THE TENNIS BRACELET

The story of the tennis bracelet began in the summer of 1978. The U.S. Open women's tennis championship matches were being played in Forest Hills, in the borough of Queens in New York, City. %expanded-mobile%

World Champion Chris Evert was playing a match on center court when she lost what was then known as a diamond line bracelet and play was halted until she found the bracelet. After the match, the idea of the women's tennis bracelet was coined, and those types of diamond line bracelets would forever be referred to as their new name: the Tennis Bracelet.%expanded-desktop%

In 2022, fittingly in conjunction with the U.S. Open schedule, we launched The Tennis Bracelet – CE, a collection designed in collaboration with Chris Evert. It was the first time in four decades that Chris was associated with the creation of a tennis bracelet collection. It would celebrate that founding moment at the U.S. Open. It would be a collection Born 1978, and Finally Authentic. While the women's tennis bracelet is generally associated with styles in yellow gold or white gold with diamonds, included in the Tennis Bracelet - CE collection would be a broad offering of silver tennis bracelets. These sterling silver tennis bracelets would be created with white sapphires to offer the sparkle associated with diamonds but at a more accessible price point. They would be a sterling silver tennis bracelet collection that captured Chris’ memories of that day at the U.S. Open: the green court, symbolized by a green tourmaline accent stone in each silver tennis bracelet; the white lines of the court, embodied in our rows of white sapphires; and finally, the sweat of competition which we capture with a hanging, pear-shaped white sapphire in a bezel setting. Other sterling silver tennis bracelets are also offered with aquamarines, pink sapphires, and exquisitely cut rock crystal.