Nike tennis classic vs Tennis classic ultra fly knit. And release date of OG tennis classic?

[earlystarter]

(1) Anyone know what year the OG came out? Because if you try googling it, it is surprisingly hard to find a clear answer. Late 70's I think.

Also has anyone tried the flyknit version of these? I want to get a pair and play tennis in them, possibly. How are they? Thanks

 

[hpb1227]

Here's what Nike Chronicle Deluxe has. The Wimbledon and the Racquette look pretty similar - not sure what the differences were. But it seems like early 70s all the way through to 1980 could be possible.

 

[ta2and0]

Although it’s written in Japanese, the description of this pair on the following page can be read as “this VNTG model is faithfully reproducing the original model from the early 80’s.” Hope that helps.

http://www.factor-jpn.com/?pid=12992845

 

[earlystarter]

Wow, thank you, hpb. Had no idea about the raquette and the Wimbledon. Possible they had to change the name to 'tennis classic ' later on because Nike didn't own rights to the name Wimbledon? Looks like the look of the shoe didn't change from say the early to mid 70s , into the 80s.

Ta2, thanks for the Japanese translation also.