| Tennis is a game played between either two single | | | | 4 The French Open was first held in 1891 in France. |
| players or two teams; each has two players. Player(s) | | | | 5 In 1912, the International Lawn Tennis Federation was |
| use a racquet to strike a rubber ball. In some places, | | | | created in Paris. |
| tennis is still called lawn tennis, to distinguish it from real | | | | 6 In August 1900 the first Davis Cup match was held |
| tennis, an older form of the game that is played | | | | between Britain and the United States at the |
| indoors on a very different kind of a court. … | | | | Longwood Cricket Club, Boston. |
| In Short, We can say: Tennis is a game played with | | | | 7 Wimbledon, U.S. Open, Australian Open, and French |
| rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and | | | | Open are the most prestigious events in tennis. |
| forth over a net that divides the court into two parts. | | | | Together these four events are called the Grand |
| History of Tennis: | | | | Slam. |
| 1 The first championships at Wimbledon, in London | | | | 8 In 1884 a women's singles events was played at |
| were played in 1877. | | | | Wimbledon for the first time, and 13 women competed. |
| 2 The U.S. Open was first held in 1881. | | | | Two sisters played for the finals trophy, Maud Watson |
| 3 The U.S. National Women's Singles Championships | | | | and her sister Lilian, which Maud won. The doubles |
| were first held in 1887. | | | | championship started in 1899. |