Pre-Wimbledon Reading: 4 Tennis Trophy Forms Worth Studying 🎾

Wimbledon kicks off June 27. Before then, worth understanding why tennis has never picked a standard trophy form — and what that lack of orthodoxy teaches about award design.

Plate, Cup, Bowl, or Sculpture

Wimbledon Venus Rosewater Dish is a flat silver plate. Davis Cup is a 4kg silver punch bowl. French Open Musketeers Cup is sculptural figures. US Open is a tall silver cup. For a club tournament, pick the form that suits where it will actually live after the ceremony — not what other tournaments did.

Engrave Every Winner Back to Year One

Every Wimbledon dish has every winner since 1864 engraved on the back. That accumulated history is half the trophy's value. For a club perpetual trophy starting in 2022, leave generous engraving room from year one — at least a 30-year ribbon of empty space around the base. Future curators will thank you.