A Brief History of Tennis Bracelets - The Bright Sheen on the Wrist Now the question is why this bracelet is named as the Tennis bracelet? The specific answer to this question includes lots of mystery and history. So the very first fact says that the tennis bracelet first came into prominence in the era of 1920s, which was also known as the "diamond line bracelet." The tennis bracelet came in 1987 when the professional tennis player Christ Evert lost her expensive diamond bracelet in the middle of the match while playing the open tennis championship. And because of this incident that game was halted. Soon, that diamond bracelet was recovered, the Evert was back with her lucky charm, and the......See More