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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.

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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.

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This 1968 Australian Diary film asks, 'Is the Australian interest in tennis falling off?'. With audiences at matches decreasing, has Australia's dominance in the sport finally ended?

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This National Film Board episode of Australian Diary was made not long after Australia regained the Davis Cup in 1950.

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This short news item is about bronze busts of Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde going on display in Garden Square, Melbourne Park after the players were inducted into the Austr

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National Nine News reports on Pat Rafter's loss to Goran Ivanišević at the Wimbledon final in 2001.

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In this newsreel Ken Rosewall returns home after Australia's Davis Cup success, defeating defending champions the United States.

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This newsreel segment from 1933 profiles Australian Jack Crawford, the world No. 1 men’s tennis player that year.

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Players wear roller skates in a mixed doubles tennis match played in Melbourne in this newsreel clip from 1940.