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Tennis

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Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre
Davis Cup 1909
Artarmon District Tennis Club
Greenwich Tennis Club
Manly lawn tennis club
Sydney University Ladies Lawn Tennis Club
Akhurst, Daphne
Bromwich, John
Crawford, Jack
Hoad, Lew
Hopman, Harry
Quist, Adrian
Rosewall, Ken
Evergreen Tennis and Squash Courts
Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre
White City
Group of tennis players made up of students and staff, University of Sydney 1891-2
Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall, Wimbledon 1954
Miss L Bickerton and Miss M Wilson, City of Sydney tennis championships 1934
Tennis coaching school, Roseville 1953
Tennis, White City, 16 December 1937

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Tennis

Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre

Tennis venue at Sydney Olympic Park, opened in 1999. It hosted the tennis events for the 2000 Olympics.

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Davis Cup 1909

Tennis final held in Double Bay in 1909 where Australasia defeated the United States by five rubbers to nil.

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Artarmon District Tennis Club

Tennis club.

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Greenwich Tennis Club

Community tennis club for children and adults.

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Manly lawn tennis club

Local tennis club in Manly.

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Sydney University Ladies Lawn Tennis Club

Association formed in 1887 by women students at the University of Sydney to play tennis. Women had been playing tennis in the University's Lawn Tennis Association since its formation in 1885.

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Akhurst, Daphne

Tennis champion.

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Bromwich, John

Leading doubles tennis player of 1940s and 50s.

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Crawford, Jack

Champion tennis player who won the Australian Open four times in the 1930s.

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Hoad, Lew

Tennis player who achieved World No.1 ranking in 1956 before turning professional and establishing a tennis resort in Spain.

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Hopman, Harry

Tennis player and coach who despite his early opposition to paid players, was to open a professional coaching academy in Florida.

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Quist, Adrian

Tennis player who was both a singles and doubles champion.

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Rosewall, Ken

Australian tennis player, born 1934. Held World No. 1 ranking for several years in the early 1960s and was in the Top 20 1952-1977.

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Evergreen Tennis and Squash Courts

Sporting facility at Cromer which was closed in 2016 and sold for housing.

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Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre

Tennis venue at Sydney Olympic Park, built in 1999. It hosted the tennis events at the 2000 Olympics.

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White City

Paddington amusement park designed as a white city with mountains of snow. It had Australia's biggest scenic railway and merry-go-round and closed in 1916. The White City Stadium, located at the White City Tennis Club, was built on the site in 1922. Once an iconic part of Sydney's sporting life, the property fell into disrepair and was sold by Tennis NSW in 2005.

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Group of tennis players made up of students and staff, University of Sydney 1891-2

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Iza Coghlan, seated second row, fifth from right: Harriet Biffin, seated second row, third from right

Contributed By
University of Sydney Archives
[G3_224_1260]

Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall, Wimbledon 1954

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Image courtesy of the
State Library of Victoria
[H2004.100/1550]

Miss L Bickerton and Miss M Wilson, City of Sydney tennis championships 1934

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By
Sam Hood
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[hood_00734 / Home and Away 734]

Tennis coaching school, Roseville 1953

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TITLE: Sport and recreation - Tennis - These young tennis players at a coaching school are practicing serving. This school is at Victor A Edwards' coaching school at Roseville, a Sydney suburb More than 15000 pupils, mainly school children, living within a five mile radius are enrolled [photographic image].CATEGORY: photograph FORMAT: b&w negative TYPE: cellulose acetate STATUS: preservation material
Date: 1953

Contributed By
National Archives of Australia
[A1200, L16241]

Tennis, White City, 16 December 1937

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By
Sam Hood
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[hood_16456 / Home and Away 16456]

Recreation and Sport