look inside Australian tennis
More than half of the population has an active interest in tennis.*
*Gemba Tennis Participation Research 2010
Almost four million people played tennis in the last year.*
*Gemba Tennis Participation Research 2010
“ Tennis is a sport for life. I played with my parents when I was young, and now I love playing with my kids.” Rachel O’Neill – started playing tennis at six years old
Countless hours of hard work from thousands of volunteers and administrators in the tennis community are making a difference to the sport.
More than 200,000 children play MLC Tennis Hot Shots.
“ I love playing in challenge events and testing the skills I’ve learnt in competition.” Amy - MLC Tennis Hot Shots participant
“ I have no doubt the MLC Tennis Hot Shots program will help inspire our tennis stars of the future.” Alicia Molik – MLC Tennis Hot Shots Ambassador
With modified equipment the program lets kids play the game more quickly and easily, building their confidence and keeping them active.
Tennis brings us all together.
“ Tennis provides you with lasting friendships. Some of my closest friends today were my tennis teammates 30 years ago.” Greg Harrison – former tennis coach
“ It’s a great social activity for every age group and a fantastic way to keep active and fit.” Anicka Hartney – plays every Wednesday night
904 courts have been built or upgraded giving players more opportunities to play on quality surfaces.
More than $148.5 million has been generated in funding for facilities in the past three years.
“ We have a chance to really develop and foster tennis facilities around the nation and give every child the chance to play and enjoy tennis, a sport that has given me so much.” Sam Stosur – Ambassador for Tennis Australia’s Courts and Facilities program
More than 2850 qualified coaches deliver the sport to all ages at all skill levels.
“ Being a coach mentor is a wonderful experience. Seeing the teamwork that has been created among many of our coaches will be a great help to our future young coaches and players.” Ian Barclay – Talent Development Coach Mentor
The coach is critical to the development of anyone’s tennis journey, with some top coaching talent shaping our future stars.
“ This trip has given me a lot of confidence and self-belief and has made me realise how I need to work and what sacrifices I must make in order to be a great tennis player.” Ashleigh Barty – after attending a dream week in Las Vegas with Team Agassi.
“ My progress has been solid. I am at a career high in juniors and seniors.” Ben Mitchell – AIS Pro Tour Program
“ It was a real big learning curve. I was playing Kim Clijsters, the defending champion. It’s not every day you get to play someone like that.” Sally Peers – AIS Pro Tour Program
“ I am happy with my progress this year. I know I really need to keep working hard and improving to give me the opportunity to improve on my ranking and hopefully break onto the ATP Tour soon.” Jason Kubler – AIS Pro Tour Program
“ I’m very, very pleased with the girls, they’ve done Australia proud ... they showed a lot of team spirit.” David Taylor – Fed Cup captain
“ There’s a lot of hard work to be done over the next few years, but with our history in tennis in Australia we’re very very confident that we can get back to where we belong.”
Tony Roche – Davis Cup coach
“ We’ve got a lot of young players that have a great opportunity to play for Australia. This is a great opportunity to be part of something that means a lot to me.” Pat Rafter – Davis Cup captain
“ If I can inspire one young girl or boy to play tennis, then I think that’s fantastic.”
“ Moments like these and achievements that I’ve been able to do can really lift a sporting profile. Tennis has been on its way back up, and I think this can only help.” Sam Stosur – Australia’s highest ranked player and winner of inaugural Newcombe Medal
Year-end ranking: world No.6
“ It’s great to be part of the Australian team. It’s the first gold medal in tennis, I’m happy to do Australia proud. It feels like it’s one of the biggest achievements of my career.”
Anastasia Rodionova – Commonwealth Games singles gold medallist
S amantha Stosur was a French Open women’s singles finalist, won in Charleston, was a finalist in Stuttgart and a semifinalist at the year-end championships in Doha J armila Groth won her first WTA singles title at the Guangzhou Open L leyton Hewitt defeated Roger Federer to win his 28th career singles title at Halle, Germany, in June T he Fed Cup team won its World Group Play-off tie against Ukraine 5-0 in April and was promoted to the World Group in 2011
Lleyton Hewitt – ATP World Tour winner in Halle, Germany
aniela Di Toro was finalist at the Wheelchair D Tennis Masters and the US Open, and won two ITF series tournaments . .. and the success continued at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Women’s Singles: Anastasia Rodionova – GOLD Men’s Singles: Greg Jones – SILVER Men’s Doubles: Paul Hanley and Peter Luczak – GOLD omen’s Doubles: Sally Peers and Anastasia W Rodionova – GOLD
Bernard Tomic – 2010 Male Junior Athlete of the Year, Australian Tennis Awards
Our junior players are tracking to be among the best seen in a decade ...
... and with the right infrastructure, programs and expertise available to them they have a real chance of success.
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