ball girl
noun
: a female attendant who retrieves balls for players or officials (as in a tennis match or a baseball or basketball game)
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At last year’s French Open, for example, Miyu Kato and her doubles partner were forced to forfeit a match when Kato accidentally hit a ball girl in the neck with a ball after a point at Court 14.
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Howard Fendrich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2024
Video on social media showed the awkward moment when Putintseva appeared to give the ball girl a cold shoulder during the second set of the 6-3, 6-4 loss.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 4 Sep. 2024
When a ball girl went to give her balls to serve, Putintseva refused to react, watching listlessly as the ball girl tossed three balls her way, as seen in a video shared on X, formerly known as Twitter.
—Danielle Jennings, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2024
The landscape would radically shift again in 1977 when ball girls were introduced to the tournament.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 12 July 2024
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Howard Fendrich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2024
Video on social media showed the awkward moment when Putintseva appeared to give the ball girl a cold shoulder during the second set of the 6-3, 6-4 loss.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 4 Sep. 2024
When a ball girl went to give her balls to serve, Putintseva refused to react, watching listlessly as the ball girl tossed three balls her way, as seen in a video shared on X, formerly known as Twitter.
—Danielle Jennings, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2024
The landscape would radically shift again in 1977 when ball girls were introduced to the tournament.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 12 July 2024
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“Ball girl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ball%20girl. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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