One may now be a referee and the other a coach but they both agree on one thing – some of their fondest memories come from playing at Wimbledon.
Both Andrew Jarrett and Jane Rushby went from representing Derbyshire to playing on the famous grass courts at SW19.
Today, tennis continues to be a big part of their lives – with Andrew, 53, the tournament referee at Wimbledon and Jane, 55, a coach at both the Derbyshire Tennis Centre and Church Broughton Tennis Club.
Andrew, who played at the annual Grand Slam tournament between 1977 and 1983, said his best moments at the All England Club were when he was a player walking on to court.
And Jane, who competed in junior Wimbledon at the same time as Andrew and her brother Dennis Archer, said it was more important than ever to get youngsters playing the game in order to keep talent coming through.
They spoke as a scheme in Derbyshire to get children to try tennis for the first time entered its final week.
Youngsters who take up our offer of a free session at one of three county tennis clubs are also in with a chance of being called back for more free sessions.
It is being run by Serving Up Tennis, the coaching provider at Derbyshire Tennis Centre, and is for children aged five to 14.
Jane, of Marston-on-Dove, said: "Tennis is one of those sports where people can get involved from any age.
"I go down to Wimbledon in August for the veterans' tournament and there is actually an over-85s section. Children can usually start playing from about five so it really is for everyone.
"I have some great memories of going to Wimbledon and I had no idea that when I played tennis as a child, I would get to have the experiences I have had. You just never know where this sport will take you."
Andrew, who is at Wimbledon both this week and next to oversee the tournament, said: "I've always thought the best job at Wimbledon is to play, although I think it is a huge privilege to play a part in the tournament as referee.
"The players are the lucky ones and, when they travel the world, it is like moving around in a village – it is just the venue that changes but the rest stays consistent.
"I have some great memories of playing."
Jane, whose children – Beth 28, James, 26, Tom, 25, and Ben, 17 – also play tennis, said her first experience of the game was playing with a wooden racquet on the farm where she grew up.
She said: "I would practice against the wall, pretending I was Chris Evert, and I got to a pretty reasonable level before I had any coaching.
"My sister and I would also drag a bench out into the farmyard and set up our own little court. My parents played tennis and we were a sporting family but I really just drifted into it.
"I think my children play tennis because they said it looked like fun when I played and they wanted to try it."
Among Jane's memories of Wimbledon are playing in the junior tournament and taking a team of Derbyshire players to a centenary event at the All England Club.
She also watched son Tom, who works as an academy coach for the MyTennis programme at Loughborough University, reach the semi- finals of junior Wimbledon with doubles partner Andy Murray in 2003.
In another year, Tom also played in the boys' singles contest and drew the then number one seed Gael Monfils. He lost 7-6, 6-4 to the Frenchman, who is now ranked the eighth-best men's player in the world.
Jane said: "To step on the hallowed turf at Wimbledon is unbelievable. The grass feels so different.
"But everybody has to start somewhere and, whether you are playing together as a family or aiming for international level, you can get a lot out of tennis."