The athletic shoe market these days is positively choked with specialty footwear. Once upon a time a 'tennis shoe' meant any canvas topped, rubber bottomed lace-up shoe. These days a tennis shoe means a shoe you wear to play tennis. Period.

For serious tennis players, there are a wide variety of quality shoes that will take care of you on the court, enhancing your game and your safety. You can select shoes that have performance advantages depending on whether you play on clay, grass, or both. Colors are no longer exclusively limited to pristine white; today, tennis shoes come in every color under the rainbow.

If you're looking for a tennis shoe with a well-known name, check out the offerings of Nike. Nike has built a name on quality athletic footwear. Their line of tennis shoes, designed specifically for tennis and other court games, are no different.

Adidas is another quality manufacturer of athletic shoes. As a company, Adidas puts equal emphasis on both form and function. Their tennis shoes are designed to perform well, and look good while doing it.

Skechers, another athletic shoe company, makes a wide variety of shoes, from sports-specific models to those designed simply to look cute with shorts and jeans. They're attractive to look at, and attractive on your pocket book as well, with most models costing well under $100. Whether you define 'tennis shoe' to mean a piece of sports equipment, or think of it as just another way of saying 'sneaker,' shoes by Nike, Adidas, and Skechers will take you courtside, poolside, and cafe-side in style.