About Tennis Tournaments

>1500s the first frame racket with the strings made of
The origins of any game of racket and ball includingsheep guts was created.   
tennis are traditionally credited to 11th or 12th centuryWalter Clopton Wingfield is usually given credit for the
French game paume which was played with the handinvention of modern tennis. He actually patented the
and later advanced into jeu be paume with the use ofgame in 1874, pronounced a new set of rules and
rackets. The origins of any game of racket and ballmoved tennis from indoors to outdoors. The same
including tennis are traditionally credited to 11th or 12thyear first tennis courts appeared in the United States,
century French game paume which was played withand shortly after that in Russia, India, Canada and
the hand and later advanced into jeu be paume withChina.
the use of rackets. However, not all historians agreeThe first tennis championship was held in 1877 in
on this, there is a theory that the word tennis comesWimbledon, and is still considered the most prestigious
from the name of Tinnis, a town in ancient Egypt, andone. US Open came into being a while later in 1881. 
the word racket — from rahat, meaning ‘palmNow there are four Grand Slam tennis tournaments:
of the hand’ in Arabic. It is believed that differentUS Open, French Open, Australian Open and
versions of the game were played in ancient Egypt,Wimbledon. The US Open tennis tournament was
Rome and Greece, although there is no additionalborne from two distinct tournaments -- US National
evidence to that. Singles Championship for men and US
Tennis rackets and balls, as we know them today,Women’s National Singles Championship, which
weren’t invented overnight either. In the 13thwere combined and renamed into US Open in 1968.
century bare hands were found too uncomfortable,Since then tennis has become a huge commercial and
and players started using a glove, then a woodenentertaining event with tournament tickets for the
paddle, and eventually a paddle with a handle. Only inpublic and various sponsors and advertisers.