Blog · Tenniscore · 7 Jul 2026 · 5 min read
How to Set a Tennis Wallpaper on Your iPhone — Free Tenniscore Lock Screens
A **tennis wallpaper** is the smallest possible dose of **tenniscore**: grass, clay, white lines and golden-hour light, on the screen you look at a hundred times a day. Setting one on an iPhone takes less than a minute once you know where to tap. Here's the quick way, the settings way, and where to get free ones already sized for your phone.
First, Get a Tennis Wallpaper Made for a Phone
The best tennis wallpapers for iPhone are tall (portrait) and already sized for a phone screen, so nothing important gets cropped by the clock or the Face ID notch. The Tennis Calendar has a free set of tennis wallpapers drawn from the daily posters — grass-court greens, red-clay warmth, night-session blues — each one shaped for an iPhone. Save the one you like to your Photos first, and the steps below take seconds.
Set an iPhone Wallpaper the Quick Way, from Photos
If the wallpaper is already saved in your Photos app, this is the fastest route:
- Open the image in the Photos app.
- Tap the Share button (the square with an arrow pointing up).
- Scroll down the share sheet and tap "Use as Wallpaper."
- Pinch and drag to position the image, then tap Done.
- Choose "Set Both" to use it on the Lock Screen and Home Screen, or "Customise Home Screen" to pick a different one there.
Set Your Lock Screen Wallpaper from Settings
You can also start from Settings, which is handy if you want to fine-tune the Lock Screen and Home Screen separately.
- Open Settings and tap Wallpaper.
- Tap "Add New Wallpaper."
- Choose Photos, then pick your tennis wallpaper.
- Position it, then tap Add.
- Tap "Set as Wallpaper Pair" to use it on both screens, or "Customise Home Screen" to choose a plainer background there so your app icons stay readable.
Change Your Tennis Lock Screen with the Season
The nice thing about a tennis wallpaper is that the season keeps giving you new ones. Each month on The Tennis Calendar has its own theme and colour — grass in July for Wimbledon, hard-court blues for the US Open, red clay in spring — so you can swap your Lock Screen to match wherever the tour is. July 2026 is free to browse, and the wallpapers page keeps the featured days ready to download.
FAQs
- How do I set a photo as my iPhone wallpaper?
- Open the photo in the Photos app, tap the Share button, then "Use as Wallpaper." Position it and tap Done, then choose to set it on the Lock Screen, Home Screen, or both. You can also go to Settings › Wallpaper › Add New Wallpaper.
- Where can I get free tennis wallpapers?
- The Tennis Calendar has a free set of tennis wallpapers drawn from its daily posters, each sized for a phone screen. July 2026 is free to browse.
- What size should an iPhone tennis wallpaper be?
- A tall portrait image works best so nothing important is cropped. The wallpapers on The Tennis Calendar are already shaped for an iPhone screen, so you can set them without resizing.
- How do I set a different Lock Screen and Home Screen wallpaper?
- When you set a wallpaper, choose "Customise Home Screen" instead of "Set Both." That lets you keep the tennis image on your Lock Screen while using a plainer background behind your app icons.
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