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"Viv" was an Australian tennis champion of the 1930s. Along with John Bromwich, he was one of the first great players to use a two-handed backhand. His name was pronounced "McGraw". He was born in Merrendee, near Mudgee, New South Wales, the fourth child of native Australian parents. His father was a hotelkeeper. He went to Sydney Boys High School, graduating in 1932, where he played tennis and cricket. He won the Australian junior singles in 1932 and the French junior singles in 1933. He was a member of the Australian Davis Cup team from 1933 to 1937. Also, He won the Australian Open doubles championship with his friend Jack Crawford in 1935. In 1937, he won the Australian Open singles title against John Bromwich. McGrath was ranked World No. 8 in 1935 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph. World War II interrupted his career, and he served in the Air Force. He was granted leave to play exhibition games against American servicemen. After the war, he never regained his form and was plagued by injuries. He eventually became a coach in the southern highlands and pursued his interest in horse racing. Source: db4tennis.com/players/male/vivian-mc-grath

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RACQUET CHAMPIONSHIP.; Williams and Soutar Ready for First Game of Series for Title. By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The Yew York Times. LONDON, April 5. -- Great interest is evidenced in the match to-day at the Queens Club for the professional racquet championship of the world between Charles Williams, the professional of Harrow School, and Jock Soutar, who holds a similar position with the Philadelphia Racquet and Tennis Club. The New York Times, April 5, 1913, Saturday, page 16, 423 words

Pierre Etchebaster, a Basque from St. Jean de Luz and the Jeu de Paume of Paris, beat the best court tennis players in the U. S. last week in Philadelphia. Jock Soutar, Britisher, met him in the finals for the national championship in the Racquet Club of Philadelphia. Source: www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,880968,00.html?... 2006 Jock Soutar Tournaments: The Racquet Club of Philadelphia hosted the annual Jock Soutar Singles and Doubles Championships. Combined with the Jimmy Dunn court tennis tournament and an invitational squash tournament, the Jock Soutar weekend is massive whirlwind of racket sports and parties. Source: www.northamericanrackets.com/htm files/Philadelphia.htm

Rackets (British English) or Racquets (American English) is an indoor racquet sport played in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada. The sport is infrequently called "hard rackets," possibly to distinguish it from the related sport of squash (formerly called "squash rackets"). World champions 1911–13, 1929–35 Charles Williams (Great Britain) 1913–29 Jock Soutar (USA)

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Tennis was becoming popular in the summer of 1903 and the Headmaster, Horace Dixon, decided to erect a roughly put-together net and call it a tennis court. It was outside the Dixon residence, so Horace could keep an eye on the boys whilst he sipped tea on his veranda. Source: www.tss.qld.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/18-Jun-tenn...