Soft Tennis

October 2, 2010

Occasionally a racquet style will come up for sale which perplexes both buyer and seller.  These racquets are the same length as a standard racquet, much the same width but have a narrower frame and lighter weight.  They’re not squash racquets either because the shaft is not as slim. The answer is these racquets belong […]

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Hire-a-grass-court

September 25, 2010

MELBOURNE VICTORIA If you ever wish to play lawn tennis in the manner reminiscent of the early 1900′s, at least if you live down in Melbourne, Tennishistory.com.au has negotiated an arrangement to hire the lawn tennis court at historic mansion, Rippon Lea which is located in the inner south city of Elsternwick, 20 minutes from […]

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TENNIS ITEMS FOR SALE

August 14, 2010

The following items are for sale. Please email theteam@tennishistory.com.au if you would like to buy one or more. Or, contact the authors directly as per information supplied. Payment can be made via PAYPAL and freight will be worked out subject to buyer destination. International Buyers welcome also.   NEW BOOK RELEASE DECEMBER 2011 PLEASE NOTE […]

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Other Unusual Racquet Sports

June 13, 2010

Recently when searching Ebay an unusual looking racquet came up for sale in England. Our good mate in the USA, Rolf Jaeger decided to buy it as part of his second tennis collection, having sold his first to Tennis Australia.  Neither of us had seen this before, but after some quizzing of his UK mate […]

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1920′s Metal Racquets in Australia (Dayton and Birmal)

June 7, 2010

Under unusual racquets there are a couple of early metal racquets shown which made it to Australia. One is the US made Dayton, which commenced in 1922 and closed down after a magnificent span in 1995. The other was the 1924 UK Birmal Aluminium Racquet. Both were sold in Australia. Dayton was imported very early […]

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Invention of Electronic Scoreboards

June 6, 2010

An Australian tennis enthusiast, named Edward Both invented the electronic tennis scoreboard around 1952.  He and brother Don designed and tested the unit in South Australia before its’ launch at the 1952 NSW championships.  The new technology took off and BOTH EQUIPMENT Pty Ltd became the supplier of these scoreboards to other venues including trotting, […]

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A.H.MOORE Sydney

June 5, 2010

With the spread of tennis throughout the colony from 1876 onwards, we have discussed how much of the tennis equipment was imported from existing UK, French and USA sporting manufacturers. The Australian industry is recognised to have begun in the 1920′s as the popularity of the game moved more from a wealth based past time […]

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Tennis History Sacred Ground

May 30, 2010

Just in need for a bit of exercise we went for a bike ride today down to St Kilda Rd and Queens Rd in Albert Park, to a location which will hopefully remain a truly sacred site to the Australian Tennis Community nationally. Down here in Melbourne, the MCC (Melbourne Cricket Club) were the driving […]

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How Fast can you serve with a Woodie

May 29, 2010

This seems to be a question often raised around tables, at least when the veterans are sipping on a cup of tea (nee Bundy, Jack Daniels, Beer). In an article, in USA Tennis Magazine March 1997, written by Tennis Authority Alan Trengove, Mark Phillippousis was given the task of testing out woodies versus a standard […]

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Dinny Pails

May 20, 2010

Born in Nottingham UK in 1921, Dennis Pails arrived in Australia at the age of 1 and began his boyhood in Enfield, Sydney. Like many players in the late 1920′s, he learnt tennis by playing against that most consistent competitor, the brick wall.  His mother seeing the passion for this pastime, bought him a second […]

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