Tennis in Australia
[2] In the 1950s, Australia became a tennis power, and Australian men won the Davis Cup 15 times from 1950 to 1967, led by outstanding players such as Frank Sedgman, Ken Rosewall, Lew Hoad, Roy Emerson, and Ashley Cooper.Fellow Australian tennis player Margaret Smith Court also achieved the Grand Slam in women's singles in 1970, Margaret Court also holds the record for the greatest number of women's singles Grand Slams won and is one of only three players ever to have won a career Grand Slam "boxed set" The ATP Challenger Tour is the second tier of professional tennis tournaments run by the Association of Tennis Professionals.These tournaments offer up to 175 rankings points with five Challenger events currently held in Australia, Canberra in the first week of the tour, back-to-back events in Burnie, Tasmania in the fortnight following the Australian Open and in Playford, South Australia then Sydney, New South Wales in the fortnight following the ATP Tour's Asian Swing.These tournaments serve as entry level events for the ATP and WTA tours and offer points and prize money.Formerly named Fed Cup See: Australia Fed Cup team Titles - 7 (1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974) Runners-up - 11 (1963, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1993, 2019, 2022) Wendy Turnbull Nicole Provis Mark Woodforde Tim Henman Mark Woodforde Daniel Nestor John Peers Nina Stojanović John Peers Rajeev Ram From 1973 until 2018, the Australian Open was broadcast in Australia on the Seven Network.[11] Previously, subscription television service Foxtel had the rights to the French Open with SBS Australia simulcasting World-feed coverage from 10:30pm AEST.
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