ball girls

Tennis match assistants

Ball girls are the young people, typically teenagers, who retrieve stray balls during tennis matches and other court sports.

They work alongside ball boys, positioned around the court to keep play moving smoothly by supplying fresh balls to servers and clearing dead balls between points.

The term sometimes extends to similar roles in other sports.

Related

court · tennis · match · match point · tournament · Grand Slam · linesman · umpire · Wimbledon · training · dexterity · Roland Garros · towels · athletic · hydration · serve · cooperation · US Open

Categories
Opposites
gender

ball girlsball boys

Match equipment retrievers

ballboys · batboys

participant role

ball girlsplayers

Game participants

athletes · competitors · tennis players · footballers · professional athletes

age/status

ball girlssenior officials

High-level government employees

Family

ball, girl, balls, girls, balled, balling, ballroom, football, baseball

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G