{"id":738167,"date":"2026-07-02T03:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T03:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/738167\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T03:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T03:32:16","slug":"zendayas-challengers-tennis-heel-replicas-spotted-at-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/738167\/","title":{"rendered":"Zendaya’s ‘Challengers’ Tennis Heel Replicas Spotted at Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tTennis<\/a>-inspired shoes are all the rave during The Championships at Wimbledon 2026<\/a>. Spectators are taking a page out of Zendaya<\/a>\u2018s book, indulging in a bit of method dressing for the sporting event.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"ROME,<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tZendaya<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty Images<\/p>\n

\n\tZendaya<\/a> caused a stir during the April 2024 press tour for \u201cChallengers\u201d when she wore custom Loewe tennis<\/a> ball pumps to a photo call for the film at Hotel Hassler in Rome. The shoes featured a classic pump silhouette in white with a sharp pointed toe. Each stiletto heel incorporated a vibrant green mini tennis ball as a nod to her role as a tennis player in the sultry sports film.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tA close-up of Zendaya\u2019s shoes.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTIZIANA FABI\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\n\tThe shoes have since been inspiring others to do the same, incorporating the sport into their footwear. Influencer Aki Curtis attended Wimbledon<\/a> 2024 with a DIY pair of Aquazzura tennis ball shoes created by her husband.<\/p>\n

\n\tCurtis wore the shoes to the men\u2019s semifinals at The Championships at Wimbledon<\/a> in London on July 12, 2024. She tells FN by email that Zendaya inspired her husband to transform a minimalist white Aquazzura Nuda sandal into a match-ready design in just under five minutes, which caught everyone\u2019s eye at the event.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"LONDON,<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tAki Curtis at Wimbledon in 2024.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDave Benett\/Getty Images for Range Rover<\/p>\n

\n\tThe shoe moment went viral again this week when Curtis shared some flashback videos on Instagram Reels that showed the behind-the-scenes process of making the shoes, as well as the people\u2019s reactions to the custom footwear at the event.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBefore I was invited to Wimbledon, these white heels had been sitting in storage for years, collecting dust,\u201d Curtis said to FN. \u201cAs I was planning to buy a new pair of block heels that could sustain long-hour wear, Zendaya\u2019s custom Loewe tennis ball heels from the \u2018Challengers\u2019 press tour came to my mind. The rest is history. Now I have a pair of upcycled tennis ball heels that are filled with lots of great memories from London.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFast-forward to 2026, and Maura Higgins is keeping the shoe trend going. The TV personality\u2019s styling team transformed a pair of white Flor De Maria Jaimie slingback <\/a>high heels into tennis-themed shoes. She showed them off during the Evian \u201cMountain of Youth\u201d VIP Suite during the first day of Wimbledon on Monday.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"LONDON,<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tMaura Higgins attends day one of the 2026 Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Monday in London.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWireImage<\/p>\n

\n\tSimilarly to Curtis and Zendaya, Higgins wore the shoes with two added tennis balls that sat on the pointed-toe pumps\u2019 stiletto heels. The reality star, who was styled by Kris Fe, paired the shoes with an all-white dress and a white bow in her hair.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther spectators skipped the DIY process altogether and went for designer heels instead. One attendee wore Manolo Blahnik\u2019s white pointed-toe tennis-themed slingbacks, finished with a dainty bow and tiny tennis balls on the vamp.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 2026 edition of Wimbledon kicked off on Monday and concludes on July 12. Italy\u2019s Jannik Sinner and Poland\u2019s Iga \u015awi\u0105tek compete to defend the men\u2019s and women\u2019s singles titles. Tennis stars like Osaka, Coco Gauff and Frances Tiafoe will also compete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tennis-inspired shoes are all the rave during The Championships at Wimbledon 2026. Spectators are taking a page out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":738168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[144323,130902,99,428,96,49615],"class_list":["post-738167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-celebrity-shoe-style","tag-footwear-news","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-wimbledon","tag-zendaya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/738168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}