About Tennis

1. The game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England,

2.Tennis originated in the late 19th century as “lawn tennis”.

3. In the game of tennis has eight basic shots are:" the serve, forehand, backhand, volley, half-volley, overhead smash, drop shot, and lob".

4. In this game four grand slam tournaments: The US Open, The French Open,  the Australian Open and wimbledon.

5. The Williams sisters have won a total of 28 grand slam Tournaments (Venus- 7, Serena- 21).

6. Venus and Serena Williams became the first set of sisters to ever win Olympic gold medals in tennis.

7. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 210 national tennis associations or corresponding organizations of independent countries or territories.

8.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913.

9.In ITF world championship first winners are:

MS-bjorn borg (1978)

WS-Chris evert (1978)

men's double-todd woodbridge and mark woodforde (1996)

women's double-  Lindsay Davenport & Mary Joe Fernández

10. In this game five types of court surface used in professional play: Clay, Hard, Glass, Wood and carpet.

11. Serena has played Venus 26 times with Serena holding a 15-11 edge.

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Guinness world record tennis:

The longest marathon playing tennis doubles is 57 hr 32 min 27 sec, achieved by Sipke de Hoop, Wichard Heidekamp, Andre Poel, Rob Hamersma (all Netherlands) at the Zuidlaarder Tennis Club, Zuidlaren, Netherlands, on 16-18 August 2013. The group of four was able to play 46 matches, consisting of 112 sets and 975 games.