Primary sources date January 2007 Infobox sport governing body name TennisAustralia logo Tennis Australia.png logosize 150px sport Tennis abbrev TA founded 1904 aff affdate region regionyear location Melbourne Park , Melbourne , Victoria Australia Victoria president Stephen Healy ref name news.smh cite news url http news.smh.com.au breaking news sport healy elected tennisaustralia president 20100419 snuy.html title Healy elected TennisAustralia president accessdate 2011 02 07 work The Sydney Morning Herald date 2010 04 19 ref ref name heraldsun cite web url http www.heraldsun.com.au sport paul mcnamee defeated in ballot for tennisaustralia presidency story e6frf9if 1225855333589 title Paul McNamee defeated in ballot for TennisAustralia presidency accessdate 2011 02 07 ref chairman chiefexec secretary coach womenscoach replaced prevfounded url http www.tennis.com.au countryflag AustraliaTennisAustralia is the governing body for the sport of Tennis in Australia . The organisation exists to promote tennis and conduct domestic and international tournaments on behalf of Australia, including the Australian Open and the Davis Cup for the Australian Davis Cup Team . Tennis was established in Australia from around 1877, but it was not until 1904, in preparation for the Davis Cup, that the sport began to organise, with the founding of TennisAustralia s predecessor, the Australasian Lawn Tennis Association. The organisation is based in Melbourne , Victoria Australia Victoria , at Melbourne Park . At the moment the best tennis player of Australia is Bernard Tomic, the no.41 in the world 24 October 2011 . References reflist External links http www.tennis.com.au TennisAustralia Members of the International Tennis Federation Category Tennis organisations Category Tennis in Australia Category Sports governing bodies in Australia Category 1904 establishments in Australiatennis stub cs TennisAustralia fr TennisAustralia ... more details
Table TennisAustralia is the National Sporting Organisation for the Sport of Table Tennis in Australia and is affiliated with both the ITTF International Table Tennis Federation which oversees the international governance and development of Table Tennis and the OTTF Oceania Table Tennis Federation which oversees the sport development at a regional level. Players Women Miao Miao Jian Fang Lay Stephanie Sang Xu Stephanie Sang br Men William Henzell David Zalcberg Simon Gerada National Championships Each year there are a number of National Championships run by TTA for each Age Grouping class wikitable Junior Youth Senior Veteran AWD Under 18 Under 21 Open Age Over 40 Class 1 11 Under 15 Over 50 Under 13 Over 60 Over 65 Over 70 Over 75 Over 80 State Bodies Table Tennis Queensland Table Tennis New South Wales Table Tennis ACT Table Tennis Victoria Table Tennis Tasmania Table Tennis South Australia Western Australia Table Tennis Association Table Tennis Northern Territory External links http www.tabletennis.org.au Table TennisAustralia Website http www.tabletennisqld.org Table Tennis Queensland http www.ttnsw.org.au Table Tennis New South Wales http www.tabletennisact.org.au Table Tennis ACT http www.insports.com.au ttv Table Tennis Victoria http www.tastabletennis.org.au Table Tennis Tasmania http www.tabletennissa.com.au Table Tennis South Australia http watta.net.au Western Australia Table Tennis Association Table Tennis Northern Territory Categories Category Table tennis organizations Category Table tennis ... more details
Governance Women s table tennis in Australia is governed by Table TennisAustralia , which also governs men s table tennis, junior s table tennis and disability table tennis. ref cite web url http www.tabletennis.org.au title Table TennisAustralia publisher Tabletennis.org.au date accessdate 2011 12 26 ref Participation In 1940, a study of 314 women in New Zealand and Australia was done. Most of the women in the study were middle class, conservative, Protestant and white. The study found that 183 participated in sport. The ninth most popular sport that these women participated in was table tennis, with 3 having played the sport. The sport was tied with Women s croquet in Australia croquet , Women s billiards in Australia billiards , Women s chess in Australia chess , Women s fishing in Australia fishing , Women s field hockey in Australia field hockey , Women s horse racing in Australia horse racing , Women s squash in Australia squash , Women s table tennis in Australia table tennis and Women s rifle shooting sport shooting . ref name Stell 75 harvnb Stell 1991 p 75 ref Competitive table tennis Local championships were being held for women in South Australia during the 1950s. ref name south aus cite news url http nla.gov.au nla.news article45778363 title Women s Table Tennis Premiers. newspaper The Advertiser Adelaide The Advertiser Adelaide, SA 1931 1954 location Adelaide, SA date 21 September 1951 accessdate 26 December 2011 page 9 publisher National Library of Australia ref Australia had their first women s national team compete on the international level in 1961. ref name Aus Profile cite book author1 Department of Sport, Recreation and Tourism author2 Australian Sport ... publisher Harper Collins year 1991 location North Ryde, Australia isbn 0207169713 ref harv refend Women s sport in Australia Category Women s sport in Australia Table tennis Category Table tennis ... Canberra, Australia year 1985 isbn 0644036672 page 187 ref References reflist Bibliography refbegin ... more details
85 ref The Australasian Sketcher from 4 March 1882 ran a lithograph of men and women playing tennis together. In this era, tennis courts were sometimes part of the grounds of Australian mansions. ref name bruce 26 harvnb Bruce 1978 p 26 ref Tennis was occasionally played aboard ships in Australia. Some ... War II second World War was disruptive to women s tennis in Australia. Some tennis players, such as Nell ... Di Toro is a wheelchair tennis player from Australia. She has won the Australian Open eight times ... 9781876624248 oclc 222804668 page 76 ref See also portal Women s sport TennisTennis in Australia ... 2011 DEFAULTSORT Women s Tennis In Australia Category Women s sport in AustraliaTennis Category Tennis in Australia Category Australian female tennis players ...Sport overview country sport Tennis image StateLibQld 1 42023 Two women dressed for a game of tennis, 1890 1900.jpg imagesize 260px caption Two women dressed for a game of tennis. union nickname registered ... had few opportunities to compete in sport in Australia until the 1880s. After that date, new sporting ... croquet , tennis and golf during the late 1800s was because it was seen as beneficial to their health ... was an early form of tennis. It was being played in Brisbane by 1876 by women. ref name Howell Howell 83 By the end of the 1870s, a number of women s tennis clubs and mixed gender tennis clubs had been established in Australia and Queensland . By the mid 1880s, these clubs were well established and women ... , Bundaberg , Charters Towers , Ipswich , Gladstone , Townsville , Warwick , and Toowoomba . Tennis .... ref name Howell Howell 83 Beyond the cities and towns, tennis was also being played in the bush during this time period. ref name Howell Howell 97 harvnb Howell Howell Brown 1989 p 97 ref In Australia and Queensland s early colonial history, tennis and croquet were acceptable sports for society women ... taken off before the match, and a tie. ref name Howell Howell 82 Interstate tennis was established ... more details
imagesize 300px caption The US Open tennis US Open is a prestigious Grand Slam tennis Grand Slam tournament. union International Tennis Federation nickname first 19th century Birmingham , England ... tours mixed doubles category Racquet sport equipment Tennis ball , tennis racquet venue Indoor or outdoor Tennis court tennis court olympic Part of Summer Olympic programme from 1896 to 1924 br Demonstrated ... paralympic Part of Summer Paralympic programme since Wheelchair tennis at the Summer Paralympics 1992 Tennis is a sport usually played between two players Types of tennis match singles or between two teams of two players each Types of tennis match doubles . Each player uses a racquet racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent s tennis court court . Tennis is an Olympic Games Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society ... tennis in wheelchairs . The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham , England in the late 19th century as lawn tennis which has close connections to various field lawn games as well as to the ancient game of real tennis . Up to then, tennis referred to the latter sport for example, in Disraeli ... Tennis Court, Hampton Court Hampton Court and play tennis. As it is the Epsom Derby Derby classic horse ..., lawn tennis spread throughout the upper class English speaking population before spreading around the world. ref History of Tennis. http www.historyoftennis.net history of tennis.html ref The rules of tennis have not changed much since the 1890s. Two exceptions are that from 1908 to 1961 the server had to keep one foot on the ground at all times, and the adoption of the Tiebreak tennis tie break in the 1970s. A recent addition to professional tennis has been the adoption of electronic review ... number of high level Association of Tennis Professionals ATP and Women s Tennis Association WTA tournaments. Tennis is enjoyed by millions of recreational players and is also a hugely popular ... more details
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date April 2012 Infobox country native name conventional long name Commonwealth of Australia common name Australia image flag Flag of Australia.svg image coat Australian Coat of Arms.png image map Australia orthographic projection .svg map width 220px national anthem Advance Australia Fair tag ref Australia ... of a member of the House of Windsor Royal family when they are in Australia. In all other appropriate contexts, the national anthem of Australia, Advance Australia Fair , is played. ref ... book title Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia edition 29th year 2002 updated 2005 ... Federal Parliamentary system parliamentary constitutional monarchy leader title1 Monarchy of Australia Monarch leader title2 Governor General of Australia Governor General leader title3 Prime Minister of Australia Prime Minister leader name1 Elizabeth II leader name2 Quentin Bryce leader name3 Julia Gillard legislature Parliament of Australia Parliament upper house Senate of Australia Senate lower house House of Representatives of Australia House of Representatives area rank 6th area magnitude ... 2012 4 12 round 0 AUTOUPDATES DAILY at 00 00 UTC, Australia pop clock adds 1 person every 94 seconds ... publisher Commonwealth of Australia accessdate 12 April 2012 The population estimate shown is automatically ... 52nd population census 19,855,288 ref Census 2006 AUS id 0 name Australia accessdate 14 October 2008 ... of Australia Constitution established event2 Statute of Westminster 1931 Statute of Westminster ... event4 Australia Act 1986 Australia Act established date1 1 January 1901 established date2 11 ... 3 March 1986 currency Australian dollar currency code AUD time zone Time in Australia various ref name time group N There are minor variations from these three time zones, see Time in Australia . ref utc offset 8 to 10.5 time zone DST Time in Australia various ref name time group N utc offset DST 8 ... 2CPPPGDP 2CPPPPC 2CLP&grp 0&a &pr.x 74&pr.y 6 title Australia publisher International Monetary ... more details
Infobox Film name For Australia image caption director Monte Luke producer writer Martyn Keith based on starring Charles Villiers actor Charles Villers music cinematography Maurice Bertel editing studio J.C. Williamson Ltd film company J.C. Williamson Ltd distributor released 1915 runtime language Silent film br English intertitles country FilmAustralia budget For Australia is a 1915 Australian silent film directed by Monte Luke about a newspaper journalist who discovers a German spy ring in Sydney and destroys a German wireless station in Samoa . ref Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900 1977 A Guide to Feature Film Production , Melbourne Oxford University Press, 1998, p 55 ref References reflist External links imdb title 0336883 http colsearch.nfsa.gov.au nfsa search display display.w3p adv no group groupequals holdingType page 0 parentid query Id 3A343351 querytype rec 0 resCount 10 For Australia at National Film and Sound Archive CinemaofAustralia Category Australian films Category Black and white films Category 1915 films Category 1910s drama films Category Australian drama films Category Australian silent films Australia film stub ... more details
European professional tennis. National flagicon AustraliaTennisAustralia &ndash principal organizing ...for an alphabetical glossary of tennis terms glossary of tennis The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to tennisTennis &ndash sport usually played between two players Types of tennis match singles or between two teams of two players each Types of tennis match doubles . Each player uses a specialized racquet Tennis racquet that is strung to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent s tennis court court . What type of thing is tennis? Physical exercise Exercise &ndash bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness ... receive payment for their performance. Types of tennis Types of tennis matches main Types of tennis ... may be played on an informal basis. Singles matches do not include the part of the tennis court called ..., or when the single player is much better than the other two. Types of tennis games Main Tennis games Besides standard tennis , other forms of tennis include Games to practice skills for singles ... for doubles matches Team Doubles tennis Team Doubles &ndash All Position Doubles tennis All Position Doubles &ndash King of the Court Doubles tennis King of the Court Doubles &ndash Rush N Crush tennis Rush N Crush &ndash Triples tennis Triples &ndash Monkey in the Middle tennis Monkey in the Middle &ndash Deep Desperation tennis Deep Desperation &ndash Wipe Out tennis Wipe Out &ndash Around the World tennis Around the World &ndash Touch the Curtain tennis Touch the Curtain &ndash Equipment used in the game main Tennis technology Tennis ball &ndash hollow rubber ball approximately 6.7 cm 2.7 in. in diameter, covered in bright green yellow fibrous fluffy felt. For recreational play tennis balls can be any color. Tennis racquet &ndash Tennis court &ndash There are four types of tennis court Clay court &ndash Grass court &ndash Hard court &ndash Carpet court &ndash The parts of a tennis ... more details
infobox television show name Destination Tennis image caption creator genre Sports runtime starring Mayleen Ramey br Mieke Buchan country United States executive producer editor network Tennis Channel first aired 2006 last aired present website num seasons num episodes Destination Tennis is a television series hosted by Mayleen Ramey and Mieke Buchan who travel to different tennis courts around the world. Places visited include Las Vegas Valley Las Vegas , Nevada , Palm Springs, California , and Australia. The series airs on the Tennis Channel . External links IMDb title 0914548 tv prog stub Category 2006 American television series debuts Category 2000s American television series Category 2010s American television series Category American sports television series Category English language television series ... more details
wiktionary TennisTennis is a sport. Tennis may also refer to Places Tennis, Egypt Tennis, Kansas , a community near Friend, Kansas Music Tennis album Tennis album , an album by Chris Rea Tennis electronic band Tennis band , an electronic music collaboration between Douglas Benford and Ben Edwards Tennis band Tennis band , a husband wife group consisting of Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore Video games Activision Tennis , a 1981 video game Tennis video game Tennis video game , a 1985 video game Other Tennis magazine Tennis magazine Tennis shoes Tennis paper game Tennis paper game disambig geo ru Tennis sv Tennis olika betydelser ... more details
Real tennis &ndash one of several games sometimes called the sport of kings &ndash is the original indoor Outline of sports Racquet or racket sports racquet sport from which the modern game of lawn tennis usually simply called tennis , is descended. It is also known as court tennis in the United States , ref Richard Schickel, The World of Tennis , The Ridge Press, New York, 1975, ISBN 0 394 49940 9, p.32 ref formerly royal tennis in England and Australia , ref The Macquarie Dictionary ref now real tennis , and courte paume in France a reference to the older, racquetless game of jeu de paume , the ancestor of modern handball and racquet games many French real tennis courts are at jeu de paume ... the ancient game from modern lawn tennis even though that sport is seldom contested on lawns these days outside All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club the few social club managed estates such as The Championships, Wimbledon Wimbledon . Real tennis players often call the game tennis , while continuing to refer to its more widely played offshoot as lawn tennis . Real tennis is still played by enthusiasts or realists on 47 to 49 existing courts in the United Kingdom , Australia , the United States ... the World War II reconstruction. The sport is supported and governed by List of real tennis organizations ... to those of tennis lawn tennis , which derives from real tennis. Although in both sports game scoring is by fifteens with the exception of 40, which was shortened from forty five , in real tennis, six games wins a set, without the need for a 2 game buffer as in lawn tennis ref cite web url http www.curtc.net thegame index.php title An introduction to the rules of Real Tennis accessdate 19 March 2011 ... based technology underlying the modern lawn tennis ball, the game still utilizes a cork based ... visibility, as was done years earlier in lawn tennis. The balls are much less bouncy than lawn tennis balls, and weigh about 2 ounces 71 grams lawn tennis balls typically weigh 2 ounces ... more details
Turbo extra Tennis is a shortened form of tennis in which players play in a fast knockout tournament which consists of five matches of 30 minutes each, taking place over the course of a single afternoon. The idea was launched in London by former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash , American world number nine James Blake & English entrepreneur Andi White. Betfair Turbo Tennis at London The first tournament took place on 15 September 2007 at the The O2 arena London O2 Arena in London. It featured six players from both past and future. The winner received prize money of 50,000. The first tournament at the O2 arena was won by Andy Murray, defeating Goran Ivanisevic in the final. Players competing in the inaugural tournament were Andy Murray United Kingdom GBR then world number 19 and British number 1 Pat Cash Australia AUS Former Wimbledon Champion 1987 James Blake USA then world number 6 Goran Ivani evi Croatia CRO Former Wimbledon Champion 2001 Jamie Murray United Kingdom GBR 2007 Wimbledon mixed doubles champion, then British number 1 doubles player Greg Rusedski United Kingdom GBR Former world number 4, replaced Tim Henman Betfair Turbo Tennis at Saragossa Spain The tournament took place on October 27th, 2007. Players competing in the inaugural tournamente were Rafael Nadal , David Ferrer , Carlos Moy , Sergi Bruguera , Pat Cash and Joachim Johansson . The winner was David Ferrer, who beats Rafael Nadal in the final 7 5 . ref http betting.betfair.com tennis event preview betfair turbo tennis spanish s 271007.html ref Rules Unlike regular tennis, games are set to a 30 minute time limit with a klaxon on the fifteenth minute to signify a change of ends from the next game onwards. If games ... www.sportinglife.com tennis news story get.cgi?STORY NAME tennis 07 06 20 TENNIS Turbo.html Sporting Life article http news.bbc.co.uk sport1 hi tennis 6222466.stm BBC Report br Tennis exhibition tournaments Category Forms of tennis Category Exhibition tennis tournaments es Turbo Tennistennis stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 A rally in tennis is a sequence of shots within a Point tennis point . A rally starts with Serve tennis serve and return of the serve, and a sequence of shots until the point is won by one of the players. DEFAULTSORT Rally Tennis Category Tennis terminology Tennis stub nl Rally tennis ... more details
Tennis Masters may refer to ATP World Tour Finals , a tennis tournament, formerly known as the Tennis Masters Cup ATP World Tour Masters 1000 , a series of tennis tournaments, formerly known as the Tennis Masters Series Tennis Masters video game Tennis Masters video game , for the Nintendo DS disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Totem tennis hi known as swingball is a game usually played by children. It has a pole, called the totem, with a ball on a string attached to it. Players use small tennis racquet made out of plastic to hit the ball around the pole. The pole has at the bottom a spike and foot paddles to push it into the ground. The pole also has strong wire coiled around its top, and a free spinning bearing the ball and string can be attached to either. The free spinning Bearing mechanical bearing allows players to hit the ball in any direction according to their need the coil allows them to compete. The competitors hit the ball in a direction to make it go up or down the coil the winner is the person who gets the ball to their end of the coil, top or bottom. A Guinness World Record attempt for the most people playing Totem Tennis simultaneously occurred on the December 3, 2006 at Lake Parramatta New South Wales Lake Parramatta , Sydney , Australia . The event was hosted by Totem Circle now known as GYRATE an advertising and events company. The event was staged to mark the launch of the company. In total, 108 players smashed their way to a world record. DEFAULTSORT Totem Tennis Category Ball games Sport stub ... more details
Lawn Tennis Challenge 1920 finals, U.S. against Australia In 1899, Dwight F. Davis of the Harvard ...Cleanup date November 2007 This article is about the history of the tennis game. Please refrain from ... in Paris, France , 1622. Most historians believe that tennis originated in France in the 12th century ... sport rackets came into use, and the game began to be called tennis. It was popular in England ... refer to as real tennis . ref Crego, Robert. http books.google.com books?id XCl1c2yy5ooC&pg PA115&dq 22real tennis 22 and tenez&hl en&ei GrD8S8GtIcT68Abk173KBg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 3&ved ..., http www.countrylife.co.uk news culture article 79487 The True Home of Tennis.html The True Home of Tennis ... Lawn Tennis and Major T. H. Gem Birmingham Civic Society ref In 1872, along with two local doctors, they founded the world s first tennis club in Leamington Spa . ref name LTC cite web url http www.leamington tennis squash.co.uk club history title Leamington Tennis Club accessdate 2008 03 ... sport of outdoor tennis including real tennis. According to some tennis historians, modern tennis ... vocabulary of real tennis and applied them to his new game. Citation needed date September 2008 ... name History cite web url http www.itftennis.com abouttheitf worldwide history.asp title History of Tennis publisher International Tennis Federation accessdate 2008 07 28 ref The first Championships ... , a young socialite, returned from Bermuda where she met Major Wingfield. She laid out a tennis ... Lawn Tennis Association now the United States Tennis Association was formed to standardize the rules ... of United States Tennis Association accessdate 2007 05 29 ref The U.S. National Men s Singles Championship, now the US Open tennis US Open , was first held in 1881 at Newport, Rhode Island . ref cite ... Championships US Open publisher usopen.org accessdate 2008 09 04 ref Tennis was also popular in France ... prestigious events in tennis. ref name History ref name TS1 cite web url http www.tennisserver.com ... more details
Wiktionary backboard See also backboard A tennis backboard is a simple wall usually made from some kind of fiber board and located at a tennis court attached to a fence. It should have a tennis net either drawn or painted at the proper height. It is designed to allow a single person to practice by hitting a tennis ball against the wall so the ball is returned, much like a second player would return it. See also Portal Tennis DEFAULTSORT Backboard Tennis Category Tennis equipment tennis stub ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2007 Team tennis refers to tennis list of tennis tournaments tournaments which consist of matches between different groups of players each competing to win the tournament for their team. It is played at the collegiate or national level in the United States. The USTA promotes Jr Team Tennis and USTA League Tennis. In the United Kingdom, Team Tennis is played through Schools, Clubs and Counties from local to national levels. The LTA have an AEGON Team Tennis Series which includes AEGON Team Tennis, AEGON Team Tennis Schools and AEGON County Cup where several thousands of teams compete. See also Davis Cup men s international team tennis event Fed Cup women s international team tennis event Hopman Cup mixed international team tennis event County Cup competition for Lawn Tennis Association LTA counties in England, Scotland, Wales and the Channel Islands AEGON Team Tennis competition for Lawn Tennis Association LTA clubs places to play in the UK formerly National Club League World Team Cup international team tennis event for men World TeamTennis professional team tennis league DEFAULTSORT Team Tennis Category Forms of tennisTennis stub ... more details
COI date August 2010 Infobox musical artist name Anyone for Tennis? background group or band alias AFT? origin File Flag of Australia.svg 25px Melbourne , Victoria, Australia Victoria , Australia genre Before changing the genres, please discuss it on the talk page Comedy br Musical Comedy br Sketch Comedy occupation years active 2005 present label associated acts website www.anyonefortennis.com.au http www.anyonefortennis.com.au current members Andrew Doody Doodson Vocals , Guitar br Jason English Rees Guitar , vocals Anyone for Tennis? is a two man Australian musical comedy band, ref http en.wikipedia.org wiki List of Australian comedians ref ref http www.thegroggysquirrel.com comics 0A anyone for tennis ref writing team and performance duo. The two produce edgy musical comedy, video sketch and parody in a variety of formats such as internet viral, print media and stand up comedy. History Anyone for Tennis? Andrew Doody Doodson & Jason English Rees formed in 2005 while studying Advertising at RMIT University in Melbourne . After working in the Melbourne advertising industry together for just over 3 years and winning an MADC ref http www.itregister.com.au press 2006 06 15 20 20MADC ... comedy scene. Anyone for Tennis? have performed shows in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival ... Famous , ref http www.thegroggysquirrel.com articles 2007 01 02 anyone for tennis ref a parody of the famous ... 31 Australia Channel 31 comedy variety programme Planet Nerd ref http en.wikipedia.org wiki ... Fringe Festival ref http www.melbournefringe.com.au fringe festival show anyone for tennis in cutthroat ... 2010 season shows anyone for tennis abacus birdcage gramophone lamp ref rowspan 3 2011 Prepare ... anyone for tennis prepare to be tuned ref , Edinburgh Festival Fringe ref Edinburgh ref , Melbourne Fringe Festival ref http www.melbournefringe.com.au fringe festival show anyone for tennis prepare to be tuned ref Anyone For Tennis? at the Butterfly Club ref cite web url http theserveaft.blogspot.com ... more details
The Australian Real Tennis Association is the governing body for the sport of real tennis in Australia . External links http www.users.bigpond.net.au realtennisaustralia Real TennisAustraliatennis stub Category Real tennis Category Sports governing bodies in Australia Real ... more details
2012 unreferenced date February 2012 Image Soft tennis pictogam.svg thumb 200px Diagram similar to Olympic pictogram for soft tennis Soft tennis is a racket game played on a court of two halves, separated by a net. Like regular tennis , it is played by individuals singles or pairs doubles , whose ... one s opponent from being able to hit it back. Soft tennis differs from regular tennis ... in Japan , Taiwan , South Korea , Thailand and the Philippines . In 2004 Soft tennis was introduced ... Kingdom , and India all now have active Soft tennis federations. All of them are also members of the European Soft tennis Federation, and the International Federation JSTA. History At the end of the 19th century, tennis was introduced to Japan by a Western missionary , and it was later modified to better ... soft tennis sofutotenisu . Competition Most of the rules for soft tennis are the same as those for regular tennis. When the rules were revised in 1992, singles became a formal event. This revision ... from different nations took part including Pakistan. The dimensions of a soft tennis court File Tennis court metric.svg thumb 250px The dimensions of a soft tennis court right class wikitable Line Name ... 12.80 m Center Mark 0.15 m Net 12.65 m External links commons category Soft tennis wiktionary soft tennis http softtennis istf.org index2.htm INTERNATIONAL SOFT TENNIS FEDERATION http softtennis2011.org english 14th WORLD SOFT TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 MUNGYEONG,SOUTH KOREA http softtennisassociationofthailand.com Soft Tennis Association of Thailand STAT http www.softtennisteam.nl SoftTennisteam.nl http www.softtennis.nl Netherlands Soft Tennis Federation http www.softtennis.org.uk Uk Soft Tennis Association http estf.org European Soft Tennis Federation http www.softtennis.org.tw Chinese Taipei Taiwan Soft Tennis Association http softtennis.sport.org.cn Chinese Soft Tennis Association http www.jsta.or.jp Japan Soft Tennis Association http softtennis.sports.or.kr Korea Soft Tennis Association ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 See also 2003 in sports , 2002 in tennis , 2004 in tennis . International Tennis Federation ITF Grand Slam tennis Grand Slam events class wikitable width 100 Discipline 2003 Australian Open 2003 French Open 2003 Wimbledon 2003 US Open tennis 2003 US Open Men s singles Andre Agassi br small def. Rainer Sch ttler Juan Carlos Ferrero br small def. Martin Verkerk Roger Federer br small def. Mark Philippoussis Andy Roddick br small def. Juan Carlos Ferrero Women s singles Serena Williams br small def. Venus Williams Justine Henin Hardenne br small def. Kim Clijsters Serena ... Cup winners other 2003 Davis Cup Champions AUS Australia Twenty eighth DavisCupbox team1 Australia team2 Spain venue Rod Laver Arena , Melbourne , Australia date 28 30 November 2003 surface grass score1 ... tennis Wayne Arthurs T1P2 Todd Woodbridge 6 6 6 T2P1 lex Corretja T2P2 Feliciano L pez 3 1 3 ... Champions USA United States Second HopmanCupbox team1 United States team2 Australia venue date surface ... 6 T2P1 Alicia Molik T2P2 Lleyton Hewitt 3 2 Association of Tennis Professionals ATP 2003 ATP Tour 2003 ATP calendar Tennis Masters Cup class wikitable Tournament width 170 Singles Winner width 170 Runner up width 140 Score width 170 Doubles Winner width 170 Runner up width 120 Score 2003 Tennis Masters ... Wayne Arthurs tennis Wayne Arthurs br flagicon AUS Paul Hanley tennis Paul Hanley flagicon FRA Micha l ... flagicon AUS Wayne Arthurs tennis Wayne Arthurs br flagicon AUS Paul Hanley tennis Paul Hanley 7 ... 6 7 2 flagicon AUS Wayne Arthurs tennis player Wayne Arthurs br flagicon AUS Paul Hanley tennis player ... Women s Tennis Association WTA 2003 WTA Tour 2003 WTA calendar WTA Tour Championships Los Angeles ... 13th World 1 in the history of women s tennis after her victory in the Zurich Open final. Retired August Pete Sampras United States Notes Reflist Years in tennis 2003 in tennis DEFAULTSORT 2003 In Tennis Category 2003 in tennis fr 2003 en tennis ... more details
Short tennis is a format of the sport tennis . It is designed as a training game for players learning to play tennis. As such it is played on a smaller court usually a badminton badminton court using a lower net and larger, softer ball. Ref http www.westlothianleisure.com index.cfm display page xcite sports short tennis Short Tennis West Lothian Lesiure Accessed 24 09 10 ref Short tennis has been shown to accelerate the learning of tennis, particularly in younger players. ref http www.informaworld.com smpp content db all content a779153061 The transfer of skill from short tennis to lawn tennis A. Coldwells and M. E. Hare. 1994. Ergonomics 37 1 , pp17 21 ref As such, it is amongst the recommended training methods of the International Tennis Federation ITF . ref http www.itftennis.com coaching publications nonitfpubs bibliography Tennis Training and Methodology Books ITFtennis.com. Accessed 24 09 10 ref In the UK, a national youth short tennis championship is held annually. ref http www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk sport headlines WAYNE CHASED BOXING HISTORY article 1651206 detail article.html Uk short tennis champion ref References reflist tennis stub Category Forms of tennis ... more details
Orphan date December 2011 Infobox company logo File Tennis Round Logo.PNG company name Tennis Round company ... Advisor & Entrepreneur Founder homepage http www.tennisround.com tennisround.com Tennis Round is a company that provides an online platform for connecting tennis players and finding tennis courts ... 05 03 prweb8289567.DTL Tennis Round, a New Startup, Matches Tennis Players and Maps Tennis Courts Nationwide ... Players can search for both casual and competitive tennis opponents and send invitations to schedule matches at the local tennis courts. Tennis Round was founded in April 2009. ref name pr Tennis Round ... about http www.tennisround.com about.jsp About Tennis Round , Tennis Round website ref The co founder Alexander Marinov had just moved from San Francisco to Miami . ref name sea Cite web title Tennis ... 2013658284 btinterface13.html ref Alex didn t find any compatible tennis players in the local area tennis clubs. ref name sea This resulted in the idea generation in the form of an online platform where players could search and interact with a compatible tennis partner and choose a local area ... an idea into a business ref Alex soon after decided to create a website that would connect tennis players not just in Miami , but also everywhere in the United States . File Tennis Courts of St Ignatius College Preparatory.jpg thumb Tennis Round Registered Players Practicing in st Ignatius college preparatory Tennis Courts Description Tennis Round is among a number of renowned companies in the United States which provides an online tennis platform that allows tennis players to find local tennis courts and find other compatible tennis players. It has registered recreational tennis players from 600 cities and mapped over 16,000 private and public facilities with nearly 100,000 tennis courts ... sheet , Tennis Round website ref Tennis can be played at both public and private tennis courts. Public tennis courts are free of cost, but some require a small fee for reservation or usage of the tennis ... more details
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