Tennis Action Flicker Books

February 2, 2010

Pre videos and DVD’s the way to show a tennis shot in motion was via Flicker books. By grabbing the corner and flicking quickly through 40-50 images you will see how the players moved to the ball, set their back swings, follow through and finish. These go back to the mid 1920′s and were popular […]

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Australian Top 10 Rankings Men and Women

February 2, 2010

Australian Tennis player rankings were publicised from 1930 through to the mid 1970′s when the International Tennis Ranking system was largely adopted as the measure. The information below does provide some interesting reading in relation to the longevity of some players and highlights some famous married couples like Jack Crawford and Marjorie (ne Cox) both […]

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Early Racquet Design, Unusual Handles & Metal Frames

January 27, 2010

In 1874, Major Walter Wingfield created marketing history by packaging racquets, nets, posts and balls into sets to sell as the first outdoor tennis sets. Early racquets were also lop sided however as the game progressed so did the desire to provide racquets more suited to the game and so began an amazing evolution of […]

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Moon

December 8, 2009

When confronted with some of the more obsure racquet companies it is very difficult to actually find out more information about them because they were often not in business long or the brands they marketed could easily have been be produced under a sub contract arrangement with a larger firm. We thought the latter was […]

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Intercolonial & State Championships History

August 16, 2009

The arrival of the new game of tennis saw the formation of clubs and from late 1876 onwards inter-club and other competitions soon followed. In Victoria, the MCC was already managing cricket and numerous other club activities for Melbourne’s wealthier families and with the benefit of cash resources and management expertise became one of Tennis’ […]

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Frank Sedgman

April 8, 2009

Born in Melbourne in 1927 , Frank Sedgman was introduced to tennis through his parents association with the Blackburn Tennis Club. Playing in the popular schoolboy holiday tournaments which included Elsternwick, Glen Iris and Kooyong he learnt of Harry Hopman, who conducted coaching lessons at Kooyong. At his mothers insistence, at aged 14 Frank plucked […]

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Australian Tennis Balls & Ball Machines

January 4, 2009

In this section we introduce the history of tennis ball manufacture in Australia and the invention of the first (or very early) tennis ball machines. Australian Tennis Balls began manufacture in the early 1900′s, with three companies becoming prominent. The competition was fierce with many balls being imported in both covered (lawn) and uncovered (asphalt) […]

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Extensive Australian Tournament Singles Results

January 3, 2009

Welcome to this section on Australian Singles Tennis Results starting from the earliest days through to 2000. Via the links below you can search out singles titles by event and by winner for many state, regional and major tournaments conducted around Australia from the 1880′s for both men and women.  There are three ways you […]

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Len Schwartz

December 19, 2008

Len passed away 23-11-2010 aged 97.  The article was produced in 2008. Len Schwartz, was born in 1913 in the Barossa Valley, South Australia.  The other day Len kindly gave me some time to discuss his long and wonderful tennis career. His junior days were spent in country Strathalbyn where he practiced regularly against a […]

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Bill Sidwell

December 9, 2008

O.W.Sidwell may not be a household name in Tennis, yet Bill who resides in Sydney aged 88, was a great player in the 1940′s era with Adrian Quist, Geoff Brown and John Bromwich. Today, Bill still leads an active 88 year olds life, playing and organising veterans golf events. Sounding, nowhere near his age we […]

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