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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 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...
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This footage from the Nine Network shows the first set of the 1970 Women's Singles Championship match between Australia's Margaret Court and American tennis star, Billie Jean King.
Court won the...
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This newsreel segment from 1933 profiles Australian Jack Crawford, the world No. 1 men’s tennis player that year.
He won the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon but fell short of being the...