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A tennis court seen from above, enclosed by a tall hedge

15LOVE

Hush,
now.

Eight courts tucked inside a hedge, a short walk from the high street. No music, no ladders, no buying your way up the list.

30LOVE

Every ball,
called.

Electronic line calling on all eight courts. The machine decides. Disagreements are settled at the bar.

A tennis ball resting on the white baseline of a court

Court 4 · today

LINE-CALLED

Pick an hour

Rows of green stadium seats with one white seat among them

40LOVE

A seat,
kept for you.

Four hundred members, never more. When a place opens, it goes to whoever has waited longest. Money doesn't move you up.

The club from above: the clubhouse, a pool and the courts

GAMEHEDGEROW

Game, set, club.

Photographs on Unsplash by Ryan Searle, Mario Gogh, Ricardo Gomez Angel and Jose Losada.