Rubber balls were still centuries away, so the ball was a wad of hair, wool, or cork wrapped in string and cloth or leather, then in later years, hand-stitched in felt to look something like a modern baseball. The nobility learned the game from the monks, and some accounts report as many as 1, courts in France by the thirteenth century.
The game became such a popular diversion, both the pope and Louis IV tried unsuccessfully to ban it. By the year , a wooden frame racquet strung with sheep gut was in common use, as was a cork-cored ball weighing around three ounces.
Only a handful of such courts remain. The net is five feet high on the ends, but three feet in the middle, creating a pronounced droop. An outdoor game was, of course, completely different from an indoor game played off walls, so several new sets of rules were formulated. In , Major Walter C. Wingfield patented in London the equipment and rules for a game very similar to modern tennis. Only 22 players entered the Mens Singles, which was the only event. Spectators paid a mere one shilling to watch the finals.
The first winner of this mens event in the tennis history of Wimbledon was Spencer Gore. They would dominate Wimbledon for a decade, winning all but and championships between them in the history of tennis.
Overhead smash is a shot played above the head, hitting the ball downwards, hard and fast into your opponents side of the court. It is held at Newport, Rhode Island. There are only 13 participants. Mens doubles was also introduced for the first time in the history of tennis.
Championships are open to women for the first time. Lottie Dod wins her first Wimbledon Ladies Singles Lottie win her first singles match with only 15 years. After selecting the use of grass, clay was introduced at the end of the 19 th century, then hardwood floor and, until later, the concrete and acrylic surfaces soon replaced the use of clay.
Women also soon started participating in tennis competitions as they began to compete at Wimbledon in Achieving a golden Grand Slam has inadvertently become synonymous with a particularly prized achievement for the top-tier players. To achieve a golden Grand Slam a player must win all four Grand Slams and an Olympic Gold medal during his or her career. Alongside her sister Venus, Serena Williams is also a proud owner of four Olympic gold medals, while her elder sister also has four Olympic gold medals alongside taking one silver medal which she won in the mixed doubles in Rio in , making her the tennis player with the most Olympic medals in history, with five medals.
Tennis was soon back at the Olympic Games in in the city of Mexico, but it only served as a demonstration sport. The real return to the official programme happened in Seoul at the Games. Now I can die happy.
He was an Olympic gold medalist in London, in , and he later rose to become world number one five years after that time, a Davis Cup victory and three Grand Slams. Ultimately, in in Rio, he became the only person ever successfully to defend his title in years of Olympic history. Other players like Roger Federer , who is one of the greatest players of all time, have made winning the Games a top priority.
He thoroughly expressed his delight when he won the doubles gold medal with his partner Stan Wawrinka in Beijing in with a broad smile that would not quickly be forgotten.
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