If you’re too young to remember ‘90s-era tennis styles, consider the 2020 US Open something of a crash course.
Today’s trend can be traced to Nike’s reprisal of the brand’s Challenge Court Collection, which Andre Agassi debuted at the 1990 US Open. Exactly 30 years later, a new crop of challengers is schooling us on how to rock everything from neon to mullets.
Class is in session…
Neon is back.
Denis Shapovalov is one of the many Gen-Z stars sporting neon color blocks—styled exactly like apparel from Nike’s archives.
Can bike shorts be far behind?
They cannot. In fact, if you’re paying any attention at all in class, the tight-under-loose look was worn by American Taylor Fritz, among others.
Fresh princes rock fresh prints
A look that recalls Will Smith’s “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” the popular TV show that also debuted in 1990, Nike’s crazy collages make for, well, colorful matches, as seen on Grigor Dimitrov.
And there’s a new mullet in town
The player that best channels the ‘90s vibe was born in 1998—and his hair “parties in back” like the era’s adage. American J.J. Wolf, when fielding questions about whether Agassi was the inspiration behind his mullet, responded: “I wouldn’t say the hair is totally based off of him. But if it’s a tribute to him, I’m fine with that.”
