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A typical tennis racket has a frame made of 85 per cent fibreglass
and 15 per cent graphite. The racket's face is a net of nylon or other
synthetic material. Leather covers the grip.
Great women players include, Helen Wills Moody of the
United States, and Margaret Smith Court of Australia.
Moody starred in the 1920's and 1930's. Court won many titles in the 1960's and
1970’s.
Great men players include Bill Tilden the United
States, and Rod Lave of Australia. Tilden dominated international
competition throughout the 1920's. Laver was the world's leading player during
the 1960's.
Modern
women
tennis stars include, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova of the
United States and Steffi Graf of Germany. Evert and Navratilova dominated the
sport from the mid-1970's to the late 1980‘s, when Graf became the leading
player.
Modern men tennis stars include, Bjorn Borg of Sweden, John
McEnroe of the United States, and Czech-born Ivan Lendl. Borg was the top
player in the world in the 1970's. McEnroe and Lendl ranked among the top
international players of the 1980's.
The grip, The serve, The forehand and The backhand
The grip is the way in which a player holds the racket. Most players use a
grip called, the Continental grip to serve and a form of the Eastern grip to hit forehand and
backhand drives. In each grip, the player places the palm and fingers on the handle.
The serve. (1) The player, points his racket toward the net and places one
foot comfortably behind the other. (2 and 3) He then tosses the ball into the
air with his thumb and first two fingers and starts his backswing. (4) He next
moves the racket back until it is behind him and pointing toward the ground. (5)
The player then hits the ball with his arm fully extended and the ball slightly
in front of him. (6) He ends the stroke with a strong follow-through.
The forehand drive. (1) The player, stands
behind the spot where the ball will bounce. 12 and 3) She pivots her body and
starts her backswing as the ball strikes the court (4) As the ball bounces,
she begins to bring the racket forward. (5) She hits the ball when it reaches a
height between her knee and waist, keeping the racket parallel to the court.
(6) Finally, she shifts her weight to her front foot while following through
after hitting the shot.
The backhand drive. (1) The player, holds the grip with one hand and lightly
grasps the throat of the racket with the other hand. (2) As he sights the ball,
he turns his shoulder toward the net, pivots, and begins his backswing. (3)
He ends the backswing with the racket behind him. (4 and 5) He then swings the
racket forward, hip high and parallel to the court, and strikes the ball while
it is still rising. (6) He follows through to complete the stroke.
Terms used in tennis
Ace, or service ace, is a point scored by a
server when the receiver is unable to touch a legal serve.
Deuce is a tie score after 6
points in a game or 10 games in a set.
Fault is called when a player
serves into the net or outside the receiver's service court A server commits a foot fault by stepping over the
base line or changing position by walking or running before hitting the ball
during a service. A server who makes two faults in a row commits a double fault and loses a point.
Game is the next highest
unit of scoring after a point. To win a game, a player must score four points
and lead by at least two points.
Ground stroke is any shot that a
player uses after the ball bounces once on the court.
Let is a serve that hits
the net and drops into the proper service court. A let does not count and is
replayed.
Lob is a shot hit high into
the air. It is intended to land behind an opponent, forcing the player to
retreat from the net.
Love is the scoring term for
zero.
Overhead smash is a hard swing at an
opponent's shot from above the head.
Set is the highest unit of
scoring in a match. To win a set, a player or team must win six games and lead
by at least two games unless a tie breaker is played.
Tiebreaker is a play-off of a
certain number of points to decide the winner of a set. Most tiebreakers are
played after the game score reaches 6-6.
Volley is any shot made by
hitting the ball before it bounces on the court.
Tennis is a sport played outdoors and it requires a lot of
energy, stamina, skill and timing to get the game right. The sport is so
popular that many people now construct their own tennis courts on their
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Tennis
Tennis
is a game in which opposing players—one or two on each side—use rackets to hit
a ball back and forth over a net. The game is played on a flat surface called a
court. Each player tries to score points by hitting the ball so that
the opposing player or players cannot return it over the net and inside the
court.
Tennis
may be played indoors or outdoors. If two people play, the game is called singles. If
four people play, it is called doubles. In
most singles and doubles matches, men play against men and women against women.
In mixed doubles, a man and a woman play on each side.
Millions
of people throughout the world play tennis for exercise and recreation. They
play on courts in public parks and in private tennis clubs. Players of almost
any age can enjoy the sport. While tennis can be enjoyed by players of any
level of skill, top competition is a demanding test of both style and stamina.
Professional
tennis players travel throughout the world to compete in tournaments that offer
vast sums in prize money. Many countries enter men's and women's teams that
compete for international trophies. The most famous team tournaments are the
Davis Cup, which represents the world's men's team championship, the Federation
Cup for women's teams, and the Wightman Cup between British and U.S. women's
teams.
Tennis
ranks as one of the world's most popular spectator sports as well as a
favourite participant sport. Thousands of fans attend the many tournaments held
each year. Millions more watch important matches on TV.
Tennis
as it is played today developed in England during the late 1800's. The game
quickly spread to other countries. By 1900, tennis had become major international
sport.
The court and equipment
The court is a rectangle divided into halves by a net
stretched across the middle. The net measures 3 feet (9 centimetres) high at
the centre and 3 a feet (107 centimetres) high at the side posts that support
it. The court is 78 feet (23.7 metres) long. Almost all courts are marked off
so that both singles and doubles games can be played on them. The singles court
measures 27 feet (8.2 metres) wide. The doubles court is 4 1/2 feet (1.37 metres)
wider on each side. Various lines divide the single, and doubles court into
sections. For the names of these lines and the sizes and names of the sections,
see the diagram of a court in this article.
For
many years, major tennis tournaments were played on grass courts. In fact, the
early name for the sport was lawn tennis. But
grass courts cost a lot to maintain, and so most of them have been replaced by
other surfaces.
The
most popular surfaces for outdoor courts are asphalt, clay, and concrete. Most
indoor courts have a car pet-type surface laid over concrete or plywood.
Several manufacturers have developed surfaces made of synthetic materials.
Many of these surfaces can be laid on either indoor or outdoor courts.
Tennis balls are hollow. They are made of rubber and
covered with a felt fabric woven of Dacron, nylon, and wool. A tennis ball must
have a diameter of more than 2 1/2 inches (6.35 centimetres) but less than 2 5/8 inches (6.67 centimetres). It must weigh more than 2 ounces (56.7 grams) but
less than 2 1/16 ounces (58.6 grams). Balls used in tournaments may be either white or
yellow. Manufacturers also make balls in other colours.
Tennis rackets. No
rules govern the size and weight of a tennis racket, and so the
models of various manufacturers differ slightly. But nearly all rackets
measure 27 inches (68 centimetres) long. Most men choose a racket that weighs
about 14 ounces (397 grams). Most women select one that weighs about 13
ounces (369 grams).
Most
young players use a racket that weighs about 9 ounces (255 grams). A typical
racket frame is made of fibreglass and graphite. The most common striking surface
is a net of tightly strung nylon or other synthetic material.
Tennis clothes should fit comfortably
so that a player can move freely. During the late 1800's and early 1900's, men
players wore long-sleeved shirts and trousers, and women wore ankle-length
dresses. Such bulky clothing limited a player's movements. Today, men wear
short-sleeved shirts and shorts. Women wear mini dresses or blouses and short
skirts.
Shoes
are perhaps the most important item in a player's wardrobe. Tennis shoes are
designed specially for the sport. They are made of cloth and have rubber soles
and no heels. The shoes help keep players from slipping and do not damage the
court.
How tennis is played
Before
they begin to play tennis, the players must decide who serves first and which
end of the court each player or team will defend. Some players make these
decisions by means of a racket "toss." For example, they may use the
manufacturer's markings on one side of a racket handle as "heads" and
on the other side as "tails." One player stands the racket upright on
the frame and spins it. The opposing player or team calls which side will land
face up. Others call on the toss of a coin. If the call is correct, the player
or team may either (1) choose to serve or receive first or (2) decide which end
of the court to defend.
The
court diagram in this article locates the various lines and playing areas
discussed in this section.
Scoring. Tennis is scored in terms of points, games,
and sets. A player or doubles team scores a point when
the opposing side fails to return the ball properly or commits an error. To win
a game, one side must score four points and lead by at least two points.
The first point is called 75; the second, JO; the third, 40; and
the fourth, game point. A score of zero is called love.
Historians are not certain how this scoring system began.
The
servers score is always given first. For example, if the serving side leads
three points to one, the score is 40-15. If
the receiving side wins the first two points, the score is love-30. If
both sides win three points, the score is 40 - 40,
which is called deuce. To win a deuce game, one side must lead by two points. The first
point scored after deuce is called the advantage or ad or van. If
the side with the advantage loses the next point, the game returns to deuce.
To
win a set, one side must win six games and lead by at least two games. If
the game score is 5-5—a deuce set—play continues until one side has a two-game
margin. In some tournaments, if the score reaches 6-6, a tiebreaker is
played. It consists of a play-off of a certain number of points. The side that
wins the tiebreaker wins the set by a score of 7-6.
In
most competitions, the first side to win two sets wins the tennis match. In
some tournaments, the first side to win three sets takes the match.
The serve, or service, puts
the ball into play at the start of each game and after each point is scored.
The server must toss the ball into the air and hit it before it strikes the
ground. The ball must then travel into the service court diagonally opposite.
The server begins each game by serving from the right-hand side of the court.
The serve then alternates between the left- and right-sides following each
point. The server must serve from behind the base line but may stand anywhere
between the centre mark and the singles sideline.
In a
singles match, a player serves until a game is completed. Then the receiver
becomes the server. The players continue to alternate serves after each game.
In a
doubles match, the serve also changes sides after each game. But in addition,
the members of each team alternate serves. If a team serves odd-numbered
games, for example, one member would serve the first game, the other the third
game, and so on. In both singles and doubles matches, the opposing players
change ends on the court after the first, third, and all following odd-numbered
games.
If a serve lands
in the net or outside the receiver’s service court, the server has committed a fault. A serve commits
a foot
fault by
stepping on or over the base line or changing position by running or walking
before hitting the ball. A player who commits a fault or foot fault gets a
second serve. But if this serve fails through a fault or foot fault, the player
has committed a double
fault and
loses the point. If the ball hits the top of the net and drops into the proper
service court, the serve is called let and is replayed. A let is also
called if a player serves before the receiver is ready.
A powerful,
accurate serve can help a player win easy points. A player can serve an ace, which is a legal
serve that the receiver is unable to touch. Even if the receiver manages to
return a serve, the return may be so weak the server can easily hit a winning
shot.
Receivers may
stand anywhere on their end of the court during the service. A receiver often
takes a position based on knowledge of an opponent's serve. If the server has
a very fast serve, for example, the receiver will stand far back to allow
enough time to sight the bar for the return shot.
The ball in play.
After the serve, the receiver must hit the ball on the first bounce and return
it over the net. The ball must land in the area bounded by the base line and
the singles sidelines or, in team play, the doubles sidelines. A shot that
lands on a sideline or base line is in play. A shot that hits the net and drops
into the opposing court is also in play. After the ball has been served and
returned, it may be hit before it bounces, which is called a volley, or
after the first bounce, which is called a ground stroke. The
players continue to rally (hit the bail back and forth) until one side scores a point.
During play, a player or team wins a point if the opposing side (1)
hits the ball into the net, (2) hits the ball outside the court, (3) allows a
ball to bounce twice or (4) touches the ball.
Players
may use a variety of ground strokes and volleys. The basic shots are the forehand drive and
the backhand drive. Right-handed players
hit a forehand drive on the right, or racket, side of the body. They hit a
backhand drive by reaching across the body to the left side. Left-handed
players hit a forehand drive on the left side and a backhand drive on the
right.
To
force an opponent away from the net, a player may hit a lob—a
high shot deep into the opponent's court. The opponent must retreat from the
net to reach the ball. If the lob is not hit deep enough, however, the opponent
may reply with an overhead smash. This shot is made by
hitting the ball from above the head. A smash often is so powerful that it
cannot be returned.
By
hitting the ball in a certain way, a player can give a shot topspin or underspin. Spin
causes the ball to react in such a way that it is difficult to return. A lob
hit with topspin accelerates. A shot hit with underspin decelerates.
Officials. In most tennis matches, the players themselves
act as officials and keep their own score. But in an important tournament, many
officials may be used. The chief official is the tournament referee, who has
charge of the entire tournament. On the court, the top official is the umpire.
The umpire sits on a high chair at the side of the court, alongside the net,
and announces the score to the crowd. The umpire also supervises as many as 13
other officials, called linespersons. The linespersons are stationed at various
spots around the court. They determine whether a ball has been served
according to the rules and whether shots are good (inside the court) or out
(outside the court).
Organized tennis
Amateur tennis. Most of the world's
tennis players are amateurs. They play for enjoyment and receive no pay. Many
of them play in small organized interclub competitions, chiefly at weekends.
About 250,000 people in the United Kingdom, and about 400,000 people in
Australia and New Zealand belong to tennis clubs.
The International
Tennis Federation (ITF) governs tennis throughout the world. The ITF consists
of the national tennis associations of about 100 countries. These associations
include the Lawn Tennis Association of Great Britain, the U.S. Tennis
Association, the Canadian Lawn Tennis Association, and the Lawn Tennis Association
of Australia.
Professional tennis. For many years, nearly
all the world's leading tournament players were amateurs. Professional tennis
first became widely accepted in the late 1960's, and today all the top players
are professionals. Professionals play tennis for money, or they are paid for
coaching or teaching the game.
Both
men and women professional players have formed organizations to represent them
and to supervise their tournaments. Men professionals established the
Association of Tennis Professionals in 1972. The same year, women professionals
formed the Women's Tennis Association.
Tennis tournaments. Only amateurs could
play in major tournaments before 1968. That year, the member countries of the
ITF voted to allow amateurs and professionals to compete in the same
tournaments. These events became known as open tournaments. Today, almost
all major tournaments are open.
The
most important tournaments for individual players are the national
championships of Britain, the United States, Australia, and France. The British
event, popularly called the Wimbledon Championships, is the most highly
regarded of the world's major championships. Together, the four championships
make up the grand slam. Only two men have won all four
championships in the same year. Don Budge of the United States won the grand
slam in 1938. Rod Laver of Australia is the only player to win it twice, in
1962 and 1969. Three women have won the grand slam—Maureen Connolly of the
United States in 1953, Margaret Smith Court of Australia in 1970, and Steffi
Craf of West Germany in 1988.
Three
organizations are in charge of professional tournaments. The ITF supervises the
major international events, including the grand slam tournaments. The Association
of Tennis Professionals (ATP) organizes the men's professional tennis tour. The
Women's Tennis Association (WTA) supervises the women's professional tour.
Most
amateur and professional tournaments use a system called seeding to
prevent the top players from meeting each other in an early round. The best
player i< seeded number one; the next best, number two; and so on. Players
are seeded according to their records and reputations. In most tournaments,
eight players are seeded. The matches are arranged so that seeded players do
not face each other until the quarterfinal round, unless unseeded players
defeat them.
Several
tournaments are held for international team trophies. The best-known trophy is
the Davis Cup, donated in 1900 by Dwight Davis, an American player.
Competition for the cup takes place every year for team of men players from 16
eligible nations. The teams meet in a series, called a tie,
consisting of one doubles and four singles matches. The ITF supervises the
tournament. For the annual results of the final round of cup competition, see
the article Davis Cup.
American
and Australian men compete for the Work Cup each year. The event began in 1970
and is held in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A. The competition consists of five
singles and two doubles.
In
1923, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, an American player, donated the Wightman Cup as
a trophy for com petition between British and American women's teams. The
annual Wightman Cup tournament consists of five singles and two doubles matches.
In 1963, the ITF established the Federation Cup for teams of women representing
member nations. Each round in this elimination tournament consists of two
singles arfd one doubles.
History
Beginnings. Most historians agree that the French
originated tennis during the 1100's or 1200's. The French called it jeu de paume,
meaning game of the palm. The players batted the
ball back and forth over a net with the palm of their hand.
Major
Walter Clopton Wingfield of England is generally considered the father of
modern tennis. In 1873, he introduced a version of the game closely resembling
the modern sport. In 1874, he patented tennis equipment and rules for playing
on grass courts. Wingfield called the game sphairistike, the Greek word for playing ball. But
the name was soon replaced by lawn tennis. Some
historians feel that Major Harry Gem of England should share credit as the
sport's founder. Gem played a form of tennis in the 1860's.
Tennis
soon replaced croquet as England's most popular outdoor sport. In 1877, the All
England Croquet Club changed its name to the All England Croquet and Lawn
Tennis Club. Also in 1877, the club sponsored the first major tennis tournament
at its headquarters in Wimbledon, a suburb of London. This tournament has become
the unofficial world championship for men's and women's singles and doubles
matches. It is held annually during June and July.
In
1900, the American player Dwight Davis donated the Davis Cup to be awarded
annually to the country that wins the world's men's championship. The trophy
became recognized as the top prize in international team tennis.
Many
of the greatest stars in tennis history played during the 1920's. But the
period was dominated by Bill Tilden, an American who is generally considered
the sport's finest player. Tilden won the U.S. singles title every year from
1920 to 1925 and again in 1929. He also won the Wimbledon singles title three
times.
The
top women players in the 1920's were Suzanne Lenglen of France and Helen Wills
(later Helen Wills Moody) of the United States. Lenglen won six Wimbledon and
six French championships. Moody won eight Wimbledon championships and seven
U.S. titles.
A
great player of the early 1930's was Britain's Fred Perry. He won the Wimbledon
singles title three years in a row from 1934 to 1936, and was the main stay of
Britain's Davis Cup winning teams of 1933 to 1936. He also won the US singles
title three times and the Australian and French titles once each.
Perhaps
the outstanding individual player of the 1930's was Don Budge of the United States.
In 1938, Budge became the first player to win the grand slam.
The mid-1900's. Until the 1950's,
France, Great Britain, and the United States produced almost all the world's
major players. Then Australia became the leading country in men's competition.
From 1950 to 1967, Australian teams won the Davis Cup 15 times. Such players
as Roy Emerson, Lew Fload, Rod Laver, john New-
combe,
Ken Rosewali, Frank Sedgman, and Fred Stolle helped Australia maintain its top
position in international men's tennis.
During
the 1940's and 1950's, several American players achieved worldwide success.
The most notable included Pancho Gonzales, Jack Kramer, Art Larsen, Fran
Parker, Ted Schroeder, Vic Seixas, and Tony Trabert.
The
United States provided most of the top women stars from the mid-194ffs to the
mid-1960s. They included Louise Brough, Maureen Connolly, Margaret Osborne
duPont, and Doris Hart. Connolly was probably the greatest woman player of this
period. In 1953, she became the first woman to win the grand slam.
Althea
Gibson of the United States became the first important black tennis player. She
won the U.S. and Wimbledon titles in 1957 and 1958. In the late 1960's, Arthur
Ashe of the United States became the first black male tennis star. In 1968, he
won the U.S. singles championship, and won the Wimbledon singles title in
1975.
Laver
ranked as the top male star of the 1960's. The Australian became the only
player to win the grand slam twice, in 1962 as an amateur and in 1969 as a
professional. Other leading male players of the 1960's included Manuel Santana
of Spain and Stan Smith of the United States. In the 1960's, Margaret Smith
(later Margaret Smith Court) became the first Australian woman to win both the
Wimbledon and U.S. singles titles. She won the grand slam in 1970. Maria Bueno
of Brazil and Billie Jean King of the United States also ranked as important
players of the period.
Tennis today. International tennis has largely been a
professional sport since 1968. Professionals compete for vast sums in prize
money annually. Television played an important role in increasing the
popularity of tennis during the 1970's and 1980's. Major tournaments are televised
to many countries.
Several
highly publicized matches were arranged largely for television audiences. In
1973, Bobby Riggs, a top-ranked American player of the late 1930's and 1940's,
defeated Margaret Smith Court in a televised "battle of the sexes."
Later that year, Riggs played Billie Jean King in the Houston Astrodome in
Houston, Texas, U.S.A., before 30,472 spectators, the largest crowd ever to
watch a tennis match. Millions more people watched on TV as King defeated Riggs.
The
Davis Cup became a centre of political dispute in the 1970's. In 1974, South
Africa won the cup by forfeit from India. The Indian government refused to allow its team to
play because of South Africa's apartheid
(racial separation) policies. The Davis Cup had already lost some of its
importance because many professionals refused to play for their countries.
These players claimed that the many weeks of cup play-offs would force them to
miss too many tournaments. In 1981, Davis Cup competition was changed to
attract more top players. It was compressed into a shorter period of time and
the prize money was increased.
The
most successful men players of the 1970's and early 1980's included Bjorn Borg
of Sweden; jimmy Connors, and John McEnroe of the United States. Leading women
players included Evonne Goolagong of Australia; Virginia Wade of the United
Kingdom; Chris Evert, and Martina Navratilova of the United States. By the mid-
1980s, another group of players began to dominate the sport. The leading men
were the Australian Pat Cash, Czech-born Ivan Lendl, Mats Wilander and Stefan
Edberg of Sweden, and Boris Becker of Germany. The top women players included
Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina; Steffi Graf of Germany; and Monica Seles of
Yugoslavia. In the early 1990's, a new group of young players had begun to
appear. These include Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, and Jim Courier of the United
States. The most successful young women players include Arantxa Sanchez
Vicario of Spain, and Jennifer Capriati of the United States.
In
1990, Navratilova won the women's singles championship at Wimbledon for the
ninth time. No woman had ever won a singes title at Wimbledon more than eight
times in the history of modern tennis. Related articles include:
Ashe, Arthur; Evert, Chris; McEnroe, John; Badminton; Gibson, Althea; Navratilova,
Martina; Becker, Boris; Gonzales, Pancho; Borg, Bjorn; King, Billie Jean; Table
tennis; Connors, Jimmy; Laver, Rod; Wills, Helen N.; Davis Cup; and Lendl, Ivan.
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