Master Tennis Racquets

July 18, 2008

Master Tennis Racquets was established on the Gold Coast in 1977 by Peter Maidens and Wayne Hawker. Together they sourced and manufactured the entire racquet in a small shed at Southport. Frank Sedgman endorsed the brand and you will find Tennis Education books at this time in which Frank is pictured using the Master racquets. […]

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History of the Davis Cup

July 15, 2008
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The Davis Cup has long been held as one of the finest events a tennis player can be involved with because it is at a level above the individual. It is the pride of the country, the team and the passion for the game. In 1900, when US player Dwight Davis first donated the trophy […]

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Tennis Players

July 14, 2008

Below are some photos of well known Australian Tennis Players in Alphabetical Order. We will continue to load photos as they become available.Please also follow the links to player profiles. Enjoy! J.O.Anderson (Right) playing against Tilden  – 1920′s Mal Anderson circa 1960′s Tennis great Nancye Bolton (Wynne) with Mixed Doubles partner Colin Long.A great combination […]

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Wooden Racquet Construction

July 4, 2008

The first wooden racquets which formed the Wingfield set were actually a more symmetrical design with concave throats, but as demand for lawn tennis racquets grew rapidly other makers elected to follow the Real tennis lop-sided shape due largely to the existing players of real tennis looking for a similar design for lawn tennis. To […]

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Arriving in Queensland

July 4, 2008

While we have been searching for information on the history of tennis arriving in Australia via some official sporting association whether cricket or croquet, this wonderful story from the 1888 Courier Mail has opened up the simple possibility that a visiting teacher may well have brought the first private tennis set with them for the entertainment […]

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Arriving in NSW

July 4, 2008

After only a few months of the “invention” of Tennis by Major Wingfield, Australian colonies began to receive news information about another craze from England.  This was an era of sporting creation where many games were tried some succeeding and some not.  Lawn tennis was a major success. In NSW, the growth in tennis began […]

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A Welcome to Australian Tennis History

November 30, 2007

There have been many books written about the history of tennis with a focus on the UK and the USA. In Australia, unlike other local sports like Football, Rugby and Cricket, Tennis has suffered from a void where much of the history has simply vanished or focused only on the leading players of the time. […]

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