Telephone Cards

A selection of telephone cards featuring tennis players or events. The cards are plastic, in full colour and are credit card sized (approx 3.5" x 2"). All cards are British and are assumed to be used unless otherwise stated. Japanese cards when used have up to 5 small holes along one edge. The listing is sub-divided into Players, Events, and Miscellaneous.

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Players
Carling Bassett - Playing backhand. Japanese. Advertising Xerox. 50 units £10.00 (approx $17.00)

Carling Bassett - Leaping to forehand. Japanese. Advertising Xerox and with Olympics logos. 50 units £10.00 (approx $17.00)

Amanda Coetzer/Kimiko Date/ Mana Endo/Marianne Werdel - Action portraits of the 4 players. Japanese. Advertising Sapporo Ladies Open 93. 50 units. Used £12.50 (approx $21.25)

Jimmy Connors - Waist length portrait, wearing suit. Japanese. Advertising Xerox. 50 units £15.00 (approx $25.50)

Jimmy Connors - Holding can. French. Advertising Liptonic. 50 units Original card produced May 1993 £7.50 (approx $12.75)

Jimmy Connors - Holding can. French. Advertising Liptonic. 50 units Reprint of card produced June 1994 £6.00 (approx $10.20)

Jimmy Connors - Playing forehand. US. Card produced for Tennis Festival of Myrtle Beach. Unused in presentation envelope £15.00 (approx $25.50)

Stefan Edberg - Head/shoulders portrait in front of galaxy. Japanese. Advertising Korean Airlines Flying excellence 50 units. Used £12.50 (approx $21.25)

Stefan Edberg - Head & shoulders portrait in front of galaxy. Japanese. Advertising Korean Airlines. 50 units. Used £12.50 (approx $21.25)

Stefan Edberg - Off court portrait with Tony Nakajima; caption ‘Communication with You’,15th Anniversary card. Japanese £10.00 (approx $17.00)

Chris Evert - Playing backhand Centre Court Wimbledon. Japanese. Advertising Rolex. 50 units. Used £15.00 (approx $25.50)

Wally Masur - Full length playing backhand. Issued for Colonial Classic 1995. Australian £6.00 (approx $10.20)

Shuzo Matsuoka - Receiving serve. Japanese. Advertising Xerox £6.00 (approx $10.20)

Shuzo Matsuoka - Knee length, receiving serve. Japanese. Advertising Visa MasterCard. 50 units £8.00 (approx $13.60)

Shuzo Matsuoka - Between points. Japanese. Advertising Xerox. 50 units £6.00 (approx $10.20)

Shuzo Matsuoka - Waist length, blowing on hand. Japanese. Advertising Xerox. 50 units £6.00 (approx $10.20)

Shuzo Matsuoka - Playing forehand. Japanese. Advertising Fuji Xerox The Document Company. 50 units £6.00 (approx $10.20)

Shuzo Matsuoka - Preparing to serve. Japanese. Advertising Yonex. 50 units £6.00 (approx $10.20)

Shuzo Matsuoka - Preparing to play backhand. Japanese. Advertising Visa. 50 units £6.00 (approx $10.20)

Martina Navratilova/Monica Seles - At net before start of match. Japanese. Advertising Yonex. 50 units £15.00 (approx $25.50)

Gabriela Sabatini - Serving. Japanese. Advertising Fuji with caption ‘Fujix D-file’. 50 units £15.00 (approx $25.50)

Gabriela Sabatini - Preparing to serve. Japanese. Advertising Fuji. 50 units £15.00 (approx $25.50)

Gabriela Sabatini/Jim Courier - Sabatini in profile, Courier serving. Japanese. Advertising Gosen. Dated 1994. 50 units £12.50 (approx $21.25)

Gabriela Sabatini/Jim Courier/Conchita Martinez/Wayne Ferreira - Action shots of the 4 players, caption ‘We play with Gosen strings’. Japanese. Advertising Gosen. 50 units. Used £12.50 (approx $21.25)

Pete Sampras - Playing backhand at US Open. Japanese. Advertising Wilson. 50 units. Used £15.00 (approx $25.50)

Monica Seles - Portrait with racket and reproduction signature. Japanese. Advertising Yonex RD-7. 50 units. Used £15.00 (approx $25.50)

Monica Seles - Full length playing backhand (?at US Open) commemorating her 1990 French Open win. Japanese. Advertising Yonex. 50 units £15.00 (approx $25.50)

Monica Seles - Knee length playing forehand. Japanese. Advertising Yonex. 50 units £15.00 (approx $25.50)

Pam Shriver - Knee length playing volley at net. Japanese. Advertising Yonex. 50 units £10.00 (approx $17.00)

Events
Croatian Open 94 - Features drawing of racket & ball, date of tournament & associated logos £10.00 (approx $17.00)

Lipton Championships - Features picture of the tournament site. American. Mint in original sealed packet £15.00 (approx $25.50)

Lipton Championships - Features picture of the tournament site. American £7.50 (approx $12.75)

Roland Garros 1994 - Official artwork from 1994 French Open featuring a hand. French. 50 units £5.00 (approx $8.50)

Roland Garros 1995 - Official artwork from 1995 French Open featuring two rackets forming a heart shape. French. 50 units £5.00 (approx $8.50)

Roland Garros 1995 - Official artwork from 1995 French Open featuring two rackets forming a heart shape. French. 120 units £6.00 (approx $10.20)

Roland Garros 1996 - Official artwork from 1996 French Open featuring red court & net. French. 120 units £6.00 (approx $10.20)

Roland Garros 1997 - Official artwork from 1997 French Open. French. 50 units £5.00 (approx $8.50)

US Open 1995 - View of the Stadium Court with US Open 1995 logo. American. $5. Unused £12.50 (approx $21.25)

US Open 1995 - View of Flushing Meadow & US Open 1995 logo. American. $10. Unused £25.00 (approx $42.50)

Wimbledon 1991 - Features crossed rackets and flying W logos. Unused in sealed packet £20.00 (approx $34.00)

Wimbledon 1993 - Commemorates 100th Ladies Singles. Picture of 2 players and Wimbledon logo. Unused £10.00 (approx $17.00)

Wimbledon 1994 - Features view of outside courts and main concourse. Scarce - limited numbers issued and only available at Wimbledon during the Championships. Unused in sealed packet £17.50 (approx $29.75)

Wimbledon 1995 - Features picture of Edwardian players in foreground with modern scene at Wimbledon in the background. Scarce - limited numbers issued and only available at Wimbledon during the Championships. Unused in sealed packet £15.00 (approx $25.50)

Wimbledon 1996 - Features official artwork from the Championships. Limited numbers issued and only available at Wimbledon during the Championships. Unused in sealed packet £10.00 (approx $17.00)

Wimbledon 1997 - Features artwork of the new No1 Court Complex. Limited numbers issued and only available at Wimbledon during the Championships. Unused in sealed packet £10.00 (approx $17.00)

Miscellaneous
Bee Bie Bipp - Features a cartoon of a rabbit and a tennis racket and ball. Japanese £6.00 (approx $10.20)

Corporate Hospitality 94 - Four scenes including tennis shown on front of card. Issued by Mercury in UK £10.00 (approx $17.00)

Female Player - Features full length photo of female player at net, much Japanese text. Japanese. 50 units £6.00 (approx $10.20)

Hollywood Light - Features female player and yellow tennis ball logo. Advertises a brand of chewing gum issued by Kraft General Foods. French. 1992. 50 units £15.00 (approx $25.50)

Male Player - Photograph of male (?Matsuoka) playing backhand. Japanese. Advertising Visa MasterCard. 50 units £6.00 (approx $10.20)

Snoopy - Features Snoopy at net playing volley with caption ‘Wap!’; red background. Japanese. 50 units £15.00 (approx $25.50)

Tennis - Orange coloured card showing drawings of 5 figures in various tennis poses. $10 Singapore £6.00 (approx $10.20)

Tennis in New Zealand - Aerial shot of player playing forehand at net. $10. Part of Sports Series issued by New Zealand £3.00 (approx $5.10)

True Brits - Features cartoon of couple playing tennis under umbrellas in pouring rain. 50 units £2.50 (approx $4.25)

True Brits - Features cartoon of couple playing tennis under umbrellas in pouring rain. 100 units £3.00 (approx $5.10)