2026 Topps Royalty Tennis: Rivalry Autographs, Racket Relics and a 100-Card Set

Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras on the same autograph card is a good way to get a tennis collector’s attention. Add a triple signed by Carlos Alcaraz, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, and 2026 Topps Royalty Tennis has a checklist worth exploring well beyond the first preview image.

The Hobby format is substantial: ten cards in one pack, including six autographs, at a $579.99 Topps preorder price. A four-box case was $2,319.99. The EQL preorder closed October 13, ahead of the expected November 13, 2026 release. Those were preorder offers; the closed Hobby box launch is not a current purchase window.

Around its 100-card base set, Royalty builds individual signatures, multi-player autographs and memorabilia designs ranging from large fabric windows to racket knobs. The official card previews show the look; the full checklist reveals which players share those designs.

Two signatures can tell one tennis story

The Dual Autographs checklist contains 25 different cards. Agassi and Sampras share DA-SA, while Agassi and Boris Becker appear on DA-AB. Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe have DA-ML. For a collector drawn to earlier generations of tennis, those are three very different pairings to follow within the same design family.

Nadal has two especially appealing combinations: Alcaraz on DA-NA and Björn Borg on DA-NB. The first connects him with another Spanish star; the second puts two players from different eras on the same signed card. Royalty gives the player collection a specific relationship to explore, with the second signature changing the character of the card.

The current-player combinations include Coco Gauff and Amanda Anisimova on DA-GA, Victoria Mboko and Iva Jovic on DA-JM, and Learner Tien and João Fonseca on DA-TF. Gauff also has a dual with Sabalenka, while Mboko shares another with Mirra Andreeva. Following either player opens more than one two-player collection within Royalty.

Brandon Nakashima and Alex Michelsen, Dual Autographs promotional preview. Image: Topps.

The Brandon Nakashima–Alex Michelsen preview shows how the layout handles that shared billing. Two wide signature panels sit one above the other, with Nakashima’s portrait at the upper left and Michelsen’s at the lower right. Both blue signatures have room against the pale background. The pictured card is marked 03/25, with coloured edging around the panels giving the white-and-gold marble design a little movement.

The triple-autograph list is small enough to read closely

There are ten Triple Autographs cards. TA-NDA brings together Alcaraz, Nadal and Djokovic. TA-SSR pairs Iga Świątek, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina, while TA-MRD combines Andy Murray, Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper. Taylor Fritz, Learner Tien and Ben Shelton have TA-SFT, extending the Fritz–Shelton dual into a three-player version with Tien.

The generational combinations are just as distinctive. Agassi, Murray and Becker share TA-AMB. Mirra Andreeva joins Martina Hingis and Maria Sharapova on TA-SAH. Andreeva also appears with Alexandra Eala and Victoria Mboko on TA-AME, giving her collectors a choice between two very different three-player groups.

Welcome to the Club is narrower still. Its three dual-autograph pairings put Djokovic alongside Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova or Steffi Graf. The appeal is wonderfully specific: the same modern player connected to three different figures from women’s tennis. Graf collectors can follow that shared autograph as well as her individual Superior Signatures and Royal Decree cards.

Emerson Jones leads a different kind of chase

Emerson Jones, Gold Rookie Autographs promotional preview. Image: Topps.

The 29-card Rookie Autographs list includes Emerson Jones, João Fonseca, Ivan Ivanov, Hannah Klugman and Solana Sierra. Jones’ pictured Gold card has 01/10 numbering, a visible RC mark and a blue signature below her photograph. The oval frame keeps the portrait and autograph together, with pale marble and gold accents around them.

Jones, Fonseca and Ivanov also have Rookie Relic Autographs, Rookie Jumbo Relics and Racket Knob Autographs on the checklist. That gives their collections materially different choices: an individual signature, a signature with memorabilia, a large relic presentation or an autograph incorporating a racket component. These are changes to what the card contains, beyond the colour of its border.

Mboko’s Royalty selection follows another route. Alongside her base card and the multi-player autographs, she appears in Superior Relic Signatures, Pursuit of Greatness and The Time Is Now. Her cards sit across several of Royalty’s designs, so the most interesting Mboko card for one collection may be a pairing with Jovic, while another collector may prefer the single-player relic-and-autograph format.

The memorabilia design changes the card

Maria Sharapova, Green Superior Relic Signatures promotional preview. Image: Topps.

Sharapova’s Green Superior Relic Signatures preview is a good advertisement for the format. A large purple-and-white striped fabric window fills much of the lower half, while the signature and player photograph occupy the space above. Green lettering and mosaic accents frame the material without competing with its colour. The pictured card is numbered 2/5.

That preview describes the material as event-used. It does not identify a particular match. The fabric’s visual appeal and the card’s autograph can carry the collecting story without assigning it a more specific origin.

The equipment-based families offer a different reason to collect Royalty. Racket Knob Autographs includes Alcaraz, Gauff, Sabalenka and Fonseca. On Court Shoe Relics and The Grip also include all four. For an Alcaraz collection, that means three named equipment-related designs to investigate alongside his autographs with Nadal and Djokovic. The material and construction become part of choosing the card.

The signature lists vary considerably in size: Imperial Ink has 63 entries, Superior Signatures has 49, and Rookie Autographs has 29. Six autographs in a box can therefore draw from a much wider selection than the familiar names on the preview page. Royalty’s specific multi-player cards and memorabilia constructions are the useful targets to understand before choosing a box or a particular card.

Agassi’s Imperial Ink makes room for the signature

The Agassi Imperial Ink Blue cover preview takes a simpler approach than the relic cards. His action photograph occupies the upper portion, and the large blue signature sits below it on open white space. Blue mosaic details pick up the ink colour, with gold veining around the outer frame. The pictured version is marked 12/25. For an Agassi collector who wants the signature to dominate, that layout has a different appeal from his duals with Sampras or Becker.

The base checklist supplies a broader cross-section of the collection, including Djokovic at No. 1, Fonseca at No. 82, Agassi at No. 98 and Graf at No. 99. Beyond the base set, Liquid Silver focuses on five players: Djokovic, Alcaraz, Nadal, Gauff and Sabalenka. It is another deliberately smaller group within a release whose autograph and relic checklists run in several directions.

Royalty’s strongest collecting paths are already clear: the Agassi–Sampras dual for that two-player connection, the Alcaraz–Nadal–Djokovic triple for its extraordinary trio, Jones’ Gold rookie autograph for a tightly framed individual signature, and Sharapova’s Superior Relic Signatures for a design built around the fabric itself. Those are four distinct reasons to be interested in the same release.