What is the best tennis movie of all time?

Two of these were shot as thrillers and one is a Hitchcock. The sport keeps turning out to be about something else.

1. 1
   King Richard

   The 2021 film about Richard Williams coaching Venus and Serena, which won Will Smith the Best Actor Oscar.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Challengers

   Luca Guadagnino's 2024 love triangle set around a Challenger-level tournament, scored by Reznor and Ross.
   908pts
3. 3
   Wimbledon

   A 2004 romantic comedy with Paul Bettany as a British journeyman given a wild card into his last tournament.
   735pts
4. 4
   Pat and Mike

   The 1952 Tracy-Hepburn comedy in which Hepburn plays an athlete and Gussie Moran appears as herself.
   647pts
5. 5
   Match Point

   Woody Allen's 2005 thriller about a retired tennis pro, opening on a ball hanging on the net cord.
   647pts
6. 6
   Venus and Serena

   A 2012 documentary that followed both sisters through a single season, injuries and all.
   483pts
7. 7
   Strangers on a Train

   Hitchcock's 1951 thriller, whose protagonist is a tennis player and whose tennis-match sequence is a set piece.
   381pts
8. 8
   Battle of the Sexes

   The 2017 account of King and Riggs in 1973, with Emma Stone and Steve Carell in the leads.
   381pts
9. 9
   Borg vs McEnroe

   A 2017 drama about the 1980 Wimbledon final, with Shia LaBeouf as McEnroe.
   260pts
10. 10
    Unstrung

    A 2003 documentary following seven of America's top junior players through a season on the national circuit.
    260pts
11. 11
    Gods of Tennis

    A 2023 BBC documentary series on the 1970s and 1980s, built around Wimbledon and the players who changed it.
    114pts