How Chris Evert's US Open Match Gave the Tennis Bracelet Its Name

The tennis bracelet is a timeless symbol of elegance If you were to travel back to the Gatsby era and waltz into a jewelry store and ask to see their tennis bracelet selection, you'd get some odd looks You see, the tennis bracelet we know and love hasn't always gone by that name.

Originally known as eternity bracelets, the bands didn't pick up their court connotations until women's tennis champion Chris Evert came along During one of the matches in that year's US Open, the force of Evert's swing sent her diamond eternity bracelet soaring off of her wrist Still, it's hard to deny the sheer star-power of Evert's association with the tennis bracelet.

Laughing, she added, "I never got one free tennis bracelet, by the way, and I feel like I kind of had something to do with it! I just dropped my bracelet on center court at the US Open and that's when they called it the tennis bracelet." . Source