Past Professionals
The club dates back to 1818, but Cardinal Wolsey built the first court at Hampton Court Palace between 1526 and 1529. Almost 500 years later, the service wall of that court is still in use today.
Between 1529 and 1818 tennis was under the control of the monarch who appointed a “Master of the King’s (or Queen’s) Tennis Courts” to run the courts on a day-to-day basis.
Until late Victorian times the professionals were called “markers”.
| Name | Position | Tenure |
| Chris Chapman | Trainee | 2010 - |
| Stefan King | Senior professional | 2008 – |
| Ben Matthews | Assistant/Tournament professional | 2011 - 2006 – 2010 |
| Camden Riviere | Assistant | 2005 – 2006 |
| Matthew Ronaldson | Assistant/Senior professional | 2003 – 2005 |
| Ben Ronaldson (son of Chris and Lesley) |
Assistant/Senior professional | 1994 – 2008 |
| Nick Wood | Head professional Assistant/Senior professional |
2008 – 1988 – 1998 |
| Matty Hayward | Senior professional | 1987 – 1990 |
| Ivan Ronaldson (son of Chris and Lesley) |
Unofficial Assistant | c1984 – 1994 |
| Mike Gooding | Trainee professional | 1983 |
| Lachlan Deuchar | Senior professional | 1981 – 1987 |
| Wayne Davies | Senior professional | 1981 |
| Alistair Curley | Assistant | 1980 – 1981 |
| Rob Bartlett | Assistant | 1979 – 1980 |
| Lesley Ronaldson | Senior professional | 1979 – |
| Chris Ronaldson | Head professional | 1979 – 2007 |
| Derek Barrett | Head professional | 1973 – 1979 |
| Leslie Keeble | Head professional | 1958 – 1972 |
| Arthur Ashford | Head professional | 1932 – 1957 |
| Harold White (son of Alfred) |
Assistant | c1906 – 1932 |
| John White (nephew of Tom) |
Assistant | 1890 – 1906 |
| John McCann | Assistant | 1908 – 1910 1885 – 1890 |
| Stanley Lambert (son of William) |
Assistant | 1883 – 1884 |
| Alfred White (son of Tom) |
Head professional Assistant |
1910 – 1932 1880 – 1883 |
| Tom White | Head professional | 1880 – 1910 |
| Edward (Ted) Johnson | Assistant | 1867 – c1878 |
| William Lambert (brother of George) |
Head marker | 1869 – 1880 |
| George Lambert | Head marker | 1867 – 1868 |
| Henry John Case (son of Henry) |
Assistant | 1884 c1863 – 1867 |
| Thomas Stone | Assistant | 1850 – 1859 |
| John Nightingale | Head marker | 1864 – 1867 |
| Henry Case (son of John) |
Head marker | 1848 – 1864 |
| Joseph Case (cousin of John) |
Assistant | c1843 – 1849 |
| John Case | Head marker | c1820 – 1848 |
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