Fred Perry Wins Wimbledon - Highlights, 1934

so glad i didnt play tennis during this time. wtf get this paddy cake sh*t out of here

it is not too late. you will be at a disadvantage for sure but it can still be done. just dont give up, you will need to be super efficient with your time. if you can go to a good tennis academy, quit everything and go now. if you dont have the money to go, learn to play smart tennis on your own (ie go for the corners and serve out wide etc), also get really fit. nothing is impossible, pm me and i can give you more tips, i taught myself how to play tennis

From my point of view there are two ways of comparing players from two different eras: Either you compare their potential or their actual abilities. If you compare Fred Perry with a nowadays female top-player based solely on their actual abilities than I would believe the woman to win. The physical condition alone would make a huge enough difference to believe so. But if you compare their potential rather than their actual abilities, well, than it's a completely different ball game, of course.

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I disagree. The powerful play brings with it a display of immense skill and athleticism. It's also very exciting to watch.

English!!! Not Scottish. Fred Perry forever!

I say spiffing show by Perry. He would show this Murray fellow how tennis must be played and won, by Jove. Rather.

Cor, it's just like Harry Enfield's Cholmondeley-Warner sketches.

haha i was just thinking this!

Must add that it is King George V not King Edward VIII, he never took to the throne until 1936, he would of been king the last time he won though.

If this was a modern day period drama about the 1934 Lawn Tennis Championships I'd have been posting on the imdb that the electronic scoreboard was an anachronism. But it's surprising how old some things that one thinks are relatively new actually are.

Hear, hear! And athletes should slow down! They go too damn fast these days, how are us common folk supposed to compete?!

(That was sarcasm. Just in case you're a moron).

True you can't compare era's, but consider this: Fred PerrY was also world no.1 at Table Tennis. That, is truly unique.

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After watching Scotlands Wimbledon Champion yesterday and watching Englands Wimbledon winner her today, I really don't know what they've been banging on about all these years. Fred Perry, nice shirts but crap at tennis. I'd beat him no problem and I'm not even that good.

For the sake of accuracy, there were professional players and tournaments from 1927 onwards but comparing eras is pointless. Whatever era you play in will dictate the style and level of tennis (or any other sport) you play. You wouldn't have been able to successfully do what you describe if you were living then and last time I checked time travel still hasn't been perfected.

amazing how far has the game evolved... the women beaten in the first round would annihilate these two now.

People who imagine they'd beat these guys are living in fantasy land. You'd barely get a point. These guys are using wooden rackets with a tiny sweetspot on a skidding surface. Perry in particular had a whipped forehand that very players can emulate - let alone with a wooden racket. Modern players have rackets that can impart enormous amounts of top spin allowing them to strike the ball very hard as the ball will dip. Try that with a wooden racket and you'll just go long.

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i honestly thought this was warmup hahaha

Women still play in dresses.. Amazing how it's been carried down

no spin, and they hold a ball as they play. Let's see Nadal do that lol

as Boris Becker said " if you played in pants, it doesn't count"

I wish I was born in that era . Could've racked myself a tonne of Slams too .

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The difference in play from this era is astonishing.... and the shot of the crowd looking from left to right just seems so parodic...

I want to actually see them play. Instead 90% of this video is close-ups of Fred Perry hitting the ball

Little know fact: at the turn of the century, female tennistas used to serve shooting from thier vagina. Quite the spectacle.  

The King shown at this event is George V.  Edward didn't become King until 1936.

Everyone needs to realise that the modern game would not be as it is today without the pioneering stars of the past. Every era pushes the boundaries even further. Even footage of Ivan Lendl seems archaic now but he directly contributed to the power game and fitness levels we see today. Borg was a superman in the 70s but wouldn't make the top 200 playing like that today. But don't be fooled into thinking anyone off the street today would beat a Perry or Tilden from the 20s and 30s. Old film techniques don't show how good they really were and you would be annihilated. Tilden reportedly served well over 100mph. Return that!

So I was watching Agatha Christie's Poirot and in one episode included this tennis match. Since I know nothing of tennis, I looked up Perry and was surprised to see, yes he did exist and was at Wimbledon. What an interesting 'Easter Egg'.  

can they beat djokovic?

Instead of just highlights, is there any decent quality footage of complete matches from this era?

I could've beaten perry, not even kidding

I wish I could have been born in that era but have modern training and rackets, heck i could win everything

hahaha that serves

They weren’t even allowed to jump to serve back then. Does anyone know when this rule changed?

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They'd do well today given the speed they move at.

Those illuminated scoreboards have been around for at least 88 years then.

This is hilarious 😂

This has to be Harry Enfield

I like how the one guy is playing with a ball in his left hand the whole time, even when he's not serving. I used to do that back in the 80's!