Our Heritage.
The Foundation began in 1974 (originally known as the Australian Women’s Tennis Association) to support women’s tennis. Since then, the Women’s Tennis Foundation Inc. has grown to reach a community of over 3,000.
The Foundation has developed the trust and support of tennis around the country with an extensive Australia-wide tennis club and coach network and is committed to helping women in tennis, as players, coaches, officials, administrators, and executives.
With our vision to be recognised as the pre-eminent body representing women in tennis, we are passionate about supporting women to make the sport of tennis accessible for all Australians to enjoy.
“Tennis is a wonderful sport for women, whether they are young or young at heart.”
– Judy Dalton, Women’s Tennis Foundation Inc. Patron
Our Patron
Judy Dalton AM
An Australian Tennis champion, Judy is a nine-time grand slam champion, winning doubles titles at Wimbledon, the US and French Opens, and the Australian Open three times.
She reached a career-high world ranking of 7 in 1968 and she helped Australia win the Federation Cup in 1965 and 1970. Her record was 6-1 singles and 12-3 doubles.
Judy’s commitment to women’s tennis has a long history and her biggest contribution to global tennis is as a member of the Original 9 who fought for equality of pay for women’s tennis which saw the beginning of the WTA, the most powerful women’s sporting association in the world.