Links to Tennis Sites

1.0 Collector Resources

1.1 Collector Resources-BOOKS (DIRECT FROM THE AUTHOR)

	TENNIS ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES by Jeanne Cherry, (TCA member)
	If you do nothing else, buy this book! Great pictures of wonderful rackets up through the 1940s and all sorts of memorabilia.
	website: www.tennisantiques.com. email: jcherry@tennisantiques.com

	THE BOOK OF TENNIS RACKETS (BUCH DER TENNISRACKETS) by Sigi Kuebler, (TCA member)
	If you can do two 'nothing elses' buy this one also. An encyclopedic source of information on all rackets up through the 1990s. (ISBN 3-9802903-9-5, $87.50) FIND A REVIEW OF THE 1999 EDITION HERE.
	website: www.racketantiques.com email: Siegfried.Kuebler@t-online.de

	WOOD TENNIS RACKETS, A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE by Clark Bensen, (TCA member)
	Your order for this helps our continuing research. A new guide designed for collectors and sellers of 20th century American wood tennis rackets. Now in a color laser format.
	website: www.woodtennisrackets.com email: info@woodtennisrackets.com

1.2 Collector Resources-TENNIS MARKETPLACE

SHIPPING NOTES

A note on shipping of rackets bought online. I have bought a hundred or more online and the simplest and cheapest way to ship rackets for those who don't have standing accounts with UPS or FedEx is to use the USPS.
You can procure two large Priority Mail boxes (free) and insert them end-to-end to create a great box for rackets. IMPORTANT: be sure to leave one of the pull-strips on the end of the box!
Shipping can be easily determined online with just the zip code of the recipient with the USPS online rate calculator.
Most rackets, without the wood presses, ship for about 1-2 pounds, depending on how heavy your wrapping is. This means a racket can go from the East to the West for about $5.75 and arrive in about 2-3 days.
Therefore, it is logical to assume that a set-price of, say $6, should cover most shipping situations.
As to the wood presses, in most cases these can be discarded before shipping. Unless they are truly unusual, the collector won't want them either and they just take extra weight, and cost.
Another note, go easy on the tape inside the package! It is very frustrating to try and unravel a bunch of rackets without cutting your hands, letalone without marring the surface of the rackets.
A final note. Check out the picture, and/or ask the seller questions. Rackets almost always look nicer online than they are in reality.

THE OLDE SPORT SHOPPE
Older rackets for sale.
www.theoldesportshoppe.com

CYBER SHOP FOR TENNIS ANTIQUES (Joe Schartman)
Older rackets for sale
www.woodtennis.com

EBAY, your personal trading community
Online auctions with hundreds of tennis items.
www.ebay.com for wood tennis rackets

1.3 Collector Resources-TENNIS DEALERS

KEN BENNER, FINE TENNIS ANTIQUITIES (TCA member)
Fine Tennis Antiquities with periodic catalogues.
email: KenBenTen@aol.com tel: 215-885-5876 fax: 215-885-4635

RANDY CROW, SPORTING COLLECTIBLES (TCA member)
Your Source for Antique Sporting Goods with periodic catalogues.
email: SportCrow@aol.com

1.4 Collector Resources-BOOKS (ONLINE)

Tennis Collectables www.tenniscollectables.com	Tennis Bookshop (Alan Chalmers, TCA member) www.tennisbookshop.com
Tennis Bibliography www.tennisbooks.com	deFreitas Books (Wilfred deFreitas, TCA member) www.defreitasbooks.com
ABEBOOKS Search thousands of booksellers selling 110 million books www.abebooks.com	BOOK FINDER A convenient way to access multiple dealers. www.bookfinder.com
Exchange Rates from xe.com The Universal Currency Converter ®	USPS RATE CALCULATOR A convenient way to estimate postage costs. USPS online rate calculator.

1.5 Collector Websites

TENNIS COLLECTORS OF AMERICA A new organization with a journal issued 3 times a year, annual meeting in Newport in July. www.tenniscollectors.org	TENNIS COLLECTOR'S SOCIETY, (Gerald Gurney, TCA member) Founded in 1988, issues quarterly journal and holds annual event in Newport. click here
INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME A museum, research area and annual enshrinees. www.tennisfame.org	TENNIS HERITAGE COLLECTION (Rolf Jaeger, TCA member) The tennis collection of Rolf Jaeger. A website for a wonderful collection that includes many images of those very early rackets. Well worth a visit! www.tennisheritage.com
VINTAGE TENNIS BALL CANS (Brad McCall, TCA member) An online view of items of vintage tennis balls, cans and advertisements. www.vintagetennisballs.com	TENNIS AT THE TURN, DRIFTWAY COLLECTION (Jim McCready, TCA member) One of the world’s premier lawn tennis collections, for over twenty years the Driftway Collection has been celebrating the history of lawn tennis, by exhibiting in galleries, and appearing in publications and on television around the world. www.driftwaycollection.com
ANTIQUE TENNIS (Dennis Irwin, TCA member) An online view of miscellaneous items relating to tennis. www.antiquetennis.com	LAWN TENNIS MUSEUM (Marianella Padron, TCA member) An online view of miscellaneous items relating to tennis. www.lawntennismuseum.com

1.6 Collector Wants

Bensen's Wants

2.0 Tennis Tournaments and Organizations

2.1 Tennis Organizations

International Tennis Federation
The ITF is the international governing body.

U.S. Tennis Association
National governing body with sectional organization.

U.S. Professional Tennis Association
Tennis teaching professionals.

Professional Tennis Registry
Tennis teaching professionals.

ATP Tour
Men's Professional Tour (Master's Series)

WTA Tour
Women's Professional Tour

TOURNAMENTS, GRAND SLAMS:

2.2 Tournaments, Grand Slam Events (Majors)

	THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN, the AUSSIE
	First held in 1905 for men, 1922 for women, it is now played on hard courts, in mid-end January, at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia. (2012 is 108th year for men; 91st year for women.) The Aussie has stopped winners of the Grand Slam, or Career Slams, 13 times (through 2012). (The most recent example is Rafael Nadal in 2010.) By her win in 2003, Serena Williams joined the elite rank of women who have won all four Grand Slam events in their career, becoming the 9th member of the group, replacing Steffi Graf as the most recent new member from 1988.
	www.ausopen.org		(Jan. 18-29, 2012)
2012	Men	Novak DJOKOVIC d. Rafael Nadal	Women	Victoria AZARENKA d. Maria Sharapova
2011	Men	Novak DJOKOVIC d. Andy Murray	Women	Kim CLIJSTERS d. Li Na
2010	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Andy Murray	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Justine Henin
2009	Men	Rafael NADAL d. Roger Federer	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Dinara Safina
2008	Men	Novak DJOKOVIC d. Jo-Wilfried Tsongas	Women	Maria SHARAPOVA d. Ana Ivanovic
2007	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Fernando Gonzalez	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Maria Sharapova
2006	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Marcos Baghdatis	Women	Amelie MAURESMO d. Justine Henin-Hardenne
2005	Men	Marat SAFIN d. Lleyton Hewitt	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Lindsay Davenport
2004	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Marat Safin	Women	Justine HENIN-HARDENNE d. Kim Clijsters
2003	Men	Andre AGASSI d. Rainer Schuettler	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Venus Williams
2002	Men	Thomas JOHANNSSON d. Marat Safin	Women	Jennifer CAPRIATI d. Martina Hingis
2001	Men	Andre AGASSI d. Armand Clement	Women	Jennifer CAPRIATI d. Martina Hingis
2000	Men	Andre AGASSI d. Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Women	Lindsay DAVENPORT d. Martina Hingis
1999	Men	Yevgeny KAFELNIKOV d.Thomas Enqvist	Women	Martina HINGIS d. Amelie Mauresmo
1998	Men	Petr KORDA d. Marcelo Rios	Women	Martina HINGIS d. Conchita Martinez

	THE FRENCH OPEN, ROLAND GARROS
	First held in 1925, it is now played on clay courts, from May-June, at Roland Garros in Paris. (2012 is 88th year for both men and women.) The French has stopped winners of the Grand Slam, or Career Slams, 21 times (through 2012). (This happened three times for Roger Federer in 2004, 2006, and 2007; and for Novak Djokovic in 2011, and 2012.) By her win in 2012, Maria Sharapova joined the elite rank of women who have won all four Grand Slam events in their career, becoming the 10th member of the group, replacing Serena Williams as the most recent new member from 2003. By his win in 2009, Roger Federer joined the elite rank of men who have won all four Grand Slam events in their career, becoming the 6th member of the group, replacing Andre Agassi as the most recent new member from 1999. By his win in 1999, Andre Agassi joined the elite rank of men who have won all four Grand Slam events in their career, becoming the 5th member of the group, replacing Roy Emerson as the most recent new member from 1964.
	www.frenchopen.org		(May 27-Jun 10*, 2012)
2012	Men	Rafael NADAL d. Novak Djokovic	Women	Maria SHARAPOVA d. Sara Errani
2011	Men	Rafael NADAL d. Roger Federer	Women	LI Na d. Francesca Schiavone
2010	Men	Rafael NADAL d. Robin Soderling	Women	Francesca SCHIAVONE d. Samantha Stosur
2009	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Robin Soderling	Women	Svetlana KUZNETSOVA d. Dinara Safina
2008	Men	Rafael NADAL d. Roger Federer	Women	Ana IVANOVIC d. Dinara Safina
2007	Men	Rafael NADAL d. Roger Federer	Women	Justine HENIN d. Ana Ivanovic
2006	Men	Rafael NADAL d. Roger Federer	Women	Justine HENIN-HARDENNE d. Svetlana Kuznetsova
2005	Men	Rafael NADAL d. Mariano Puerta	Women	Justine HENIN-HARDENNE d. Mary Pierce
2004	Men	Gaston GAUDIO d. Guillermo Coria	Women	Anastasia MYSKINA d. Elena Dementieva
2003	Men	Juan Carlos FERRERO d. Martin Verkerk	Women	Justine HENIN-HARDENNE d. Kim Clijsters
2002	Men	Albert COSTA d. Juan Carlos Ferrero	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Venus Williams
2001	Men	Gustavo KUERTEN d. Alex Corretja	Women	Jennifer CAPRIATI d. Kim Clijsters
2000	Men	Gustavo KUERTEN d. Magnus Norman	Women	Mary PIERCE d. Conchita Martinez
1999	Men	Andre AGASSI d. Andrei Medvedev	Women	Steffi GRAF d. Martina Hingis
1998	Men	Carlos MOYA d. Alex Corretja	Women	Arantxa SANCHEZ-VICARIO d. Monica Seles

	WIMBLEDON
	First held in 1877 (Men, 1884 for Women), it is still played on grass courts, in June-July, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, outside London. (2012 is the 127th year.) Wimbledon has stopped winners of the Grand Slam, or Career Slams, 10 times (through 2011).
	www.wimbledon.org		(Jun 25-Jul 8, 2012)
2012	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Andy Murray	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Agnieszka Radwanska
2011	Men	Novak DJOKOVIC d. Rafael Nadal	Women	Petra KVITOVA d. Maria Sharapova
2010	Men	Rafael NADAL d. Tomas Berdych	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Vera Zvonareva
2009	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Andy Roddick	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Venus Williams
2008	Men	Rafael NADAL d. Roger Federer	Women	VENUS WILLIAMS d. Serena Williams
2007	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Rafael Nadal	Women	VENUS WILLIAMS d. Marion Bartoli
2006	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Rafael Nadal	Women	Amelie MAURESMO d. Justine Henin-Hardenne
2005	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Andy Roddick	Women	VENUS WILLIAMS d. Lindsay Davenport
2004	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Andy Roddick	Women	Maria SHARAPOVA d. Serena Williams
2003	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Mark Philippousis	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Venus Williams
2002	Men	Lleyton HEWITT d. David Nalbandian	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Venus Williams
2001	Men	Goran IVANISEVIC d. Patrick Rafter	Women	VENUS WILLIAMS d. Justine Henin
2000	Men	Pete SAMPRAS d. Patrick Rafter	Women	VENUS WILLIAMS d. Lindsay Davenport
1999	Men	Pete SAMPRAS d. Andre Agassi	Women	Lindsay DAVENPORT d. Steffi Graf
1998	Men	Pete SAMPRAS d. Goran Ivanisevic	Women	Jana NOVOTNA d. Nathalie Tauziat

	THE U.S. OPEN
	First held in 1881 for men, 1887 for women, it is now played on hard courts, in August-September, at the National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York City. (2012 is 133rd year for men; 126th year for women.) The U.S. Open has stopped winners of the Grand Slam, or Career Slams, 5 times (through 2011). By his win in 2010, Rafael Nadal joined the elite rank of men who have won all four Grand Slam events in their career, becoming the 7th member of the group, replacing Roger Federer as the most recent new member from 2009.
	www.usopen.org		(Aug 27-Sep 9, 2012)
2012	Men	Andy MURRAY d. Novak Djokovic	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Victoria Azarenka
2011	Men	Novak DJOKOVIC d. Rafael Nadal	Women	Samantha STOSUR d. Serena Williams
2010	Men	Rafael NADAL d. Novak Djokovic	Women	Kim CLIJSTERS d. Vera Zvonareva
2009	Men	Juan Martin DEL POTRO d. Roger Federer	Women	Kim CLIJSTERS d. Caroline Wozniacki
2008	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Andy Murray	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Jalena Jankovic
2007	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Novak Djokovic	Women	Justine HENIN d. Sveltana Kuznetsova
2006	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Andy Roddick	Women	Maria SHARAPOVA d. Justine Henin-Hardenne
2005	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Andre Agassi	Women	Kim CLIJSTERS d. Mary Pierce
2004	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Lleyton Hewitt	Women	Svetlana KUZNETSOVA d. Elena Dementieva
2003	Men	Andy RODDICK d. Juan Carlos Ferrero	Women	Justine HENIN-HARDENNE d. Kim Clijsters
2002	Men	Pete SAMPRAS d. Andre Agassi	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Venus Williams
2001	Men	Lleyton HEWITT d. Pete Sampras	Women	VENUS WILLIAMS d. Serena Williams
2000	Men	Marat SAFIN d. Pete Sampras	Women	VENUS WILLIAMS d. Lindsay Davenport
1999	Men	Andre AGASSI d. Todd Martin	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Martina Hingis
1998	Men	Patrick RAFTER d. Mark Philippoussis	Women	Lindsay DAVENPORT d. Martina Hingis

(Martina won the Dec 1983 Australian, the 1984 French, the 1984 Wimbledon, and the 1984 U.S. Open.
The Aussie had been moved forward a few weeks in 1977 and then moved back to January in 1987.)
A SEQUENTIAL "SERENA" SLAM is winning all four Majors in a row, i.e., being the reigning champion of all events, regardless of order.
(Serena won the 2002 French, the 2002 Wimbledon, the 2002 U.S. Open and the 2003 Australian.)
A CAREER SLAM is winning all four Majors over a career regardless of order or period of time involved.
The indication of the xth year in the table above does not account for years without tournaments, e.g., war years in the 1910s and 1940s.
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2.4 Tournaments, Others

	BARCLAYS ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS
	The final championship event for the men's tennis calendar, with the top eight players competing. it has been held under different names in different places over the years.
	www.atpworldtour.com		(Nov. 5-12, 2012)
2012	Men	Novak DJOKOVIC d. Roger Federer	London	Barclays ATP World Tour Finals
2011	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Jo-Wilfried Tsongas	London	Barclays ATP World Tour Finals
2010	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Rafael Nadal	London	Barclays ATP World Tour Finals
2009	Men	Nikolay DAVYDENKO d. Juan Martin Del Potro	London	Barclays ATP World Tour Finals
2008	Men	Novak DJOKOVIC d. Nicolay Davydenko	Shanghai	Tennis Masters Cup
2007	Men	Roger FEDERER d. David Ferrer	Shanghai	Tennis Masters Cup
2006	Men	Roger FEDERER d. James Blake	Shanghai	Tennis Masters Cup
2005	Men	David NALBANDIAN d. Roger Federer	Shanghai	Tennis Masters Cup
2004	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Lleyton Hewitt	Houston	Tennis Masters Cup
2003	Men	Roger FEDERER d. Andre Agassi	Houston	Tennis Masters Cup
2002	Men	Lleyton HEWITT d. Juan Carlos Ferrero	Shanghai	Tennis Masters Cup
2001	Men	Lleyton HEWITT d. Sebastian Grosjean	Sydney	Tennis Masters Cup
2000	Men	Gustavo KUERTEN d. Andre Agassi	Lisbon	Tennis Masters Cup

	WTA CHAMPIONSHIPS
	The final championship event for the women's tennis calendar, the BNP Paribas WTA Championship, was formerly known as the Sony Ericsson Championship, has been held in Madrid, Spain, then Doha, the capital of Qatar, now in Istanbul, Turkey. This is the successor to the original Virginia Slims Tour Championships first held in 1972. The top ten players in the world compete for the championship.
	www.wtachampionships.com		(Oct 23-28, 2012)
2012	Istanbul	TEB-BNP Paribas	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Maria Sharapova
2011	Istanbul	BNP Paribas	Women	Petra KVITOVA d. Victoria Azarenka
2010	Doha, Qatar	WTA Tour	Women	Kim CLIJSTERS d. Caroline Wozniacki
2009	Doha, Qatar	Sony Ericsson	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Venus Williams
2008	Doha, Qatar	Sony Ericsson	Women	VENUS WILLIAMS d. Vera Zvonareva
2007	Madrid	Sony Ericsson	Women	Justine HENIN d. Maria Sharapova
2006	Madrid	Sony Ericsson	Women	Justine HENIN-HARDENNE d. Amelie Mauresmo
2005	Los Angeles	Sony Ericsson	Women	Amelie MAURESMO d. Mary Pierce
2004	Los Angeles	WTA Tour	Women	Maria SHARAPOVA d. Serena Williams
2003	Los Angeles	Bank of America	Women	Kim CLIJSTERS d. Amelia Mauresmo
2002	Los Angeles	Home Depot	Women	Kim CLIJSTERS d. Serena Williams
2001	Munich	Sanex	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Lindsay Davenport
2000	MSG, NYC	Chase	Women	Martina HINGIS d. Monica Seles

	GRAND SLAM CUP
	Held in Sep-Oct from 1989 through 1999 with Compaq as the last sponsor. "The Compaq Grand Slam Cup is the finale to tennis' Grand Slam season. Each year, the 16 best performers in each of the four Grand Slam tournaments - The Australian Open, Roland Garros, The Wimbledon Championships and The US Open - qualify for the 'best of the best' tournament in Munich, Germany." A women's event was added for 1998 and 1999. From 2000 on this and the ATP/WTA year-end finals were combined.
1999	Men	Greg RUSEDSKI d. Tommy Haas	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Venus Williams
1998	Men	Marcelo RIOS d. Andre Agassi	Women	VENUS WILLIAMS d. Patty Schnyder

OLYMPICS
OLYMPICS	Held every four years in various locations around the world.
2012 London	Men	Andy MURRAY d. Roger Federer	Women	SERENA WILLIAMS d. Maria Sharapova
2008 Beijing	Men	Rafael NADAL d. Fernando Gonzalez	Women	Elena DEMENTIEVA d. Dinara Safina
2004 Athens	Men	Nicolas MASSAU d. Mardy Fish	Women	Justine HENIN d. Amelie Mauresmo
2000 Syndey	Men	Yevgeny KAFELNIKOV d. Tommy Haas	Women	VENUS WILLIAMS d. Elena Dementieva
1996 Atlanta	Men	Andre AGASSI d. Sergi Bruguera	Women	Lindsay DAVENPORT d. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
1992 Barcelona	Men	Marc ROSSETT d. Jordi Arrese	Women	Jennifer CAPRIATI d. Steffi Graf
1988 Seoul	Men	Miloslav MECIR d. Tim Mayotte	Women	Steffi GRAF d. Gabriela Sabatini

2.4 Tournaments, Team Tennis

http://www.athens2004.com/athens2004/

www.daviscup.com
Davis Cup (Men's International Team Tennis, sponsored by NEC)

www.itftennis.com
Federation Cup, (successor to the Wightman Cup, Team Tennis sponsored by KB, leading Czech bank)
(The Wightman Cup (between US and UK) was held 1923 to 1989)