Maud Watson (October 9, 1864 – June 5, 1946 in Charmouth) was an English tennis player. Born in Harrow, London, the daughter of a local vicar, she began playing competitive tennis in 1881. Undefeated in tournament play, in 1884 the nineteen-year-old Watson won the first ever Ladies’ Singles title at Wimbledon. Playing in white corsets and petticoats, from a field of thirteen competitors she defeated her older sister Lillian Watson 6-8 6-3 6-3 to claim the title.

Richard Dudley "Dick" Sears (born on October 26, 1861 in Boston – died on April 8, 1943) was an American male tennis player. He was undefeated in the U.S. Championships, he won the first of his seven consecutive titles (the all-time record) there in 1881 while still a student at Harvard. Starting in the 1881 first round, he went on an 18-match unbeaten streak at that would take him through the 1887 championships, after which he retired from the game.

Blanche Bingley Hillyard (November 3, 1863 – August 6, 1946) was an English tennis player. In 1884, she competed in the first ever Wimbledon championships for women. Maud Watson repeated as the Wimbledon champion the following year, winning the final 6-1, 7-5 over Blanche Bingley. In 1886, Bingley turned the tables, and captured the first of her six singles titles defeating Watson 6-3 6-3 in the finals. A seven time runner-up, Bingley's thirteen finals remain a Wimbledon record as is the fourteen year time span between her first and last title.

William ("Willie") Charles Renshaw (born January 3, 1861 in Leamington, Warwickshire – died August 12, 1904 in Swanage, Dorset) is one of the greatest British male tennis players of all time. He won a total of fourteen Wimbledon titles. Seven of those were in singles, an all-time record he now shares with Pete Sampras. The first six were all in a row, an achievement which has also never been equalled unto this day (although the five successive wins of Bjorn Borg and Roger Federer are considered the 'modern' record because in Renshaw's time the reigning champion had automatic entry to the final.

Charlotte "Lottie" Dod (24 September 1871 – 27 June 1960) was an English sportswoman best known as a tennis player. She won the Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Championship five times, the first one when she was only fifteen, in the summer of 1887. Lottie Dod, here shown at age 14, debuted in tennis at age 11. The press dubbed her the "Little Wonder".

William "Bill" Augustus Larned (born December 30, 1872 – died December 16, 1926) was an American male tennis player. As one of the "Big Three of the U.S. men's championship", Larned won the title seven times, as did Richard Sears before him and Bill Tilden after. He was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1956.

Women took part in the 1900 Olympic games for the first time and Charlotte Cooper, nicknamed "Chattie", became the first female Olympic champion winning golds in women's singles and with Reggie Doherty in Mixed doubles. Chattie won 4 Wimbledon single's finals including 1908 at the age of 37.

Reginald "Reggie" Frank Doherty and younger brother Lawrence Doherty Laurie ("Little Do") won 9 Wimbledon Singles Championships and 1 U.S. Open and paired up to win 8 Wimbledon and 2 U.S. Open Doubles Championships in a span of 9 years from 1897 to 1906. Reggie won 4 and Little Do won 5 consecutive singles titles at Wimbledon. They both won 2 gold and 1 bronze at the 1900 Paris Oylmpics. Reginald and Lawrence refused to play each other before the final. Reginald withdrew from the semifinal allowing Little Do to play for the gold. Reggie won another gold at the 2008 London Olympics.

Dorothea Katherine Douglass Lambert Chambers (September 3, 1878 – January 7, 1960) was a British female tennis player who was born in Guayamas, Ealing in England. In 1900, Douglass made her debut at Wimbledon. Three years later, she won her first of seven ladies singles titles. She wrote Tennis for Ladies, which was published in 1910. The book contained photographs of tennis techniques. It also contained advice on attire and equipment. In 1919, Douglass played the longest Wimbledon final up to that time: 44 games against Frenchwoman Suzanne Lenglen. Douglass held two match points at 6-5 in the third set but eventually lost to Lenglen 8-10, 6-4, 9-7.

Sir Norman Everard Brookes (born November 14, 1877 in Melbourne, Victoria – died September 28, 1968 in Melbourne, Victoria) was an Australian tennis champion and president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia. Brookes won the Wimbledon Championship men's singles twice, first in 1907 when he was the first non-British winner, and again in 1914.

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (December 20, 1886 – December 5, 1974) was an American tennis player who dominated American women's tennis before World War I and who had an unparalleled reputation for sportsmanship. Wightman won a lifetime total of 45 U.S. titles, the last at age 68. She won 16 titles overall at the U.S. Championships, four of them in singles (1909-11, 1919).

Anthony ("Tony") Frederick Wilding (born October 31, 1883 in Christchurch, New Zealand – died May 9, 1915 near Neuve-Chapelle, Pas-de-Calais, France) was a champion tennis player and a soldier killed in action during World War I. He was the co-World No. 1 in 1911 and 1912 and the World No. 1 player in 1913 when he beat Californian Maurice McLoughlin (nicknamed thr California Comet) at the 1913 final at the Big W. Classic

Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (24 May 1899 – 4 July 1938) was a French tennis player who won 31 Grand Slam titles from 1914 through 1926. A flamboyant, trendsetting athlete, she was the first female tennis celebrity and one of the first international female sport stars, named La Divine (the divine one) by the French press. Clerici, Gianni (1984). Suzanne Lenglen – La Diva du Tennis, 253. Despite her flamboyant and sometimes controversial appearance on the court, Suzanne Lenglen was also known as a very graceful player.

William Tatem Tilden II (February 10, 1893 – June 5, 1953), often called "Big Bill", was an American tennis player who was the World No. 1 player for 7 years. There has perhaps never been an era in tennis more dominated by a single player than Tilden in the 1920's. From 1920 through 1926 he led the United States team to 7 consecutive Davis Cup victories, a record that is still unequalled. He won the United States amateur championship 7 times, doubles 5 times, and mixed doubles 4 times. However, he never won the Australian or French singles championship.

Anna Margarethe "Molla" Bjurstedt Mallory (March 6, 1884 in Oslo – November 22, 1959 in Stockholm) was a Norwegian-born American tennis player. Mallory won the singles title at the U.S. Championships a record eight times (1915-1922 and 1926 at age 42). Mallory yielded her string of consecutive titles to Helen Wills Moody in 1923, losing 6-2, 6-1.

Jean René Lacoste (July 2, 1904 - October 12, 1996) was one of The Four Musketeers, France's tennis stars who dominated the game in the 1920s and early 1930s. He won 7 Grand Slam singles titles in the French, American, and British championships but never made the long trip to Australia to play in their championships. He was the world number one player for both 1926 and 1927.

Helen Newington Wills Roark (October 6, 1905 – January 1, 1998), also known as Helen Wills Moody, was an American tennis player who is generally considered to have been one of the greatest female tennis players of all time. Wills also won two Olympic gold medals in Paris in 1924. Wills won 31 Grand Slam titles (singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles) during her career, including seven singles titles at the U.S. Championships, eight singles titles at Wimbledon, and four singles titles at the French Championships.

Henry Ellsworth Vines, Jr. (September 28, 1911 – March 17, 1994) was an American tennis champion of the 1930s, the World No. 1 player or the co-No. 1 for 4 years in 1932, 1935, 1936 and 1937. In the amateur ranks Vines won 3 Grand Slam tournaments, the Wimbledon Championships in 1932 and the U.S. Championships in 1931 and 1932 and he reached the final of Wimbledon in 1933.

Helen Hull Jacobs (August 6, 1908 – June 2, 1997) was an American female tennis player who won ten Grand Slam titles. She was born in Globe, Arizona, United States. Jacobs won five Grand Slam singles titles and was an eleven-time Grand Slam singles runner-up. Six of those losses were to Helen Wills Moody.

Frederick John Perry (May 18, 1909 – February 2, 1995) born in Stockport, Cheshire. was an English tennis player and three-time Wimbledon champion. He was the World No. 1 player for five years, four of them consecutive, 1934 through 1938, the first three years as an amateur. He was the last Englishman to win the Wimbledon Men's Singles.