![Tennis in Prangins, late 19th century.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/tennis-titel-300x225.jpg)
Flirty Tennis
Seeing and being seen is an important social aspect of sport. At one time, this was a particularly notable feature of tennis.
![No, they weren’t flirting. Roger Federer and Martina Hingis at the Hopman Cup in Perth, 2001.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/federer-hingis-300x228.jpg)
![Jeu de Paume in Paris, 17th century.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/jeu-de-paume-300x198.jpg)
![Tennis in the mountains. Arosa, around 1890.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/tennis-outdoor-300x198.jpg)
![Caricature on the flirtatious sport of tennis in the Nebelspalter, 1888.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/nebelspalter-2-215x300.jpg)
![Caricature in the Nebelspalter from 1925, poking fun at the peculiar movements of tennis players.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/tennis-bewegung-300x217.jpg)
![Zurich tennis player from 1917.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/tennis-frau-208x300.jpg)
Re-enactment of lawn tennis as it was played in the 1870s. YouTube / British Pathé
Swiss Sports History
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