Our Ambassadors
Since launching the business in late 2020, as well as having the opportunity to do what we love and sell amazing clothing to fantastic customers, we have also had the utter privilege of getting to know some of the top players and characters from the Golden Age personally. Some of them even agreed to become ambassadors for us. We are so lucky to have every single one of them on board here at Golden Age of Tennis and couldn't be prouder of the association we have with them. Not only were they consummate professionals on court, they are brilliant people off it with incredible insight and fascinating stories. We really hope you enjoy reading them.
JOHN LLOYD
John reached an ATP world ranking of 21 from 23 July 1978 to 30 July 1978, and was ranked as UK number 1 in 1984 and 1985. He now works as a tennis commentator and journalist.
During his career, he reached one Grand Slam singles final and won three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles with tennis partner Wendy Turnbull: the French Open in 1982 and Wimbledon in 1983 and 1984. Also, John scored 27 wins and 24 losses with the Great Britain Davis Cup team.
He served as the British Davis Cup captain himself from August 2006 until March 2010. He is a member of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
ROSCOE TANNER
Roscoe turned professional in 1972 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 on July 30, 1979.
He was famous for his big left-handed serve, which was reportedly clocked at 153 miles per hour (246 km/h) at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California on February 19, 1978 during the 1978 American Airlines Tennis Games singles final against Raúl Ramírez.
He is also known for winning the men's singles title at the first of two Australian Open tournaments held in 1977.
He won the tournament held in January, Vitas Gerulaitis won the December tournament. Roscoe reached the Wimbledon final in 1979, losing to Björn Borg in five sets.
Lisa Bonder
Lisa Bonder also known as Lisa Bonder-Kerkorian, is an American legendary professional tennis player.
Lisa played on the WTA tour from 1981 to 1991 and won four titles, the first in 1982 in Hamburg, West Germany, and then three tournaments in Tokyo from 1982 to 1983.
She reached the fourth round of the US Open in 1983 and 1984 and at Wimbledon in 1984. Notable career victories include wins over Chris Evert, Mary Joe Fernandez, and Andrea Jaeger. Lisa reached a career high ranking of no. 9, and retired with a 139–126-win/loss record.
Chris Lewis
Chris is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand who reached the 1983 Wimbledon final. Lewis reached the singles final of ten major tournaments, winning three. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 19 in April 1984. He also won 8 doubles titles and reached the finals of 8 more during his 12 years on the tour. He was coached by Harry Hopman and Tony Roche.
He was the first player from New Zealand to reach a Wimbledon singles final since Anthony Wilding won the title in 1913. He is also the last player from New Zealand to reach the singles final of a Grand Slam tournament as of 2020. Widely regarded as the fittest player on the tour during his era, he is also considered the best New Zealand tennis player of the modern game. He was ranked No. 1 in New Zealand for a decade, and in 1983 was voted New Zealand’s Sports Person of the Year.
Mikael Pernfors
Mikael is a legendary Swedish professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1986, and won the 1993 Canada Masters in Montreal.
On his way to the final of the French Open In 1986, he defeated Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker and Henri Leconte, only to ultimately lose to world No.1 Ivan Lendl.
Mikael was the recipient of the ATP Tour's Most Improved Player award in 1986, and its Comeback Player of the Year award in 1993.
It is tough to concentrate on your game and also be a crowd pleaser, all at once, But not only did he do it, Mikael also won many matches like this.