🎾 The Classic Match Archive

Tennis as it was.
Uncut. Unhurried.

More than 270 full matches from the golden era — 1971 to 1991 — straight from the original broadcasts. Borg and Connors at Flushing Meadow. McEnroe at his pomp. Whole matches, not two-minute highlight reels.

The Retro Tennis library shown on a laptop, tablet and phone — rows of classic matches grouped by tournament, each with a thumbnail, round and running time.

Cancel any time · New matches added regularly

271Matches
300+Hours
1971–91The golden era
170+Players

Not highlights. The whole match.

Most classic tennis online is a three-minute montage with a music bed. This is the real thing — the rallies, the tension, the crowd, the commentary.

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Original broadcasts

Full match coverage as it aired, complete with period commentary, nightly updates and the occasional vintage advert break.

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Actually findable

Browse by tournament or player, filter by decade, search any name. Every match is tagged — no scrolling through a wall of filenames.

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Watch anywhere

Streams instantly on phone, tablet, laptop or TV browser. No app to install, no download, no buffering wheel.

The legends, in their prime

A few of the names you'll find inside — and how many matches feature them.

Jimmy Connors 79 Björn Borg 58 John McEnroe 49 Vitas Gerulaitis 31 Guillermo Vilas 30 Ilie Nastase 22 Ivan Lendl 22 Martina Navratilova 21 Mats Wilander 20 Manuel Orantes 15 Yannick Noah 15 Chris Evert 13 Steffi Graf 13 Boris Becker 12 Roscoe Tanner 11 Johan Kriek 9 Stan Smith 9 Arthur Ashe 8 Stefan Edberg 8 Tracy Austin 8

Tournaments in the archive

Heavy on the US Open — including the Forest Hills years — plus Wimbledon, Roland Garros and Melbourne.

197US Open
12Wimbledon
9Australian Open
7French Open

Plus the Masters, Forest Hills and a run of nightly tournament updates — 44 finals in all.

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One membership. The whole archive. Cancel whenever you like.

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£9.99/month
  • All 271 matches, over 300 hours
  • Full uncut broadcasts, not highlights
  • New matches added regularly
  • Watch on any device, no app needed
  • Cancel any time in a click
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Questions

How do I get in after subscribing?

The moment your subscription goes through, we email you a sign-in link. Click it and you're watching — no password to invent or remember. Need it again later? Enter your email on the sign-in page and we'll send a fresh one.

What's actually in the archive?

271 recordings, over 300 hours, spanning 1971 to 1991 — mostly US Open (including the Forest Hills era), plus Wimbledon, Roland Garros, the Australian Open, the Masters and a run of nightly tournament updates from the 70s and 80s.

Are these full matches or highlights?

Full matches, as broadcast. Some run past three hours. A handful of tapes are partial where the original recording was cut short — those are labelled so you know before you press play.

What quality are the videos?

They're period broadcast recordings, so picture quality is of its time — this is 1970s and 80s television, not 4K. Every tape has been digitised at the best quality the source allows.

Can I watch on my TV?

Yes — anything with a web browser. It works on smart TVs, or cast from a phone or laptop.

How do I cancel?

Manage or cancel your subscription any time from your account in the shop. You keep access until the end of the period you've paid for.

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