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Enjoy a selection of clips featuring some of Australia's greatest tennis champions.
Our tennis players dominated the world rankings, particularly from the 1950s to the 70s, which commentators look...
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Our new Tennis curated collection features some of Australia's greatest stars of the sport.
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This short newsreel clip marks the return of the 'Rockhampton Rocket', world No. 1 tennis player Rod Laver, to Brisbane in 1962.
Laver was the world No.1 amateur player from 1961–62 and the No. 1...
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This newsreel features footage of Australian players Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall – dubbed here 'the tennis twins' – at the 1962 Davis Cup.
The first Davis Cup took place in Boston, Massachusetts in...
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This 1968 Australian Diary film asks, 'Is the Australian interest in tennis falling off?'. With audiences at matches decreasing, has Australia's dominance in the sport finally ended?
Special tennis...
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This National Film Board episode of Australian Diary was made not long after Australia regained the Davis Cup in 1950.
At that time the team played with Australian-made tennis racquets, which were...
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This short news item is about bronze busts of Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde going on display in Garden Square, Melbourne Park after the players were inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of...
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National Nine News reports on Pat Rafter's loss to Goran Ivanišević at the Wimbledon final in 2001.
This news segment is a good example of telling an engaging story in under two minutes. Surprisingly...
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In this newsreel Ken Rosewall returns home after Australia's Davis Cup success, defeating defending champions the United States.
With the huge sums of money earned by tennis players today, it seems...
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This newsreel shows Australian Davis Cup tennis player Rod Laver, the 'Rockhampton Rocket', demonstrating his winning style. Despite the lack of sound, we can still appreciate Laver's timing and...