Unflattering pictures of tennis players

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― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 30 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Make up your own caption!

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 30 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

but the hingis is amazing dan! it's like a painting by blake!!

i agree she does not wook pwitty: she DOES like some FORMANT GODDESS of RAGE- ENERGY, which is kinda neat no?

― mark s, Wednesday, 30 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The Hingis picture sort of screams "I WANT TO EAT YOUR SOUL!" which is kind of cool, now that I think about it. Andre, on the other hand, looks like he's excited about working out pi to the 50,000 decimal place by longhand.

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 30 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The second photo just screams out "ANDY KAUFMAN" to me for some unknown reason.

Do we get hot streaming video action and one-on-one chats with current unflattering looking tennis players for our $19.95 a month? You mean THERE'S MORE? Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

― Brian MacDonald, Wednesday, 30 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Brian, I think you've stumbled upon the perfect idea for our ADULT SITE!

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 30 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

THE MOST UNFLATTERING YET IS jOH mCENROE ON THE ENTIRE HALF HOUR OF "THE CHAIR"

― Mike Hanle y, Wednesday, 30 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

So the great Boston meet-up is just an excuse for Brian and Dan to talk tennis porn. Bah!

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

for some reason andre reminds me of that runty man from system of a down, the funniest band of this year. must be the slightly feral look

― Menelaus Darcy, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Andre is cool, it's that guy to his left ho is the real worry.

― toraneko, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Andre is cool, it's that guy to his left ho is the real worry.

Brad Gilbert. He wrote a book called Winning Ugly, would you believe.

― Michael Jones, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hingis is pretty but I think she's losing hair up front and she's got that facial tic/reflex that makes her look like she's rocking an invisible dental dam whenever she exerts herself or squints in the sun. She is 40 times hotter than Kournikova, though. I think Anna is gross. The babushka look gets no play in my house, ever. It repulses me.

― Ramosi, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Babushka means grandmother, doesn't it? Me too, then.

― Mark C, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh crap, really? At first I was worried I accidentally used Hebrew.... OK, but I still hate Kournikova's look. That retarded "tennis is a great alternative to being pimped" look that Oksana Baiul also has.

― Ramosi, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Any second thoughts, Ramosi?

― Dan Perry, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

SHIT.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/news/2002/02/01/pan_pacif ic_friday_ap/t1_hingis_ap.jpg

― Dan Perry, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh, come on -- YOU try to look good while hitting a tennis ball.

That said, certain players do make some pretty funny faces. Jelena Dokic comes to mind:

http://images.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/_photos/2001-07-04-inside-dokic.gif

As does Agassi, who tends to look strained, like he's trying to hold off an attack of the runs. (He looks rather, um, "special" in the picture above.)

On the other hand, some others look pretty normal no matter what -- Rios comes to mind.

I've always found Hingis more attractive than Kournikova -- though, admittedly, less so as time goes by -- but she definitely needs to pick a hairstyle that de-emphasizes the, um, "scope" of her forehead.

― Phil, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dan, her left arm in that second picture is so ralphrugged it looks like her palm is likely to be sweating pure Old Spice cheddar flavor....looks like Mega-Man with titties....her face is so gimped up and intense she looks how I look when I get bored at my desh and try to dig out this mole/beautymark thing on my left wrist with a protractor (I do this religiously and I'm getting there).

Phil, she got one of them Sade foreheads.

One day she'll undo that scrunchie and find out she looks like Steven Wright....a weave won't be able to save her......bitch I thought you knew the time!

― Ramosi, Sunday, 3 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Here's a good one of Monica Seles:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com//tennis/news/2002/02/08/paris_fr iday/t1_seles_ap.jpg

― Dan Perry, Friday, 8 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Pete Sampras:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/jon_wertheim/news/20 02/02/11/mailbag/plus.gif

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 13 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

(I meant to say a while ago: MEGAMAN WITH TITTIES?????????????)

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 13 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

three weeks pass...

what

― Ramosi, Saturday, 9 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

http://www.opdebeeck.com/afbeeldingen/karikatuurafgewerkt/large/k ournikova.jpg

wtf

― Ramosi, Saturday, 9 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

MEGAMAN WITH TITTIES?????????????

Phrase of the year?

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 9 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one month passes...

Anna Kournikova:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/news/2002/05/02/bol_open/ t1_kournikova_ap-01.jpg

― Dan Perry, Friday, 3 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1960000/images/_1962958_dementieva3 00.jpg

― Jonnie, Friday, 3 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

ha ha, it looks like she's kissing a giant glass cock. oh wait, no it doesn't

― Alan Trewartha, Friday, 3 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Looks like Anna just let a shot slip through her "five-hole".

― Chris, Friday, 3 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.watersedge-resort.com/photos/tennis.jpg

"So I said, hey baby, I really like what you got goin' on down there."

― Chris, Friday, 3 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.tennisone.com/portraits/mac/OntheRun1.jpg

― Chris, Friday, 3 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Another good Jelena Dokic pic:

http://i.cnn.net/si/tennis/news/2002/05/15/italian_open_wednesday _ap/t1_dokic_ap.jpg

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I think this might be my favourite thread now. Keep up the good work people!

― Kim, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm glad you're enjoying it, Kim!

Now, I'm somewhat conflicted about this next picture. She's one of my favorite players and I love her to death, but this picture is certainly unflattering.

Ladies and gentlemen, Serena Williams:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/news/2002/05/16/italian_o pen_ap/t1_williams_ap-01.jpg

― Dan Perry, Thursday, 16 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

In the spirit of fairness, Venus Williams:

http://espn- i.starwave.com/media/ten/2002/0326/photo/a_venus_ht.jpg

― Dan Perry, Thursday, 16 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

In fact, I really think I have to get in on the action...

http://hea-www.harvard.edu/HRC/hrc_art/tennis/guga.jpg
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/_photos/2001-09-06- kafelnikov-inside.jpg
http://graphics.boston.com/images/daily/06/tennis_open.jpg

― Kim, Thursday, 16 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

http://members.tripod.com/sp00ky1/images/MDF24646.jpg

― nabisco%%, Thursday, 16 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh fine then.

― nabisco%%, Thursday, 16 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

http://members.tripod.com/sp00ky1/images/MDF24646.jpg

Bastards.

― nabisco%%, Thursday, 16 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Actually Dan, the pic of Venus looks quite graceful... No, update, I've just had a second squizz at her facial expression and she looks like she's trying to do a tightrope act along the net and about to lose it. Serena looks like something you shouldn't let your kids see in case they get nightmares. The red dress usually looks great but that bottle job....YIKES!!!!

As for Anna K...I've had suspicions for years that she doesn't really exist, she's a (very slightly) animated hologram, a tennis playing, more aesthetic version of Max Headroom.

― BJ, Thursday, 16 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The last of Kim's pictures is truly bemusing.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 17 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Hingis may be retiring!!

― the pinefox, Friday, 17 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.sportspublishinginc.com/Titles/The-Sports-100-Online/h tml/images-opt/Navratilova-2.jpg

― Chris, Friday, 17 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

two weeks pass...

Monica Seles:

http://www.rolandgarros.com//images/pics/large/bh_13_002.jpg

― Dan Perry, Monday, 3 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/venusshaq.jpg

― Brian MacDonald, Thursday, 6 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

GENIUS!!!!!

― Dan Perry, Thursday, 6 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

oh my lord

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 6 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

How come I never saw this before... fantastic thread

― Vinnie, Thursday, 6 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

seven months pass...

In honor of the recently-completed Aussie Open... REVIVE!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 30 January 2003 20:03 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.funpic.hu/ad/ad1511.jpg

Anna K just popping out to play tennis .........

― C J (C J), Thursday, 30 January 2003 21:30 (twenty-three years ago)

That opening Agassi shot is grait.

― naked as sin (naked as sin), Thursday, 30 January 2003 21:34 (twenty-three years ago)

Pretty poor, but better get one of the lass anyway
http://tennisrulz.com/players/rubin/gallery/019.jpg

― naked as sin (naked as sin), Thursday, 30 January 2003 22:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Aww, poor Chanda.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 30 January 2003 22:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Another good one of Monica Seles:

http://espn-i.starwave.com/media/ten/2003/0130/photo/seles_ht.jpg

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 31 January 2003 20:42 (twenty-three years ago)

orc!

― g.cannon (gcannon), Friday, 31 January 2003 20:44 (twenty-three years ago)

great shorts:

http://www.sporting-heroes.net/files_tennis/BORG_Bjorn_19750626_EL_T.jpg

― gygax!, Friday, 31 January 2003 20:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Venus looks like she's approaching the runway to take off.

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Friday, 31 January 2003 21:29 (twenty-three years ago)

three months pass...

For the pinefox

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020920/sp6.jpg

― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 28 May 2003 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39125000/jpg/_39125438_cliysters300x200afp.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 5 June 2003 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2005/tennis/specials/wimbledon/2005/06/21/day.two.ap/tx_heninhardennewim_all..jpg

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 19:44 (twenty years ago)

(Justine Henin-Hardenne)

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 19:45 (twenty years ago)

I beg to differ

However...

http://www.concertpix.be/concert%20foto%B4s/Sport%203%20(Justine%20Henin).jpg

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20050621/capt.xwim21706211957.wimbledon_britain_tennis_xwim217.jpg

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 20:06 (twenty years ago)

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20050621/capt.xwim19306211816.wimbledon_britain_tennis_xwim193.jpg

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

What is up with Justine and the fingers???

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 20:16 (twenty years ago)

It's awesome though, Dan.

― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)