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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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To coincide with the annual 'Wimbledon fortnight', Johnny Milner takes a closer look at tennis legend Evonne Goolagong-Cawley's career – from Barellan to Wimbledon.
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To coincide with the annual 'Wimbledon fortnight', Johnny Milner takes a look at some Australian tennis stars who have excelled on the traditional grass court at Wimbledon.
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This excerpt from a longer documentary shows a young Evonne Goolagong talking about her start in tennis in the small town of Barellan, New South Wales. Evonne is a Wiradjuri woman and she talks about...
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Boris Becker may have been the two-time Wimbledon defending champion but it was 22-year-old Pat Cash who won the men's single championship in straight sets against Ivan Lendl, 7-6; 6-2; 7-5.
Cash was...
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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 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...