Zoe

1. By Zoe McIntosh
TENNIS!
Lleyton
Hewitt- Ball Boys-
-Sam
Stosur
-Tennis
Gear

2. TENNIS HISTORY!
The origination of tennis is not quite known but many experts believe
that it was invented during 1873 (then called lawn tennis) by Waltor
Clopton
Tennis goes back to nearly 1,000 years ago known to be very popular in
the 12th
centaury in France. The game had spread across to England
during the reign of Henry vii racquets were introduced. The people of
England introduced the tennis court but was much narrower than what
we use today and they were indoors. A very interesting point is that a
rule they could use was that they could rebound off the walls to return to
the opponent.
< What they
wore.
>how they
played it.

3. THE RULES OF TENNIS!
You must always start on the right hand side of the court (the
forehand side) and behind the base line in singles and doubles to
serve to the opposite side of the court in the ‘servers square.’ The
ball must bounce into the square and the opponent can hit the ball
back anywhere into the court but must be inside the inner lines. If
the receiver can not hit the ball back this is called an ace and you
receive a point.
If the ball continues to be hit back and forth, this is called a rally and
as soon as someone misses, hits the ball out or hits the ball into the
net the rally stops and the person that does not do any of these wins
the next point.
base
line,
serve on
the right.
Receive the
ball on the
right
(forehand
side)
When
serving the
ball must
land in the
opposite
side.
Hit the ball
inside the
inner
lanes.

4. EQUIPMENT USED!
Obviously you need a Tennis racquet, but you have to make sure its your size so
that you can swing it easily.
You need a normal tennis ball.
Many adults and some kids like to use sweat bands on their head and their wrists to
keep the sweat away from your face and so that your hands don’t become slippery.
A breathable top and shorts for males, a dress or skirt and singlet is great for
females. Its best to get one that fits firm on you so that its not swaying around whilst
your trying to play hard.
Dress for
females
>
Skirt and
singlet
for
females
>
T-shirt
and
shorts
for
males.
>
< Sazenger
tennis ball
Racquet
for anyone
>

5. SPONSORS!
As you could imagine there are many sponsors in the Australian tennis. The official sponsors
include:
Dove, Heineken, Maxxis, Mount Franklin, Powerade, Virgin Australia & Wilson.
There are also many partners. These include:
Optus, IBM, MLC, Lactose, Melbourne & Medibank.
The adds on TV you will see most of
these supporting the Australian Tennis.
You will most commonly see them during
e Australian Open.

6. AUSTRALIAN OPEN!
Many people know about the Australian Open, but for those of you that don’t here is some
information on it.
The Australian Open is held in Melbourne most years and consists of many people competing
against each other in singles and doubles.
In the last Open Novak Djokovic came 1st
in the final with Andy Murray coming behind with a
close 2nd
.
Australian Open first started way back in 1905. Since 1908 The tournament has been played
on hard courts at Melbourne Park.
Australian Open is a very popular even in the world with Thousands of people coming each
year to come and support their favourite players, friends or family.

7. ...AUSTRALIAN OPEN… CONTINUED…
The open hasn’t been held in Melbourne every year, its been held in Melbourne 55 times, Sydney
17 times, Adelaide 14 times, Brisbane 7 times and Perth 3 times.
In the beginning very few foreign players entered this tournament. In the 1920’s, To come from
Europe, to Australia, on ship, would take approximately 45 days.
The First tennis players that came on a plane were US Davis Cup players in November 1946.
Even Australians could not travel easily for example, when the tournament was help in Perth, no
one from the Easten side of Australia could play.
In Christchurch during 1906, a small field of 10 players, only two Australians attended, the
tournament was won by a New Zealander.

8. As you could imagine there are many different
countries that play tennis – just about every
country in the world!
WHAT
COUNTRIES
PLAY TENNIS?
 Australia
 America
 China
 Japan
 Switzerland
 New Zealand
 Great Brittan
 Germany
 South Africa
^ Just To Name A Few!

9. You will find that they usually wear blue
hats, blue t-shirts and blue shorts, they
may also be navy outfits.
Occasionally they will wear pink – manly
done for breast cancer foundations.
Ball boys are people (not only boys) that
collect the balls when they are hit out of
the court. They must always be on the ball
and watching where the ball goes.
BALL BOYS!
What are ball boys? What do they wear?
In blue and on
the ball! ^

10. Sam Stosur!
Samantha Stosur was born
on the 30th
of March 1984
(age – 28) in Brisbane
Australia.
BORN?
HEIGHT?
Sam is 1.72M
WEIGHT?
She is 68 kg
(mostly made up of
muscle!
NATIONALITY?
Sam was born in
Australia.
SIBLINGS?
Sam has 2
brothers –
Daniel and
Dominic.
PARANTS?
Father- Tony
Mother- Dianne

11. SAM’S CAREER!
Samantha Stosur was born on the 30th
of March 1984 in Brisbane Australia.
When Sam was a young girl she would hit the tennis ball with her older brother non-stop.
Soon he realised that she was above average of a player and convinced their parents to
start her in tournaments. Their parents (Diane & Tony) soon began to giver her local
coaching lessons.
When Sam was 13 she went on her fist over seas trip – to the World Youth Cup in
Jakarta, Indonesia, this was her first experience of being a pro.
At the age of 14 she joined the Queensland Academy of sport with Geoff Masters in 2001.
When she turned 16 Sam joined the Australian Institute of Sports Tennis program.
Sam has formed a close relationship with Craig Morris through travelling together. Craig
has inspired Sam in her career both on and off court, they still remain a close, personal
friendship.

12. SAMANTHA STOSUR!
Samantha’s First great achievement came at the Australian Open in 2006 when she
reached the fourth round with great results. This took her to her career in 2007.
Whilst Sam was trying hard to make her way to the top in singles she was nearing
the top in doubles. February 2006 Sam and her partner Lisa Raymond became
world No. 1.
This pair continually went on to do their best and went on wining five titles and
made it to the semis at The Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon.
Wimbledon 2007 Sam’s health was starting to go downhill, just as she was on the
up. She fought hard against the pain and fell in the first round of the US Open, she
then put an end to her season.
In October doctors finally found her an answer for her pain and they had said she
had Lyme Disease. Lyme Disease causes an inflamed rash, headaches, fever and
chills, and latter could cause possible arthritis.

13. HOPMANCUP!
The Hopman Cup is an annual, international, team, indoor, hard-court, tournament held in Perth,
Western Australia commencing in early January or late December at times. It is also known as the
ITF World Mixed Team Championships.
The championship is named in the honor of Harry Hopman [1906-1985], an Australian Tennis
player and coach who took the country to win 15 Davis Cup titles between 1938 and 1969.
This tournament is an important event in the calendar of the International Tennis Federation, but
the results of individual player are not calculated in the tennis world rankings.
The competition holds great television coverage in Australia and is important to the lead up of the
Australian Open in January.

14. AUSTRALIAN’S IN TENNIS!
Samantha Stosur
Bernard Tomic
Lleyton Hewitt
Many Australian’s play tennis as it is a very popular and fun sport
to play. In Australia we have many famous and competitive
players, such as:
There are also many retired players:
Margaret Court
Rod Laver
John Newcombe
Todd Woodbridge
Roy Emerson
Paterick Rafter
Paul Hanley
And many, many, many more!!
Paul
Hanley
Roy
Emerson
John
Newcombe
Rod Laver
Margaret
Court
Bernard
Tomic
Lleyton
Hewitt

15. ROD LAVER!
Rod Laver was a famous Australian Tennis player many years ago. He was such a well known
player that there is now a tennis arena called “Rod Laver arena”. Rod holds the record for the
most singles titles won in the history of tennis, with 200 career titles.
Rodney George Laver was born on the 9th
of August, 1938 (now aged 74) in Rockhampton
Australia. His parents were Melba Roffey and Roy Laver. He has won 11Grand slams in his
career.
He is 1.72m standing tall at a good old age and weighing 68Kg and keeping fit.

16. EVONNE GOOLAGON CAWLEY
Evonne was born on the 31st
of July 1951 and is an Australian Former World No. 1. During the
1970’s and early 1980’s she was a leading player, and then wen on and won 14 Grand Slam
tittles: seven in singles (four Australian Opens, two Wimbledon and one French Open), six in
women's doubles, and one in mixed doubles.
Evonne is a great player as she is indigenous and represents Australia.

17. SERENA WILLIAMS
Serena Williams was born on September 26th
in 1981 in Saginaw, Michigan,
began playing tennis in her early years. At three years of age she was doing 2
hour practersics with her father Richard Williams.
In 1995 Serena turned into a pro tennis player along with her sister Venus.
2009 Serena made a a bad decision and was fined and put on a probation for
illegally threatening a lines women, but she quickly moved on from this bad
remark. Also during 2009 she had come 2nd
in the Australian open.
Next in 2012 Serena kicked off the year playing her debut at Brisbane
International, however, during her match against Boiana Jovanovski, she had
injured her left ankle when sereving late in the second set. As a result of this she
was forced to withdraw from the tournament.
Afterwards she participated in the Australian Open where she lost against
Ekaterina Makarova in the fourth round.

18. VENUS WILLIAMS
Venus Ebony Starr Williams was born on June 17 1980 in Lynwood, America.
Venus is now a professional tennis player and is formal world number 1. Venus is ranked World No. 26 in
singles as of April 1, 2013.
On February 25th
2002 Venus became world No.1 for the first time. Venus is the first African American
women to achieve this during the Open Era.
Her titles consist of: 7 singles, 13 in women’s doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles. Venus’ 7 Grand Slam
titles places her with four other women for 12th
place on the all-time list. Also her 5 Wimbledon singles tie
her with two other women for 8th
place on the all-time list.
As you probably guess Venus is the sister of Serena, which I have just previously talked about. The
sisters are 1 year aprt in age, so this makes it tough when versing each other.

19. MY TENNIS!
I have been playing tennis now for approximately 2 years now. I
played over at West but recently just got moved over to Treloar Park
in East Tamworth. I loved playing tennis because it was great meeting
new people as none of my friends play. I have not played for a few
weeks now as I originally hurt my ankle, I then went back once and
then haven't gone back since as I hurt my ankle again! I don’t think I
will go back as I am finding it a lot easier to have Friday afternoons
off. (I still believe it’s a great sport thought!)

20. WIMBLEDON!
The Wimbledon tennis tournament is the oldest
tennis tournament in the world and also one of the
most popular in the world.
It has been help at the AII England Club in
Wimbledon, London since 1877. This tournament
is one of the four major grand slam tournaments
in the world. The others being the Australian
Open, French Open and US Open.
Wimbledon is the only major one that is still
played on grass (the games original surface).
The Wimbledon is a tournament that takes place
of a period of 2 weeks in late June and early July
as a Mens division and a Womens division.

21. ROGER FEDERER!
Roger was born on August 8, 1981, he was among the Top 3 junior tennis
players in Switzerland by the age of 11!
1998 was when Roger was turned into a pro tennis player.
In 2004 he won the Australian Open, U.S Open and the ATP Masters, he also
moved up a spot from world number 2 to world number 1.
Federer was the first Swiss man to come through and win a grand slam title.
In 2012 he became a seven-time Wimbledon champion, tying with Pete
Sampras for the world No. 1 ranking record of 286 weeks.

22. FRENCH OPEN!
The French Open (also known as the Roland garros) is a major tournament held
over two weeks, between late May and early June in Paris France, at the Stade
Roland Garros.
The French Open is the only tournament that is played on hard clay courts, clay
slows down the ball and also makes the ball bounce much higher compared to
grass courts or hard courts.
This can be a disadvantage of big servers and volleyers. This makes it harder to
serve based players to dominate on the surface.

23. TECHNICAL WORDS!
Volley- A volley is a hit when right up close to the net. Players usually smash the
ball down to a space of where there is no player.
Let- A let is a serve when the ball skims across the top of the net and goes in. This
then means that you get either one more serve or two more. If it was your first serve
and you do a let, that means you get two more, but if its your second serve you get
one more.
Ace- An ace is when you serve the ball that hard that it goes in and the opponent
doesn’t even get a chance to hit it.
<volley
<let

24. THE DAVIS CUP!
The Davis Cup was first contested in 1899, it is the premier international team event
in mens tennis. From 1905 till 1919, Australia competed as an Australasian team.
During this time we claimed six titles (1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1919).
This is a very poplar tournament held all over the world. Many plyers from different
countries attend.

25. “THE WOODIES”
American players, Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde have one the most Grand Slam Titles
in mens doubles pairing. They are the most successful in tennis history.
The have been a team together for 12 years but re now retired.
There nickname comes from both of their last names – as you have probably already figured!

26. BIBLIOGRAPH
Y!
• http://www.tennis.com.au/play-tennis/how-to-play/rules
• http://www.tennis.com.au/play-tennis/how-to-
play/glossary/a-h
• http://www.australianopen.com/index.html
• http://bostinno.com/2013/01/27/2013-australian-open-winner-djokovic-makes-history-with-aussie-open-win-ove
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Open
• http://www.bernardtomic.com/
• http://library.thinkquest.org/10615/frames/tennis/history.html
• http://www.livestrong.com/article/233725-tennis-history-for-kids/#ixzz2Mtjfwvis
• http://library.thinkquest.org/10615/frames/tennis/history.html
• http://www.tennistips.org/tennis-rules.html
http://www.samstosur.com/about-sam/
http://www.tennis.com.au/player-
profiles/lleyton-hewitt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopman_
Cup
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Wi
lliams
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_
sisters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cha
mpionships,_Wimbledon
http://www.biography.com/people/rog
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_O
pen
http://www.tennis.com.au/tournament
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http://www.tennis.com.au/player-
profiles/mark-woodforde