TENNIS

Tennis was first invented by an Englishman, Major Walter C. Wingfield, in 1873 and first played it at a garden party in Wales called Sphairistik. Sphairistik. At first they hit the ball with their hand, then with a leather glove, and then they got a handle because it was easier to serve and to hit the ball.

Rule 1 Opponents stand on opposite sides of the court. The player who delivers the ball to start the point is called the server. The player who stands opposite and cross-court from the server is the receiver.

Rule 2 The right to serve, receive, choose your side, or give the opponent these choices is decided by a toss of a coin or spin of racquet. If the choice of service or receiver is chosen, the opponent chooses which side to start.

Rule 3
The server shall stand behind the baseline on the deuce court within the boundaries of the singles court when playing singles and within the doubles sideline when playing doubles. All even points are played from the deuce court (right side) and odd number points played from the advantage court (left side). The server shall not serve until the receiver is ready. Serves are made from the deuce court to the opponents service box on the deuce court. Advantage court to advantage box. If the server misses his target twice, he loses the point. If the ball hits the net and goes in the correct service box, another serve is granted. If the server steps on the baseline before contact is made, the serve is deemed a fault.

Rule 4
The receiver is deemed ready if an attempt is made to return the server's ball. The receiver can stand where he likes but must let the ball bounce in the service box. If the ball does not land in the service box, it is deemed a fault and a second serve is given. If the ball is hit by either opponent before the ball bounces, the server wins the point.

Rule 5
The server always calls his score first. If the server wins the first point, he gets a score of 15. Scoring is done like a clock. Love means zero in tennis. The second point is called 30. The third point is called 45 (now-adays known as 40) and game is won when the score goes back to love. If the score is 40-40, also known as deuce, one side must win by two points. AdvantageIn means if the server wins the next point, he wins the game. Advantage-Out means the receiver has a chance to win the game on the next point.

Rule 6
After the game, the opponents serve. Games equal 1. The first to win 6 games, by two, wins the set. The first to win 2 sets wins the match. If the score is 6-6, a tie-breaker is played. This is scored by one's. The first team to score 7 points winning by two wins the set. The tiebreaker continues until one side wins by two. Hence, Game-Set-Match.

Rule 7
If the ball goes into the net, or outside the boundaries of the court, the player who hit that ball loses the point. If the ball hits the net during the point and goes into the opponents court, the ball is in play. A player loses the point if he touches the net, drops his racquet while hitting the ball, bounces the ball over the net, hits a part of the surroundings such as the roof, or a tree, the ball touches him or his partner, he deliberately tries to distract the opponent.

Rule 8 A let is called during the point if a ball rolls on the court or there is a distraction from someone besides the players on the court.

Rule 9 A ball that lands on the line is good. Rule 10 If players serve out of turn or serve to the wrong person or court, the point or game will stand and order will be resumed following the point or game.

The tools you need for playing Tennis are:

A tennis Racket Few tennis balls A pair of tennis shoes {Non-Marking} Net

A TENNIS RACKET

TENNIS BALLS

NON-MARKING SHOES

A NET

Singles
If a player wins his first point, the score is called 15 for that player; on winning his second point, the score is called 30 for that player; on winning his third point, the score is called 40 for that player, and the fourth point won by a player is scored game for that player except as below:- If below:both players have won three points, the score is called deuce; and the next point won by a player is scored advantage for that player.

If the same player wins the next point, he wins the game; if the other player wins the next point the score is again called deuce; and so on, until a player wins the two points immediately following the score at deuce, when the game is scored for that player.

Doubles
In doubles a similar procedure to that for singles shall apply. At deuce the Receiving Team shall choose whether it wishes to receive the Service from the right-half of the rightcourt or the left-half of the court. The team leftwho wins the deciding point is scored the game.

Mixed Doubles
In mixed doubles, a slightly different procedure will apply as follows: At deuce, with the male player serving, he shall serve to the male player of the opposing team irrespective of which half of the court he is standing, and when the female player is serving, she shall serve to the female player of the opposing team.

Tennis is played on a rectangular flat surface, usually of grass, clay, or concrete (hard court). The court is 78 feet (23.77 m) long, and its width is 27 feet (8.23 m) for singles matches and 36 feet (10.97 m) for doubles matches. Additional clear space around the court is required in order for players to reach overrun balls. A net is stretched across the full width of the court, parallel with the baselines, dividing it into two equal ends. The net is 3 feet 6 inches (1.07 m) high at the posts, and 3 feet (914 mm) high in the center. The court on the right side of each player is called the deuce court, while the left side is called the ad court

There are four types of Tennis Courts:Courts:-

Hard Carpet Grass Clay

Popular Companys manufacturing Tennis tools:tools:-

Yonex Wilson Head Babolat Prince Dunlop

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Types of Shots in Tennis:Tennis:-

WIMBLEDON MENS

WIMBLEDON WOMENS

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. In 2007, 137 nations entered teams into the competition. The most successful countries over the history of the tournament are the United States and Australia , New Zealand .

Fed Cup

{Women}

The women's equivalent of the Davis Cup is the Fed Cup. Fed Cup was launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). It s now the world s largest annual international team competition in women s sport, with 80 nations competing in 2010. The idea for Fed Cup came when Mrs Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman came up with the concept for a women's team competition.

Hopman Cup {Mixed}

The Hopman Cup is an annual international team tennis tournament held in Perth, Western Australia in early January each year, which plays mixed teams on a country by country basis. It is also known as the ITF Mixed Team Championships.

Each team consists of one male player and one female player. Each match-up between two teams at the championships consists of: one women's singles match one men's singles match one mixed doubles match

The costliest Tennis Racket was manufactured by the Wilson Tennis.Ltd Company in New York. It is worth Rs 1,30,000,00 {one crore thirty lakhs}with It was created by the diamond experts at Kwiat, a 100 year-old New York based diamond company known for its exquisite quality and craftsmanship. The racket includes more than 3,041 individual brilliant cut Kwiat diamonds set in an 18 Kilo white gold base. And it cannot be used to play because it has many diamonds fixed and weights The weight of a tennis racquet is one the most important things.

Usually the weight of a tennis racquet is between 250 gm to 350 gm. Generally tennis racquets of 275 gm are preferred for comfort while playing the game. The weight distribution of this most expensive tennis racquet in the world is another instrumental factor and is generally referred to as the balance point of the tennis racquet.

1 : Rafeal Nadal

2:Roger Federer

3: Novak Djokovic

4: Robin Soderling

5: Andy Murray

1: Caroline Wozniacki

2 : Vera Zvonareva

3: Kim Clijsters

4:Serina Williams

5: Venus Williams

Tennis Top 5 richest Players are: Roger Federer of Switzerland with $ 35 million is in first place. Maria Sharpova of Russia with $ 26 million is in second place. Rafeal Nadal of Spain with $ 18 million is in third place. Andy Roddick of USA with $ 15 million is in fourth place. Justine Henin of Belgium with $ 10 million is in fifth place.

The First Tennis Racket s shape

The second type of Tennis Racket s Shape

The Present Shape of Tennis Racket

The history of tennis can be traced back to the late 19th century, when the game was played in the British nation in 1870s. After a decade, the game was brought to India by the British Army and civilian officers. Tennis tournaments were held in India, when the game was slowing picking up pace in the country.

Some of the most notable tennis tournaments in the history of the game in the India include Punjab Lawn Tennis Championship held at Lahore in 1885, Bengal Lawn Tennis Championship held at Kolkata in 1887 and the All India Tennis Championships organized at Allahabad in 1910.

Rafeal Nadal

Serina Williams

Leander Paes and Cara Black

Kim Clijsters

Roger Federer

Serina Williams

Francesca Schiavone

Stanislas Wawrinka

Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi

Andy Murray

Country: United Kingdom Residence: London

Birthday : May 15, 1987 (age 21)

Place of birth: Glasgow Height: 6.3 ft Weight: 82 kg Turned Proffesional: 2005 Plays Right-handed; two-handed backhand Highest ranking: No. 4 (8 September 2008) Best Grand Slam : US Open in 2008

The first Wimbledon Tennis Lawn

Bill Tiden

Herbert Lawford

Mrs Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

Spencer Core

Willfred Baddeley

Wiliam and Ernest Renshaw