{"id":46977,"date":"2023-01-16T14:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T04:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/?p=46977"},"modified":"2023-01-16T14:36:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T04:36:58","slug":"all-time-best-and-worst-tennis-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/2023\/01\/all-time-best-and-worst-tennis-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"All-Time Best (and Worst) Tennis Ads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From credit cards, coffee, burgers, sportswear, cars, chewing gum, housing estates, and chicken\u2026there hasn\u2019t been anything a star of the Tennis court won\u2019t put their name to in a TV commercial.<\/p>\n<p>Be it Liz Smylie chewing on some Extra, Lleyton Hewitt playing against a truck, Sampras and Agassi having a hit on the streets of New York, Pat Rafter in his undies, and Beauty Newk promoting just about everything under the sun, the heroes of the court have proven to be an advertising success and will continue to be.<\/p>\n<p>The game of tennis has provided many a memorable commercial over the years and as the Australian Open gets underway along with the inevitable Dylan Alcott ANZ ads and Uber Eats, we\u2019ve gone down the YouTube rabbit hole to bring you the <strong>All-Time Best (and worst) Tennis Ads<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Roger Federer\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>This ad for <strong>Nike<\/strong> with Rhys Darby (aka: Murray from Flight of the Conchords) is an all-time classic.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Roger Federer Nike Ad - AWESOME!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mulAi7cno2Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Or when one GOAT swaps with another as Federer and Lionel Messi combined for <strong>Gillette <\/strong>attempting other sports<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lionel Messi &amp; Roger Federer Hilarious Gillette Commercial\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/epsL0HRhnyQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the spirit of Mr.Snrub (yes, that will do) Federer went incognito for a <strong>Wilson Tennis<\/strong> commercial<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Roger Federer Incognito For the Love of the Game\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zHiRrqGW93o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Novak Djokovic<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Novak playing Tennis on the wings of an old plane for HEAD Tennis makes for good viewing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Novak Djokovic plays tennis on wings of flying plane - SPEED WingTennis\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ebBMqcjoo94?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Rafael Nadal<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>If there&#8217;s one thing <strong>Nike<\/strong> can do, it&#8217;s flex who they have on the books in their commercial &#8211; another collab, this time it&#8217;s Raffa and Cristiano Ronaldo, just two of the world&#8217;s greatest athletes doing what they do.<\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t help but watch.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cristiano Ronaldo vs Rafa Nadal in Nike Commercial\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_mdgTR5ZyDs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Maria Sharapova<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Yet another excellent <strong>Nike<\/strong> Commerical from the mid 2000s<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sharapova - Nike Commercial &#039;I feel pretty&#039;\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/au17YpGAa-s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><strong>John McEnroe<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The great man has starred in many commercials, but this one he did for <strong>Telstra<\/strong> back in 2007 is excellent<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Telstra ad (w John McEnroe) [2007]\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gdk5gfVvOUQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, over the UK, McEnroe starred in an ad for <strong>Tesco Supermarkets <\/strong>with his old mate Bjorn Borg<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0gOHmbMjol8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And this one for <strong>American Express<\/strong> is the role McEnroe was born to play<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6zhiGY19hyc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Nick Kyrigos &amp; Ash Barty, <\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The pair have starred in their own respective advertisements, but these ones for <strong>Uber Eats<\/strong> with <strong>Sacha Baron Cohen <\/strong>remain a highlight.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All Uber Eats Ozzy ads with Sacha Baron Cohen\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/To5oV5A2MfU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Yet again, <strong>Nike\u00a0<\/strong>produced another epic ad involving their athletes and when it comes to some of the best players from the 1990s look no further than Agassi and Sampras<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/MU0X2whJ7oE<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hguERLujME0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>Andre Agassi<\/h1>\n<p>We&#8217;ve included this one for <strong>Cannon<\/strong> due to it featuring Agassi&#8217;s glorious mullet.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Andre Agassi Image Is Everything, Canon (1990)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WpuFEpbE0d0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><strong>John Newcomb<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Newk was not only one of the greatest Australians ever to grace the court but as phrases like &#8220;Beauty Newk&#8221; entered the national vocabulary, there was nothing that John Newcomb couldn&#8217;t promote.<\/p>\n<p>Here are just some of them.<\/p>\n<p>From <strong>Custom Credit Loans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Custom Credit Custom Loan (ft. John Newcombe) - 1985 Australian TV Commercial\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-7n1R09MtFU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Only Newk could make <strong>Sanka Decaff instant coffee\u00a0<\/strong>a tasty prospect<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sanka ad w\/John Newcombe, 1986\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-D0rM4MacII?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And anyone who grew up in Melbourne circa the late 90s\/early 2000s may recall John Newcombe encouraging people to build a house in <strong>Caroline Springs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It remains unknown if Newk purchased an investment property in the outer Western suburb of Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Belfin Retirement Caroline Springs - 30sec Television Commercial, March 1999\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FK09GC1p1lM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Seven\u2019s summer of Tennis<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>For many years, Channel 7 was the TV home of the Australian Open before a straight swap happened with Nine getting the Tennis and Seven getting the Cricket.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1980&#8217;s, Seven Sport cheesed it up with some of these beauties to promote the <strong>Australian Open at Kooyong.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seven&#039;s Summer Of Tennis\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FYZqcDVjEPY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Channel 7 tennis\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vGeaQfzRqjg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>Anna Kournikova<\/h1>\n<p>The Russian Tennis pinup in her day, Kournikova speaks the language of finance in this US ad for <strong>Schwab Investments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Schwab - Anna Kournikova\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WF7UPG174pU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Evonne Goolagong<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The fact that Evonne gave the impression she was eating <strong>Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)<\/strong> and winning grand slams at the same time makes her even more of a legend.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Legendary Evonne Goolagong Cawley Serves up Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in Classic Australian Ad\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aZAxAzhFM98?start=8&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Andy Roddick<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The good folk at<strong> American Express<\/strong> have produced many a fine ad involving Tennis stars over the years, and this ad starring Andy Roddick is no exception.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3wTJagfA5Dg\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/3wTJagfA5Dg<\/a><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Andy Murray<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>This ad for<strong> HEAD Tennis <\/strong>features Andy Murray working as a hairdresser in an alternative life. What could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Andy Murray&#039;s Radical Job Switch\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LBRy4HfDuxc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>Dylan Alcott<\/h1>\n<p>The Australian of the Year has done much for the community and is loved by many, but it&#8217;s fair to say everyone&#8217;s had enough of this ANZ ad which seems to have dominated every single Australian Open broadcasts in recent years<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ANZ 2020 Ad\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZIftc_R3vq8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;d think at least he&#8217;d get a free Egg Sandwich with all of his accomplishments these days<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdylanalcottofficial%2Fvideos%2F1691147144280817%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=476&amp;t=0\" width=\"476\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>Lleyton Hewitt<\/h1>\n<p>In the early part of his career, young Lleyton was promoting the gone but not forgotten pizza chain, <strong>Pizza Haven\u00a0<\/strong>at an age where he could have been a delivery boy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pizza Haven (ft. Lleyton Hewitt) - 1999 Australian TV Commercial\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mBzpV_WGwVM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>South Australia Tourism<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not one to forget where he comes from, Hewitt gave some love for his home state of South Australia as part of their <strong>SA Great campaign.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SA Great Lleyton\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1DZvDRqRD3g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yonnex<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yonex Lleyton Hewitt Tennis Truck Advert\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EJ6xtOPPytA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>Pat Rafter<\/h1>\n<p>Along with Newk, our Pat isn&#8217;t afraid to promote anything.<\/p>\n<p>Be it <strong>Bonds<\/strong> undies<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pat Rafter Bonds Ad\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oPXlGePv2qc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stealing packets of <strong>Lays chips<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lay&#039;s Chips (feat. Pat Rafter) - TV Ad - Australia 2002\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mZb_9iyDOD4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And it doesn&#8217;t get any more early-mid 2000s as Rafter promoted a<strong> 1800Reverse<\/strong> \u2013 where you win a trip to the original Big Brother house at Dreamworld.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1800 reverse (feat. Pat Rafter) - TV Ad - Australia 2002\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nJPtft2M5sE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And the <strong>Reebok<\/strong> ad<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V8XSNLxLYp4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Pat Cash<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Cash by name, cash by nature be it ads for<strong> Lean Beef<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pat Cash Lean Beef ad\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SaP0TCmo0NU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Or Pat Cash for <strong>Cash for Cans<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cash For Cans Comalco ad 1989 Pat Cash tennis\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_s8rULUWtk4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And these days, the 1987 Wimbledon Champion has really made it as a product spokesperson joining the likes of Greg Matthews, the late great Shane Warne along with many others to say <strong>Advanced Hair &#8211; Yeah! Yeah!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pat Cash Australian TV Commercial\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q4iJjq5HzgY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>Liz Smylie<\/h1>\n<p>The first thing that comes to mind when one mentions Liz Smylie is not that she won four grand slam Doubles tournaments, it&#8217;s that Liz Smylie chews <strong>Extra<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Extra Chewing Gum Ad with Liz Smylie 1992\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lm1-_vGrx7M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Venus and Serena Williams<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The Willams sisters have done a fair few ads in their time but this one for <strong>McDonalds\u00a0<\/strong>featuring the Hamburglar is all-time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"McDonalds ad with the Williams sisters, 2002\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2LeVkaybYc8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Serena also recently starred in a commercial for<strong> DIRECTV\u00a0<\/strong>in the US, transforming into Wonderwoman.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Iir2wTicURU\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Iir2wTicURU<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What other ads involving Tennis heroes do you remember?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Let us know in our Facebook comments section.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From credit cards, coffee, burgers, sportswear, cars, chewing gum, housing estates, and chicken\u2026there hasn\u2019t been anything a star of the Tennis court won\u2019t put their name to in a TV commercial. Be it Liz Smylie chewing on some Extra, Lleyton Hewitt playing against a truck, Sampras and Agassi having a hit on the streets of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":46982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[598,344,11],"tags":[7943,278,7945,1570,36,49,7944,1811,1867],"hub_post_cat":[],"class_list":["post-46977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-special-interest","category-sports","category-tennis","tag-2022-australian-open","tag-australian-open","tag-commericals","tag-french-open","tag-special-interest","tag-tennis","tag-tennis-ads","tag-us-open","tag-wimbledon"],"acf":{"md_tip_date":null,"md_tip_date_end":null,"md_market_url":"","tip_date":"16\/01\/2023","event_country":"Australia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46977"},{"taxonomy":"hub_post_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hub_post_cat?post=46977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}