WIMBLEDON

Leeward Productions produced Wimbledon Pursuits, a three-film series for Wimbledon, made with agency partner Rebel Ventures. The films follow lifelong fans on improbable pursuits, from a club player who once stepped up to return a champion's serve to a devotee who flew from Singapore to wait in The Queue.

Court of Dreams, the film featured here, is Mark Kuhn's story. He fell for Wimbledon as a boy listening to the broadcast on the radio, dreaming of building a Centre Court replica in his cow field, and at 50 he finally went for it, naming his grass court the All Iowa Lawn Tennis Club. The court led to an invitation to intern with Wimbledon's grounds crew, and the film follows a life shaped by the game, full of joy, sacrifice, and loss. It was the centerpiece of the series, shortlisted for Best Original Content at the 2020 SportsPro OTT Awards, and opened to hundreds of thousands of organic views.