Would you ever call a solitaire ring “football ring” ? One might think that diamonds need to have a poshy name just as Van Cleef’s collections for an example.  But who would have imagined that an in-line of diamonds would one day be called “Tennis Bracelet”.

It was in the US Open in 1987 that those diamond bracelets have been “renamed” to Tennis Bracelets when the famous tennis player Chris Evert the former World No. 1 woman tennis player and the winner of 18 Grand Slam singles titles, was wearing an in-line diamond bracelet created by George Bedwi. While playing the bracelet broke and the match was interrupted to allow her to recover her diamonds.  Ever since, not only was the bracelet popular as a jewelry item, it was renamed to be the Tennis Bracelet. source

Serena Williams was one of the tennis players as well who was known for her tennis bracelet. She wore a Harry Winston’s $29000 bracelet in the US Open 2002.  It was custom designed to fit her 7 1/2 inch wrist, it had an extra inch of length to accomodate her wrist measurment according to her swing.  It contains 242 colorless diamonds, and a total of 12 carats set in platinum. Her Tweleve to Twilight tennis bracelet had an extra safety clasp to ensure safety. source

Girls before buying a tennis bracelet, always remember the following:

Four factors make a tennis bracelet distinct: stone shape, stone choice, type of metal, and stone setting.

Stone Cut: most popular is the round cut, emerald, baguette and princess cuts are used too oftenly

Stone Choice: the most common is diamond, some go for their birthstones, or other gems.

Type of Metal: You can either choose between white gold, yellow or rose gold. Platinium is used commonly as well. It wiill add an extra bit to the bill though.

Platinum is thirty-five times more rare than gold and is silvery-white in color. It is mostly mined in Russia and South Africa and because it is scarce, it is more expensive. Platinum is more pure and durable compared to gold.

Stone Setting: There are several stone settings, the most commonly used for tennis bracelets is “Four-Prong Setting” as it puts emphasis on the stones and lessens the visable metal. Another setting that can be used too is the Bezel Settings.

Things to look for when buying a tennis bracelet:

Decide on your Cs: Cut, Clarity of diamond, Color & Carat: Rule of thumb, the more carats, the expensive it is. The clearer the diamonds, the better they are (and the more expensive too).

Never buy diamonds without certificate of authenticity. Make sure that it is a stamped one.

Always try the bracelet on your hand.

Look around,  compare prices and quality of diamonds before purchasing your bracelet unless you trust your jeweler.

Make sure that the bracelet has a safety latch to secure the pieces.

Check the measurment. The bracelet should be flexible. The ideal gap between the bracelet and the wrist should be a finger wide.

Enjoy the blings on your wrist gorgeous !

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