Development of Tennis Balls & Unusual Ball Cleaners

December 2, 2008

If ever there was a story about the egg coming before the chicken,the the story of the tennis ball may well be the most relevant. Throughout the early 1800′s Indoor or Real tennis used balls made from leather stuffed with cotton or central cores twined with cord. Naturally this made use in outdoor situations unimaginable. […]

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Spalding

December 1, 2008

USA Company A.G.Spalding was founded in 1876 by Albert Goodwill Spalding a successful baseball player. While the business was based on baseball the company expanded into a variety of sports, tennis included and sold the famous name “Slocum Tennis Racket” after Henry Slocum who was the second US singles champion in 1888/1889. This racquet was […]

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Alexander Racquet Company

December 1, 2008

  The Alexander Patent Racket Company is probably the most successful homegrown racquet manufacturer beginning in 1926 and operating until 1961. It is largely an untold story and thankfully family members have been researching the history to produce a book for release sometime mid 2011. (What A Racket by Gus Green) The original owners of the […]

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Oliver

November 26, 2008

    Although born in Adelaide, Jack Oliver grew up in Port Pirie where his father was a carpenter. He left school at the end of grade 6 and went to work with his father where he no doubt learnt wood working skills. In addition, he was a competent sportsman and also also excelled as […]

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ARCO

November 22, 2008

The South Australian Racquet Company began in South Australia in the early 1970′s as the Wilson T-2000 (Lacoste design), Yonex and other metal racquets were starting to gather momentum in the marketplace. The business was started and owned by Charlie Wyatt and he produced the SA Racquet & ARCO racquets at home in “the shed” […]

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Tony Charlton (Commentator)

September 25, 2008

Interview conducted early 2009. Sadly Jack Kramer a good mate of Tony’s passed away late 2009. While it is always great to learn about what players think of their careers, we felt it would be interesting to catch up with someone close to the game but not a player. What better person to talk to […]

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Valuable Tennis Links

August 31, 2008

  Overseas Collectors Groups The two major groups are based in the UK and USA. UK Tennis Collectors Society  Email Bob Everitt  bobeveritt at virginmedia.com  replace at with @ Tennis Collectors of America can be contacted via web click here Playing Tennis Coaching Website – Interview with Grand Slam Champions: http://TennisAssist.com Events & Players Australian […]

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Oversize Wood Racquets

August 30, 2008

With the development of lighter and stronger frame materials, the size of the racquet head has grown to deliver a string surface area of up to 137sq.in. The reason a larger head area assists is due to the larger sweet spot which can be created making the game far more enjoyable. For those of you […]

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Contact Us & Support

August 30, 2008

Please feel free to contact us at theteam@tennishistory.com.au to offer any support. The site has been created by Michael Maidens and Rodney Lack in our ‘spare’ time. To continue growing the site we invite any assistance such as content creation / writing articles photographs information sources – libraries / past players advertising and sponsorships of […]

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Australian Open

August 30, 2008

Information about the Australian Open will be added soon. For detailed results of past Australian Open Championships please view the following. 1.  Under Results menu you can view the winners and runners up for all of the major tennis tournaments from the very early days of the late 1880′s onwards by event, player or year. […]

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