Deuce!

Posted by Henry December 29, 2003In reply to Tennis, anyone? posted by Peter Weiss on December 29, 2003

Does anyone know the origin of this phrase?

Where did the phrase "Anyone for tennis?" come from? Carla Bannerman, New York
It was a Humphrey Bogart line from a 1930s Broadway play. Alas, not even the great Bud Collins, the author of the tennis encyclopaedia and a chap who has been watching tennis for a lifetime, can remember which Broadway play. However, given that Humph always played the hard man in the movies, appearing as a tennis-playing fop went down rather well with the theatregoers.

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