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Women's Tennis in Australia Navigation   Browse Other Pages Homepage A Viewpoint on the Game How It Began A Viewpoint on the Game 2 A Viewpoint on the Game 3 Concentration; Practice Condition, Physical and Mental Keep Your Eye on the Ball Footwork and Weight Control Women's Tennis The Grips The Service The Drive The Chop and the Slice The Volley The Subtle Shots Courage Your Opponent's Weaknesses General Tactics Outside Conditions Pressure on Your Opponent Doubles and Mixed Doubles The Coaching Job Legendary Tennis Players Olympic Tennis Does Youth Rule Tennis Hall of Fame Amateurism to Open Tennis Some Defects in Tennis Doping Olympic Review Technology and Sport The Slice Service Flat Serve The American Twist The Drive The Backhand Drive Drive - The Main Uses The Volley Net Position The Volley Position The Overhead Smash The Half-Volley The Drop Shot The Mechanics of the Slice The Main Uses of a Slice The Grips Doubles and Mixed Doubles To Open the Court Doubles In Europe and US Legendary Tennis Players (1940's) Questions in Australian Tennis History of Australian Tennis History of Australian Tennis 2 History of Australian Tennis Players Women's Tennis in Australia Australian Tennis: Nature Ages of Tennis Players The Careers of Women Players The subject of women's involvement in tennis is a separate and a vital issue which opens up a whole field of inquiry ranging from matters of fashion and morals to why and to what extent women played tennis.The presence of women in the sport is crucial. It supports the contention that tennis is a civilised refined activity: it is a game fit for women. Essentially football and cricket are male preserves. Tennis fitted in with the Victorian period's concept of the woman; weak and dainty, yet social and refined. It fitted a certain view of refined, leisured civilisation: grass courts, summer days, whites, leisure, country houses,and pretty women. Tennis was the symbol of an age, an era, a class, an attitude to life; and the female dimension proved this point. Very little interpretative analysis of the role of women in tennis has been attempted. Perhaps this has been partly determined by social values, but also by the fact that men's tennis has for so long attracted the crowds and publicity. Women's tennis was not as popular to watch nor have there been so many women as men competing in tennis.  Next Page:  Australian Tennis: Nature Of The Game