Fred Perry Wins Wimbledon - Highlights, 1934

Fred Perry Wins Wimbledon - Highlights, 1934 [HD]. It was a great year for British tennis. In front of King Edward VIII and Queen Mary of Teck, Fred Perry met Jack Crawford from Australia in the Wimbledon Final. Perry won 6-3, 6-0, 7-5. Fred Perry was the last British player to win the men's Wimbledon championship back in 1936.

The highlights also include British Player, Dorothy Round playing against Helen Jacobs from the USA. Round goes on to win the Ladies' championship.

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[TizerisT.]

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

[eric]

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!

[jtalkcom]

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.

[coolcat]

I remember this game, back in the good old days

[ConradGonbad]

i honestly thought this was warmup hahaha

[shanilmisra]

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

[davidhorkoff]

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!

[TABLE]

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

[jhonguinezpinto]

COMO HA EBOLUCIONADO EL TENNIS INCREIBLE

[MrBabies]

So many people comment on how Britain hasn't produced a male British winner at Wimbledon since the 1930's. I wonder if a curse was put on the club because of the terrible way they treated Perry just because he was working class. Many overseas players were aghast at the treatment Perry received. In 2012 the All England Club has hardly changed its toffee nosed image which I am sure is why we have so few tennis stars.

[Rollich]

Actually, the first man to win four grand slam events. Not four grand slams.

[singspeak]

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

[xylfox]

Nice warm-up. And where the play begins?

[RandomnessTube.]

Fred Perry is this the same guy as the brand?

[kimdkus]

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'.  

[CoolBCeltic]

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.

[FoobyZeeky]

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

[TheXwatts]

and actually, they got nadal to play with a racket like that on a promo, and he was surprisingly good and got topspin

[darrenhowell]

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.

[eddietemple]

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