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100 Motivational Tennis Captions for Instagram

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This is the ultimate collection of the best tennis captions for Instagram posts. If you’ve taken some incredible photos then use this list of tennis quotes for Instagram to perfectly describe the moment!

This incredible game is loved by millions. The fast-paced game can result in exciting rallies and jaw-dropping high-speed serves.

For those of you looking for a laugh scroll down to the lower part of this article. There’s a nice collection of funny tennis puns for Instagram that you may choose to use for your next post!

Tennis Captions for Instagram

Tennis Captions for Instagram
  • Life is better on the court.
  • Felt cute. Might play a little tennis later.
  • My favorite place on earth is the tennis court.
  • Just serve it.
  • Winning isn’t getting ahead of others. It’s getting ahead of yourself.
  • You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.
  • Life is too short to wear boring clothes.
  • You wish you could play like a girl.
  • Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.
  • Tennis is my therapy.

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Tennis Captions
  • You need balls to play Tennis.
  • If life gives you lemons, pray they are Lulu.
  • Let’s dance.
  • My favorite thing to do is play.
  • Serving up some sweetness.
  • Work less, play more tennis.
  • Success is a journey, not a destination.
  • Play with respect, win with grace.
  • Talk with your racquet, play with your heart.
  • Serving this lewk with a smile.

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Tennis Instagram Captions
  • Having a ball.
  • The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
  • Welcome to the winner’s corner.
  • Nothing is given. Everything is earned.
  • Hustle, hit, and never quit.
  • Serving up this look today.
  • Winning isn’t everything, but wanting it is.
  • Timing is everything.
  • Dressing like a champion.
  • I play Tennis. What’s your superpower?

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Funny Tennis Captions
  • Queen of the court.
  • Play each point like your life depends on it.
  • Dreams don’t work unless you do.
  • Making too much racquet.
  • You play the way you practice.
  • Tennis is mostly mental. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.
  • Champions keep playing until they get it right.
  • On and off the court, I’m winning.
  • Does Ralph Lauren need a new model?
  • Play like there’s no tomorrow.

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Tennis Caption
  • I still haven’t met my match yet.
  • Stand tall, talk small, play ball.
  • I refuse to lose.
  • Be so good they can’t ignore you.
  • I’ll quit competing when my heart stops beating.
  • OK, let’s do this.
  • Winning is my habit.
  • Keep calm & play Tennis.
  • I play better when I like my outfit.
  • The tennis court is calling me, and I must go.

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Tennis Picture Captions
  • I’ll let the racket do the talking.
  • Preppy mode on.
  • You can’t win unless you learn how to lose.
  • The court called, it wants me back in the game!
  • Stay classy.
  • The fifth set isn’t about tennis, it’s about nerves.
  • I came to win.
  • Today’s forecast: 100% chance of winning.
  • Some wish for it. We work for it.
  • 99% tennis. 1% everything else.

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Tennis Quotes for Instagram

Tennis Quotes for Instagram
  • “I play each point like my life depends on it.” – Rafael Nadal
  • “You’ll hear a lot of applause in your life, fellas, but none will mean more to you than that applause from your peers. I hope each of you hears that at the end.” – Andre Agassi
  • “One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision.” – Billie Jean King
  • “I’m really trying to focus myself on playing tennis, and I think that’s really important.” – Stefan Edberg
  • “One important key to success is self–confidence. An important key to self–confidence is preparation.” – Arthur Ashe
  • “When I was serving for the match, there was a sense of how big a moment that is in British tennis history. It’s great to have finally done it.” – Andy Murray
  • “I want my tennis to speak for everything.” – Maria Sharapova
  • “We never go out of style.” – Taylor Swift, Style
  • “Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill but you can’t play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.” – Venus Williams
  • “Tennis is, more than most sports, a sport of the mind.” – Rafael Nadal

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Tennis Quotes
  • “Tennis has given me soul.” – Martina Navratilova
  • “Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind.” – Andre Agassi
  • “When you do something best in life, you don’t really want to give that up – and for me it’s tennis.” – Roger Federer
  • “I’ll let the racket do the talking.” – John McEnroe
  • “I just try to play tennis and don’t find excuses. You know, I just lost because I lost, not because my arm was sore.” – Goran Ivanisevic
  • “You have to want to play it all day, every day to get to the top.” – Monica Seles
  • “I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger.” – Serena Williams
  • “Tennis is a tough sport – there are no draws.” – Roger Federer
  • “I think, for me, I just really want to have fun with every match that I play because tennis is a game.” – Naomi Osaka
  • “If you don’t lose, you cannot enjoy the victories. So I have to accept both things.” – Rafael Nadal
  • “I don’t play in any tournaments to come second best.” – Andy Murray

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Tennis Puns for Instagram

Tennis Puns for Instagram
  • I like my breakfast like my tennis grip: Continental.
  • Fred is so condescending about my tennis strokes. I can’t take any more of his backhanded compliments.
  • I don’t wear a crown, I wear a headband.
  • Is your eyesight as bad as your cell phone reception? Because that was a terrible call.
  • Good players want to be coached… Great players want to be told the truth.
  • Life is like a game of tennis; the player who serves well seldom loses.
  • Pick–up line: You might as well play be a tennis player, because I’m about to court you girl.
  • The critics are always right. The only way you shut them up is by winning.
  • Tennis is a lot like waiting tables. The most important thing to get right is the first serve.
  • Stress doesn’t really go with this outfit.

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Tennis Puns
  • What time should I book the court? Let’s shoot for around tennish.
  • Do you always play this badly at the net? Because I don’t like your approach.
  • The best way to earn respect is by treating others with respect.
  • “The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I’ll never be as good as a wall.” – Mitch Hedberg
  • Game. Set. Match.
  • I love winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I love to play.
  • This outfit is really working out for me.
  • You are your only competition.
  • In my white sneaks.
  • Nothing but the ball, till you fall.
  • Do something today that your future self will thank you for.

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Iain Salter

Founder & Editor of The Road Trip Expert

Iain founded The Road Trip Expert in 2019 and continues to manage the website to this day. The inspiration to start the blog came during an extensive road trip around Europe with two friends that spanned several months and involved over 25,000km of driving. He first developed a passion for backpacking in 2014 and has had the pleasure of exploring over 60 countries.

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