Although Australian Men were traveling and playing in tournaments over the 1890′s to early 1900 period, women’s tennis rated poorly. The Davis Cup competition inspired the international tennis playing nations yet it was until 1963 that an equivalent event, the Federation Cup was instigated. In the 1920′s the UK and USA teams did play the [...]
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Hi tennis enthusiasts, These last few months have been very interesting and exciting. We recently decided to form a group of tennis enthusiasts to help promote the history and help foster programmes to expose tennis history to the public. The group Tennis Heritage Australia has two groups, one in Melbourne and a very new group [...]
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As the transition from wood to graphite racquets took place in the late 1970′s, the established Australian Industry comprising Slazenger, Dunlop, Spalding and Oliver seemed to underestimate the potential of these new space age materials. Metal racquets while novel were often the cause of tennis elbow and so wooden racquets got a reprieve. The first [...]
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Collecting vintage Tennis racquets (rackets) is a wonderful hobby which has been expanded considerably thanks to Ebay. Racquets never seen in Australia can now be purchased and the array of brands and designs is quite staggering. To appreciate the subject we recommend you find a copy of Siegfried Kuebler’s book “The Book of Tennis Rackets”. [...]
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Imagine the surprise of finding this amazing array of (reproduction) signatures celebrating the USA UK pair of Dwight Davis and Holcombe Ward at the Cafe Royal, Regent St West on July 2nd 1901. At least by sharing them with you here at tennishistory.com.au you will be able to compare them against other signatures that may [...]
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