THE TENNIS

Sommaire

• Definition                                                                                         2
• I-History                                                                                         2

• I.1 The birth of tennis                                                                2
• I.2 The first champions                                                                3
• I.3 Historical origin of the mark of points                                        3

•  II Rules                                                                                        4

• II.1 Challenges                                                                        6
• II.2 The faults                                                                        6

• III Le court and equipment                                                                7

• III.1 The tennis court                                                                7
• III.2 The net                                                                                8
• III.3 La racket                                                                        8
• III.4 The rope                                                                        9
• III.5 The balls                                                                        9
• III.6 The outfit                                                                        10

• IV Playing surfaces (floor coverings)                                                10
• V The main effects of tennis                                                                11

• V.1 The flat game                                                                        11
• V.2 The lift                                                                                12
• V.3 Coups and retro affect                                                        12
• V.4 Effects in the service                                                        13

• V.4.1 The slice service                                                        13
• V.4.2 Lifted service                                                                13

• VI The great champions                                                                14

VI-1 Champions still active                                                        14

VI-2 Champions who recently stopped the competition                 15

VI-3 Champion women in activity                                                16

VI-4 They recently retired champions of the competition                17

• VII Professional tournaments                                                        18

• VII.1 The Grand Sam Tournaments                                                18
• VII.2 The Masters                                                                        19
• VII.3 The Masters 1000                                                                19
• VII.4 Other Men’s Tournaments                                                20
• VII.5 Women’s Tournaments                                                        20

VIII Nomber of spectators                                                                21

Definition

Tennis is a racket sport that opposes either two players (we are talking about a game in singles) or four players who form two teams of two (we are talking about double play). Players use a racquet strung vertically and horizontally (entamis) at a voltage varying with the power or effect that we want to obtain.

This racket, whose materials can vary, is used to hit a rubber ball, filled with air and covered with felt. The goal of the game is to hit the ball so that the opponent can not put it back into the field, either by scoring the point by putting the opponent out of range of the ball or by forcing him to commit a foul (if his ball does not fall within the court, or if he does not pass the net).

I-History

I-1 The birth of tennis

Tennis is an English adaptation of the game of palm. The first putting into play takes place fifteen steps, then thirty, then forty, hence the particular way to count points in modern tennis. Following the Battle of Agincourt (1415), the Duke of Orleans was imprisoned for two decades in England. On the occasion of this captivity at Wingfield in Norfolk County, the duke introduced to England the game of palm he practiced almost daily2.

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