Winning two of three Wimbledon crowns on Independence Day… The 4th of July, American Independence Day, was a special day for Maria Esther Bueno at Wimbledon since she won two of her three Wimbledon singles titles on this date. In…
In memory of… Tuesday 8 June was the third anniversary of Maria Esther Bueno’s death in São Paulo in 2018, and it is fitting that her memory is being honoured on ‘Tennis Player’s Day’ by a series of medals from…
Lost in São Paulo… In the mid 1980s the British street artist Walter Kershaw, generally acknowledged as ‘the Original Bansky’, was commissioned by the Cultura Inglesa to create a series of murals depicting Brazilian life and culture throughout the city of…
The following article was published by Tennis Threads on 11 April, 2021: The All England Lawn Tennis Club led tributes to His Royal Highness Prince Philip The Duke of Edinburgh, who died at the age of 99 on Friday at…
The Instituto Tênis in São Paulo starts its partnership with LATAM in an arrangement signed in March to continue its work training talented athlete, helping to develop tennis in Brazil through the Maria Esther Bueno Development Project, despite the Coronavirus…
Monday 8 March was International Women’s Day and, in Brazil, the legacy of Maria Esther Bueno, the only Brazilian woman in the International Tennis Hall of Fame, was celebrated. Tributes to Maria Esther alongside other prominent Brazilian women were featured…
