on what really happened with that all-white bodysuit she wore at Wimbledon.
Origin

USA

Format

19x23cm

Weight

450g

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Price

18 €

Quantity

Racquet Issue 15

Racquet N°15

Racquet Issue 15

On our cover is a new painting by Honor Titus, accompanied by a profile from the vital and current cultural voice of Durga Chew-Bose. Racquet Hall of Famer Benoit Paire makes the case for player as entertainer, Brittani Sonnenberg is against mindfulness, and Albert Costa of the Spanish sports management company Kosmos, calls for unity. Gerry Marzorati has stern words for a tour determined to do business in an anti-democracy powerhouse, and to top it all off, we present an excerpt from Steven Blush’s new WTT nostalgia-fest, Bustin’ Balls.
Origin

USA

Format

19x23cm

Weight

450g

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Price

18 €

Racquet: The Book

Racquet N°The Book

Racquet: The Book

The best writing from the first three years of Racquet magazine.

When the popularity of tennis peaked in the late ’70s and early ’80s, the sport was populated by buccaneering talents with outsize personas, such as Borg, Evert, McEnroe, Navratilova, Gerulaitis, Austin, King, and Connors. The game was played in every park, and tennis clothes became appropriate attire for cocktails as well as for a match. With success, however, came polish, and tennis–if not the game itself, then how it came to be represented in the culture–got boring. Having a big personality was no longer a virtue. Tennis went back to being a bastion of the elite.
Origin

USA

Format

13,5x21,5cm

Weight

450g

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Price

16 €

Racquet Issue 14

Racquet N°14

Racquet Issue 14

Origin

USA

Format

19x23cm

Weight

450g

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Price

18 €

Racquet Issue 13

Racquet N°13

Racquet Issue 13

The photography issue features work by longtime collaborators, as well as some new ones. In it, Fashion and Style Director Radka Leitmeritz goes to Vegas to capture desert style and links up with tennis guru Gil Reyes. And we highlight Gorilla vs. Bear’s David Bartholow, who has been documenting the tour in Polaroid. We’re also pleased to present Stefanos Tsitsipas’ first published collection of photography, and Joel Drucker and Louisa Thomas commemorate their favorite tennis photographs, all behind a striking cover of Daniil Medvedev by Sam Hellmann.
Origin

USA

Format

19x23cm

Weight

500g

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Price

18 €

Racquet Issue 12

Racquet N°12

Racquet Issue 12

The Winter 2019/2020 issue of Racquet magazine.

Cultural attaché Andrea Petkovic profiles the ever-stylish Barbora Strycova, Ben Rothenberg gives us part two of the cautionary tale of the ‘next Anna Kournikova,’ as well as a wild and wooly look at the the “Soviets” of World Team Tennis. Caira Conner re-learns to play after an illness,and Joel Drucker goes all the way back to the swinging ’60s when advertising warmed to tennis. Art by Louise Bonnet, and a classic cover by Jonas Wood.
Origin

USA

Format

19x23cm

Weight

500g

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Price

18 €

Racquet Issue 11

Racquet N°11

Racquet Issue 11

The Autumn 2019 issue of Racquet magazine.

Ben Rothenberg gives us the cautionary tale of the ‘next Anna Kournikova,’ Rowan Ricardo Phillips highlights Monica Seles’ game-changing win over Jennifer Capriati, Amelia Urry takes us to the border and Rick Marin remembers Vitas Gerulaitis. All behind the cover of an iconic Andy Warhol image.
Origin

USA

Format

19x23cm

Weight

500g

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Price

18 €