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There are many collections of tennis across the internet, most of which reupload content that may have been taken down. | There are many collections of tennis across the internet, most of which reupload content that may have been taken down. | ||
=Spreadsheets= | |||
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10cpwoIfVKUZLDYPYNmOMH6X3oG5g3D4Q6O3JDCcfyf0/ - The "Tournament Masterlist", started in the early 2020's for keeping track of tournament rounds as well as tracking deadlines. | |||
https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/threads/tennis-rosters-thread.234/ - The Tennis Rosters thread on [[YellowTealPurple|{{YellowTealPurple}}]]. Contains rosters for active players as well as a "meta-roster" maintained by the [[Tennis Staff]] that contains archives of old and new rosters. | |||
=YouTube Accounts= | =YouTube Accounts= | ||
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==Active Archives== | ==Active Archives== | ||
https://www.youtube.com/@TennisFacksJr - '''TennisFacksJr''', the official [[Tennis Staff]] run tennis archive. Has the largest majority of reuploads, especially [[tournament]] rounds. | https://www.youtube.com/@TennisFacksJr - '''TennisFacksJr''', originally created by {{VerityLarsen}}, CaptainStringCheese and {{dani_phantump}} in 2012, the official [[Tennis Staff]] run tennis archive. Has the largest majority of reuploads, especially [[tournament]] rounds. Formerly held the channel title of '''Son of ChewFacks'''. It is the second iteration of the titular '''ChewFacks/TennisFacks''', which was created by Crash2991 in 2008 but held no uploads, only playlists. It unfortunately no longer exists due to this. | ||
https://www.youtube.com/@maniafax / https://www.youtube.com/@videotennisarchive - '''{{maniafax}}''', the other official Tennis Staff archive, primarily posting video compilations of matches. | https://www.youtube.com/@maniafax / https://www.youtube.com/@videotennisarchive - '''{{maniafax}}''', the other official Tennis Staff archive, primarily posting video compilations of matches. | ||
https://www.youtube.com/@anothertennisarchivechanne1013 - An archive channel run by nonojuju, has many gophrmann reuploads among many other things. | https://www.youtube.com/@anothertennisarchivechanne1013 - An archive channel run by nonojuju, has many gophrmann reuploads among many other things. | ||
https://www.youtube.com/@thechutleyarchive3608 An archive channel run by TheChutley, consisting of her compiled matches and solo work. Previously she had compiled her matches on the account Yeltch up to October 2009. | |||
https://www.youtube.com/@aw8qn_reup - An archive channel run by {{ClassicBirch}} | https://www.youtube.com/@aw8qn_reup - An archive channel run by {{ClassicBirch}} | ||
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https://www.youtube.com/@tennisseashore - '''Tennis Sea Shore''', an archive channel run by {{TheBronzeCat}}. | https://www.youtube.com/@tennisseashore - '''Tennis Sea Shore''', an archive channel run by {{TheBronzeCat}}. | ||
https://www.youtube.com/@BleepBlup - '''Purple Cat Archive'''; run by | https://www.youtube.com/@BleepBlup - '''Purple Cat Archive'''; run by Yottifferent. | ||
https://www.youtube.com/@RaymanChromeReuploads - Another archive channel, this one by RaymanChrome. Lots of reuploads from the "younger side" of the community. | https://www.youtube.com/@RaymanChromeReuploads - Another archive channel, this one by RaymanChrome. Lots of reuploads from the "younger side" of the community. | ||
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https://www.youtube.com/@Raz0rEdgeALTERNATE - Another one of {{veritylarsen}}'s archive channels, much older than the former. | https://www.youtube.com/@Raz0rEdgeALTERNATE - Another one of {{veritylarsen}}'s archive channels, much older than the former. | ||
https://www.youtube.com/@ | https://www.youtube.com/@vidtens443alternate - {{VidTens443}}'s alt account, mostly used for tennis reuploads. This was largely abandoned when they became [[tennis staff]] and gained access to TennisFacksJr and {{maniafax}}. | ||
=Archive.org Collections= | =Archive.org Collections= | ||
Corresponding archive.org collections for various forum sites can be found using the Wayback Machine. | |||
=YouChew Video Backups= | =YouChew Video Backups= | ||
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Other spreadsheets for tracking the state of archival include the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qwceXUq9UWupwRaVi5o_vrZ4kQgjnshA89GFNFfjyMY/edit?gid=0#gid=0 YTP Archive Masterlist spreadsheet], as well as the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nhcxvWTbjhfAEl0qncTqxvaCKXJ8nPvYOa8QbF2yV0s/edit#gid=0 Kneesocks' version of the YTPMV archive directory.] | Other spreadsheets for tracking the state of archival include the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qwceXUq9UWupwRaVi5o_vrZ4kQgjnshA89GFNFfjyMY/edit?gid=0#gid=0 YTP Archive Masterlist spreadsheet], as well as the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nhcxvWTbjhfAEl0qncTqxvaCKXJ8nPvYOa8QbF2yV0s/edit#gid=0 Kneesocks' version of the YTPMV archive directory.] | ||
=Forum Backups= | |||
The tennis community has had many forum sites they have called home over the years. Going through these forum archives is very useful when exploring tennis history or researching various topics. | |||
==YouChew== | |||
A good chunk of [[YouChew]] exists on archive.org. Local complete archives of the website exist, including a [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/ browsable version] on {{YellowTealPurple}}. A previous iteration was hosted on ftlftw.net which was shut down in December 2025. | |||
The second, short-lived revival of YouChew (aka "NewChew") was ''not'' completely archived. What remains of it is present on archive.org. | |||
==YTPMania== | |||
[[YTPMania]] still stands to this day in read-only form. | |||
==Pinchbacks== | |||
Both the short-lived forum and discord server for [[Pinchbacks]] were not archived. Most notably this means the loss of much of the forum activity for the [[Doubles Cup 4]], however not much else was done there tennis-wise. | |||
==YellowTealPurple== | |||
[[YellowTealPurple]] is the current home for video tennis discussion. Archives are not needed at this time, but proactive webmasters very likely will have backups available if the site goes down. | |||
Latest revision as of 21:00, 4 January 2026
There are many collections of tennis across the internet, most of which reupload content that may have been taken down.
Spreadsheets
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10cpwoIfVKUZLDYPYNmOMH6X3oG5g3D4Q6O3JDCcfyf0/ - The "Tournament Masterlist", started in the early 2020's for keeping track of tournament rounds as well as tracking deadlines.
https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/threads/tennis-rosters-thread.234/ - The Tennis Rosters thread on YellowTealPurple. Contains rosters for active players as well as a "meta-roster" maintained by the Tennis Staff that contains archives of old and new rosters.
YouTube Accounts
These accounts specialize in archiving tennis, as well as various YTP content.
Active Archives
https://www.youtube.com/@TennisFacksJr - TennisFacksJr, originally created by vel 17, CaptainStringCheese and dani_phantump in 2012, the official Tennis Staff run tennis archive. Has the largest majority of reuploads, especially tournament rounds. Formerly held the channel title of Son of ChewFacks. It is the second iteration of the titular ChewFacks/TennisFacks, which was created by Crash2991 in 2008 but held no uploads, only playlists. It unfortunately no longer exists due to this.
https://www.youtube.com/@maniafax / https://www.youtube.com/@videotennisarchive - YouWouldBeWelcome, the other official Tennis Staff archive, primarily posting video compilations of matches.
https://www.youtube.com/@anothertennisarchivechanne1013 - An archive channel run by nonojuju, has many gophrmann reuploads among many other things.
https://www.youtube.com/@thechutleyarchive3608 An archive channel run by TheChutley, consisting of her compiled matches and solo work. Previously she had compiled her matches on the account Yeltch up to October 2009.
https://www.youtube.com/@aw8qn_reup - An archive channel run by aw8qn
https://www.youtube.com/@tennisseashore - Tennis Sea Shore, an archive channel run by BortLoco.
https://www.youtube.com/@BleepBlup - Purple Cat Archive; run by Yottifferent.
https://www.youtube.com/@RaymanChromeReuploads - Another archive channel, this one by RaymanChrome. Lots of reuploads from the "younger side" of the community.
https://www.youtube.com/@emptyhous - One of vel 17's archive channels.
Inactive Archives
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVQPzavuB2xL60Q6D3gSmUA - One of the very first tennis archive channels, mostly IceSumo videos.
https://www.youtube.com/@tnuoccAtlA - Another very old alt account, run by MycroProcessor.
https://www.youtube.com/@Raz0rEdgeALTERNATE - Another one of vel 17's archive channels, much older than the former.
https://www.youtube.com/@vidtens443alternate - VidTens443's alt account, mostly used for tennis reuploads. This was largely abandoned when they became tennis staff and gained access to TennisFacksJr and YouWouldBeWelcome.
Archive.org Collections
Corresponding archive.org collections for various forum sites can be found using the Wayback Machine.
YouChew Video Backups
For a period of time, YouChew had a feature where videos uploaded to its showroom would be backed up on its own servers. When the site went down, this ~300 gigabyte archive was shared with varying levels of availability. A few tennis staff are known to have local copies of it as well.
Tennis Ark
The "Tennis Ark" is an archival initiative started by infinitysnapz to preserve the videos of newer players, who haven't had the chance to become archived yet. The end goal is to eventually compile and track all the known individual archives of every known Tennis player - both active and inactive. The sheet can be seen here.
Other spreadsheets for tracking the state of archival include the YTP Archive Masterlist spreadsheet, as well as the Kneesocks' version of the YTPMV archive directory.
Forum Backups
The tennis community has had many forum sites they have called home over the years. Going through these forum archives is very useful when exploring tennis history or researching various topics.
YouChew
A good chunk of YouChew exists on archive.org. Local complete archives of the website exist, including a browsable version on YellowTealPurple. A previous iteration was hosted on ftlftw.net which was shut down in December 2025.
The second, short-lived revival of YouChew (aka "NewChew") was not completely archived. What remains of it is present on archive.org.
YTPMania
YTPMania still stands to this day in read-only form.
Pinchbacks
Both the short-lived forum and discord server for Pinchbacks were not archived. Most notably this means the loss of much of the forum activity for the Doubles Cup 4, however not much else was done there tennis-wise.
YellowTealPurple
YellowTealPurple is the current home for video tennis discussion. Archives are not needed at this time, but proactive webmasters very likely will have backups available if the site goes down.