It was so popular that even the royals played it. Some evidence shows that they built more than courts all over England. Those were all indoor courts, and tennis was an indoor game at that time. Of course, the rules and the way the game was played back then have nothing to do with how the game is played now. Before we go back to the part of the history when tennis moved from indoor courts to the outside, let us tell you how it got its name. We have to thank the French for the invention of this game, but they are also responsible for its name.
Tennis Moves Outdoors. In the 19th century, tennis became an outdoor sport. Moving out brought tennis bigger popularity. The sport became popular in Europe, the US, and China.
Some people consider the game of Sphairstrike to be the forerunner of the tennis that we know today. When people started playing tennis outside, some changes had to be made in terms of the equipment used. For example, balls were made out of vulcanized rubber, which made them more adaptable to the outdoor conditions. Soon after the grass, tennis courts started using other surfaces, such as hardwood, clay, concrete, and acrylic.
The surface on which game is played also plays a huge role. Some players are better on a grass court, while others feel more comfortable and secure on clay. Even some of the world-class tournaments use different kinds of surfaces. Wimbledon is played on grass, but Australian open on the other side is played on hardcourt.
French Open is one of the rare tournaments that is played on a clay court. You have probably heard that some people refer to tennis as a white sport. That is because, in the past, tennis players were obliged to wear only white color.
Actually, the attire of tennis players also went to some changes over time. Tennis was back at the Olympic Games in in Mexico City, but only as a demonstration sport; and then again in in Los Angeles, which saw a win for the 15 year-old German player, Steffi Graf. Its real return to the official programme was at the Games in Seoul. If I look back in 10 more years, I look back on this, I'm gonna be so happy.
Now I can die happy. But above all, he is the only person in years of Olympic history to successfully defend his title, in in Rio. Others, like Roger Federer , one of the greatest players of all time, have made the Games a priority. Achieving a golden Grand Slam, even if over the course of a career rather than a single year, has become a particularly prized achievement for the top players.
With her sister Venus , Serena Williams has accumulated a total of four Olympic gold medals, while her older sister has gone one better by taking the silver medal in the mixed doubles in Rio in , making her the tennis player with the most Olympic medals: five.
Tennis continues to write some great pages in Olympic history, with more spectacular contests doubtless yet to come! A brief history of tennis. Tennis IOC News.
However, lack of concrete evidence has pushed the majority of historians to accept that one true predecessor of modern tennis was created in 12th century Italy. Jeu de paume is a precursor of modern tennis. Palm game managed to achieve notable recognition.
Today, Jeu de paume is regarded as the longest ongoing annual world championship in the sport with over years of uninterrupted competition. Evolving over the period of 16th to mid 19th century, real tennis moved towards racket play and became extremely popular in royal courts of Europe. The popularity of the sport in France led King Charles IX to establish Corporation of Tennis Professionals in , with three professional leagues consisting of apprentice, associate and master level players.
The first written rules of this real tennis league were published in During 17th and the first half of 18th century, tennis expanded in popularity across Europe, except in two territories - England where Puritanism did not approve of such activity and France where nobility became under pressure from dissatisfied commoners. The origins of lawn tennis can be found in the exploits of Birmingham, England, Major Harry Gem, who managed between and to successfully combine the elements of rackets, Spanish ball game " plota ", and croquet lawn playing field.
He and his friends formed first modern tennis club in , called Leamington Tennis Club. During the period of just one to two years, many aspects of modern tennis were standardized with the efforts of British army officer Walter Clopton Wingfield. He devised basic rules, hourglass-shaped playing field and more.
During that time, tennis also fueled establishment of several more cubs and organized competitions. Major Walter Clopton Wingfield was a famous welsh inventor that is remembered today as the father of lawn tennis and a crucial figure in forming the style of modern tennis that is played today. After military campaigns in India and China and earning a rank of Major, Wingfield returned home to England where he eventually became appointed to the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, who have oversight of the courts of the royal family Queen Victoria and her son Edward VII.
During that time he started experimenting with lawn sports, and most notably, trying to see if newly developed rubberized balls that could bounce much better then than widely used one could be integrated into the sport of indoor game of real tennis.
In just a year, he managed to sell over ball sets to English aristocracy, which pushed many croquet lawn owners to adapt them into tennis courts.
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