Edinburgh alone is currently home to 24 tennis venues, meaning there are 152 courts for Capital resident’s to enjoy, including many that are open to the general public.
It’s always been a sport that it popular with residents of the city, and the former Grass Court Championship at the Craiglockhart Tennis Centre has hosted tennis icons such as Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe over the years.
The venue is still the most prominent centre of tennis in Edinburgh, with programmes available to allow all ages and abilities to pick up the sport and develop their skills.
And there’s more good news for the sport – with the Oriam Tennis Centre set to create a six-court indoor tennis training facility in Riccarton by the end of this year.
Here are 24 pictures to take you back to tennis in the 1950s and 1960s.
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13. Cup winners
Mrs J Macdonald and her daughter Shiela with the Craigmillar Park Women's Club Championship Trophy in July 1965. Photo: Unknown
14. Great Scot
Scottish tennis player Winnie Shaw in action at the Scottish Lawn Tennis Championships at Craiglockhart in July 1966. Photo: Stan Warburton
15. Serving up a contest
Scottish tennis players Graham Primrose and Harry Roulston at Craiglockhart tennis courts in July 1966. Photo: Joe Steele
16. Line up
The East Mixed Doubles Tennis Team at Craiglockhart in May 1959 (left-right) O L Balfour, Miss B D Paterson, Mrs R C H Boothman, JJ Carmichael, Mrs Anne Todd and G R Chisholm. Photo: Unknown