The story of how tennis balls went from white to yellow is an intriguing one, with British broadcaster and biologist Sir David Attenborough playing a key role. Lawn tennis has its origins in ...

Ball was born in 1921 in Worcester and is credited with creating the popular yellow smiley face, complete with two simple dots for eyes and a black smiling mouth. He created the image in 1963 as ...

It's hard to imagine a time when the game was ever played without yellow fluorescent balls. But, in the late 1880s up until the 1970s, matches were played using white or black balls.