Lenglen, Borotra and Lacoste playing doubles
Two pictures showing French pairs playing doubles at Wimbledon in 1925. On the left is a sartorial duo; Suzanne Lenglen in her bandeau stretching for a smash, while her partner Jean Borotra, the bounding Basque, watches wearing a jumper and his signature beret. Borotra is in action again in the right hand picture crouching as his partner Rene Lacoste serves the ball
Picture No
13731918
Media ID
45394738
Size
11542px x 3848px
(5.0MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 4 July 1925 page 76. Image digitally colourised using AI
Date
1925
