Tennis history

                                            Tennis history

   

   Many historians believe tennis originated in France dates from the 12th century, but the ball was then hit with the palm.

  In the 16th century, rockets came into use, and the game began to be called "tennis." It was popular in England and France, although the game was played only in the hall where the ball could be hit by a wall.

  Harry Gem and his friend Augurio Perera developed a game that combines elements of rackets and ball game pelota, which they played on grass in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

  In 1872, together with two local doctors, they founded the world's first tennis clubu town Leamington Spa.

  The first Wimbledon tennis tournament held in London in 1877.

 
  Singles Champonship was first held in 1887.

Playing tennis was also popular in France, where French Open (French Open) was first held in 1891.

Thus, Wimbledon, U.S. Open, French Open and Australian Open (dating from 1905) became and remained the most prestigious events in tennis. Together, these four events are called the Grand Slam tournaments.
Davis Cup, an annual competition between national teams of male, dating from 1900. 

  

Female competition for national teams, Fed Cup, was founded as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate 50 years since the founding of the ITF also known as the International Tennis Federation.

  In 1968, commercial pressures and rumors appeared that some amateur collects money dishonestly led the inauguration of the Open Era, in which all players could compete in all tournaments and top players can earn their living from tennis.

  Open Era with the beginning, it was necessary to create an international professional tennis circuit which led to popularize the game of tennis worldwide.

  Field tennis is a sport played either between two players (singles) or between two teams of two players (doubles). Players use a string-based missile to hit a rubber ball covered with felt over the net, the ball must reach the opponent's court.

Originally from England, the late nineteenth century, tennis spread first in the English world, especially in the rich upper classes.
      

Tennis is now an Olympic sport and is played regardless of money, age in many countries around the globe. Remarkably, apart from adopting the "tie-break", its rules have remained unchanged since 1890.

     Modern tennis as a sport has two origins. Between 1859 and 1865, [Harry Gem]  Augurio Perera and his friend developed a game that combines elements of rackets and Spanish pelota game. In 1874, with two doctors from the Warneford Hospital, founded the first tennis club in the world to play pelota on the lawn behind the Manor House Hotel. The Courier of 23 July 1884 highlighted one of the first tennis tournaments, held on the grounds of Shrubland Hall.    

   In December 1873, Walter Clopton Wingfield invented a game similar to its guests a fun party in the garden on his property from Nantclwyd in Llanelidan, Wales. His game was based on the old sport of tennis hall, Jeu de Pauma. According to historians of modern tennis and modern tennis terminology derived from that period, as Wingfield borrowed the name and much of the vocabulary of royal tennis French and applied them to the new game.

  The first championships at Wimbledon, London, took place in 1877. May 21, 1881, formed National Association of tennis in the United States of America (now called the United States Tennis Association) to standardize rules and organize competitions. U.S. National Tennis Championships Men's Singles, or U.S. Open was first held in 1881 in Newport, Rhode Island. U.S. women's national tennis championship in singles was first held in 1887. Tennis was a popular sport in France, where he organized the first tournament French Open in 1891. Thus, Wimbledon, U.S. Open, Australian Open and French Open (dating from 1905) became and remained the most prestigious events in tennis. Together, these four events are called Grand Slam (a term borrowed from bridge).