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Famous Australian Tennis Players
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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Australian tennis history and golden age champions
Our new Tennis curated collection features some of Australia's greatest stars of the sport.
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Evonne Goolagong-Cawley: Trailblazer of Australian Tennis
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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Australian Tennis Stars at Wimbledon
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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The Goolagong Story
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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Pat Cash wins Wimbledon, 1987
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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How it's played: tennis secrets by Rod Laver
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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Margaret Court: The Aussie Amazon
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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Stars of Sport
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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Davis Cup Highlights, 1962
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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