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[If you would like to contribute information about a WWW site to this FAQ listing, please forward the information to cs30@oit.gatech.edu.]
The following World Wide Web sites are good starting points for exploring online tennis information.
1. The World Wide Web Tennis Server (provided by the Tenagra Corporation)
The WWW Tennis Server is the primary tennis server on the Internet. The server provides access to an online tennis store as well as a substantial amount of tennis-related information, including: The WTA Tour Newsletter; archives and files on tournaments covered on the Tennis Server; Monthly tennis columns including player tips from Windemere Racquet & Swim Club Head Pro John Mills; Graphics of players; sponsorship by a "Web order" tennis store; Hyperlinked versions of the Rules and Code of Tennis; The Tennis FAQ; Happenings at the Windemere Racquet & Swim Club in Clear Lake Texas; and links to other tennis info on the Web and Internet.
http://www.tennisserver.com
2. ATP Tour
The official ATP Tour web site provides up-to-date information about the men's professional tour, including the latest tournament results and tour news, rankings, player biographies, tournament and broadcast schedules, and official merchandise.
http://atptour.com
The Official Corel WTA TOUR web site provides the latest information on the professional women's tennis tour. The site contains up-to-date statistics, biographies, news items, cool photos and graphics, as well as ticket and travel information.
http://www.corelwtatour.com
4. International Tennis Hall of Fame
The www.tennisfame.org web site provides a brief overview of the history of the game and players that awaits visitors to the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum in Newport, R.I. At this site, you will find a description of the newly-renovated Museum galleries and see the names of the 168 Hall of Fame Enshrinees (as of 1997). A complete Calendar of Events highlights "Newport Tennis Week" and a full slate of activities at the Hall of Fame and the historic grass courts of the Newport Casino. You can learn how to become a member of the Hall of Fame and even browse through some of the merchandise available from the Museum Gift Shop.
http://www.tennisfame.org
5. University of Toronto - Tennis
Information maintained at this site includes ATP/WTA tournament information, weekly ATP/WTA singles and doubles rankings, and player FAQs containing detailed information about several professional tour players.
http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~cwong/tennis/tennis.html
6. The Men's Rankings and Statistics Web
The Men's Rankings and Statistics Web, maintained by Jacqueline Dupree, contains extensive ATP Tour tournament results and Top 1000 rankings for 1993-1996.
http://www.jdland.com/tennis.html
Tennis Worldwide is the first magazine to be compiled and published exclusively for and by "netters" around the world. Edited by Bill Hethcoat, the magazine contains a wide variety a features about professional and amateur tennis, newsletters from the ATP Tour, WTA Tour, and other sources, news and tennis tips from various contributors, and much more. Updated several times per month.
http://www.tennisw.com
8. Australian Open Information
Information about the Ford Australian Open, inclusing comprehensive 1996 results and draws and ticket information, is maintained by Jason Simmons.
http://www.squirrel.com.au/tennisnet/austopen
This series of web pages details singles tournament results for all players on the 1997 WTA Tour, comprising of qualifying and main draw results. Comprehensive cross-referencing links are provided between player and tournament results pages. This site is not affiliated with the Corel WTA TOUR.
http://www.ibmpcug.co.uk/~michaeld/wta.htm
Here are some additional Web sites which host tennis-related information or products. This list is not exhaustive, and new tennis sites are appearing on an almost daily basis. A more comprehensive version of this list may be found at http://blue.oit.gatech.edu/~cs30/TennisWeb.html
Here are some additional sources of online tennis information.
1. rec.sport.tennis
The 'rec.sport.tennis' news group is the most widely used Internet news group for the discussion of the game of tennis. Various information and discussions related to professional tennis (ATP tour, WTA tour, etc.), as well as occasional discussions about amateur tennis topics (techniques, equipment, etc.), may be found in this news group.
2. clari.sport.tennis
The 'clari.sport.tennis' news group provides professional tennis news and scores from the Associated Press (AP) newswires. Check with your Internet provider to determine if you have access to the 'clari.sport.tennis' newsgroup.
3. alt.tennis
The 'alt.tennis' newsgroup is a scarcely used newsgroup which was the precursor to rec.sport.tennis.
1. Tennis Server INTERACTIVE
Includes notification of updates to the World Wide Web Tennis Server, monthly tennis tips, news about new tennis information on the Net, as well as other tennis information of general interest. Periodically, tennis related polls and surveys may also be e-mailed to people on the list. Parts of the newsletter contain commercial information from Tennis Server sponsors. Mailings occur approximately once a month and there are currently over 10,000 subscribers. To receive this free newsletter, use the online form at
http://www.tennisserver.com/tennisform.html
or send email to racquet-notices-request@tennisserver.com
The ATP Tour and COREL WTA TOUR publish media guides at the beginning of every year. These guides contain tournament information, player biographies, historical records and statistics. They can be ordered directly from the ATP Tour and COREL WTA TOUR, respectively. The price includes postage within the US. The following information is correct for the 1997 edition of the guides.
ABC, 77 West 66th St., New York, N.Y. 10023 (no phone; try NY's KABC) CBS, 7800 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036 (213)460-3000 NBC, 3300 West Alameda Blvd., Burbank, CA 91523 (818)840-4444 ESPN: 935 Middle St., Bristol, CT 06010, (203)-585-2000 HBO: 1100 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, (212)512-1000 ATP: 200 ATP Tour Boulevard, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 (904)285-8000 WTA: 133 First Street NE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 (813) 895-5000 USTA: 70 West Red Oak Lane, White Planes, NY 10604 USA (914) 696-7000
The following ticket information for major tournaments is provided as a service to those who may have no other source of information. The FAQ authors assume no responsibility for sudden changes in some of the ticket source information. Availability of tickets will vary from event to event and sometimes depend on how well in advance tickets are sought. In particular, for the Grand Slam events, tickets must usually be obtained well in advance (unless you plan to scalp for tickets). For Wimbledon and the French Open, it is recommended that applications for tickets be submitted in the early Fall preceding the event. Australian Open tickets go on sale early in the Northern Hemisphere Autumn (October), and US Open tickets usually go on sale starting sometime in the month of May.
WIMBLEDON:
The All England Lawn Tennis Club, PO Box 98, Wimbledon, SW19 5AE, UK
(Application for ballots due 31 Dec; ballots due 31 Jan; payment after
notification - early March - in Pounds Sterling by bank draft.)
More information: http://www.wmin.ac.uk/~braziej/wimbledon.html
FRENCH OPEN:
Ticket reservation forms (best if requested by October): Stade Roland
Garros, Service Reservation, 2 Avenue Gordon Bennett, 75016 Paris,
France. Enclose a self-addressed envelope with a 95-cent or equivalent
international coupon. Payment in Francs (bank draft) should be enclosed
with reservation forms when they are sent back.
US OPEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (212) 239-6250 or (888) 673-6849
Tickets for the U.S Open usually go on sale to the public in late
May, about three (3) months before the start of the tournament.
In 1997, the USTA will increase allowed attendance at the event
by approxiately 60 percent.
AUSTRALIAN OPEN:
Australian Open Ticket Sales, c/o BASS Victoria, GPO Box 762G,
Melbourne 3001, Australia. BASS local numbers (valid for 1995
Australian Open): 11500, 11522, or 008 338 998.
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Tennis Australia, National Tennis Centre, Batman Avenue,
Melbourne 3000, Australia
More information: http://www.squirrel.com.au/tennisnet/austopen
WTA TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (212) 465-6500
More information: http://www.corelwtatour.com/championships/index.htm
LIPTON (KEY BISCAYNE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (305) 361-5252
Additional WTA Tour Events
General ticket information for COREL WTA TOUR events may be found at
the web site http://www.corelwtatour.com/calendar/!tickets.htm.
The tennis book bibliography has been removed from the FAQ. Larry Larson maintains an extensive tennis book bibliography at the following web site:
