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Abstract

A tennis ball retriever device for use at the handle end of a tennis racquet to retrieve tennis balls. The tennis ball retriever device including a cap having an open end with a recess and a plurality of teeth or pins extending inwardly from a peripheral wall inside the recess, the teeth or pins adapted to grasp the nap surface of the tennis ball. The tennis ball retriever device includes within the recess of the cap a compressible material such as a lightweight, flexible, foam material extending to the teeth or pins and adapted to move between a screening position wherein the pins or teeth are screened from catching on objects, and a retracted position wherein the tennis ball is inserted into the open end of the retriever, which compresses the material and exposes the teeth or pins for use in grasping the nap of the tennis ball.

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