HISTORY OF TENNIS

History of Tennis: Early Years:

The history of tennis dates back several thousand years. The game was first created by European monks to be played for entertainment purposes during religious ceremonies. To begin with, the ball was hit in the hand. Leather gloves soon came to existence. This was soon replaced with an adaptive handle for an effective framework and serving the ball. Thus was born the first Racquet. With the development of the racket, tennis balls also underwent frequent changes. The first tennis ball was wooden. It allowed for a bouncier, leather ball filled with cellulose material. Monasteries throughout Europe had played during the 14th century to the great chagrin of the church.

The game quickly became very popular, mainly in France, where it was adopted by the royal family. In the period between 16 and 18 century game called 'Jeu de paume' - the game of the palm was a highly prized by kings and noblemen. The French player will start the game by shouting the word "tenez!" This meant “Play!" The game soon came to be called royal, or "real tennis."

In 1874 acquired Major Walter Wingfield patent rights relating to equipment and rules of the game, which bore close resemblance to modern tennis. In the same year, was the first tennis court in the United States. The game quickly spread to various parts of the world such as Russia, Canada, China and India. The smooth croquet courts served as a clear tennis courts in these times. The original law devised by Wingfield was in the form of an hourglass, sharpened on the web. It was shorter than the modern court, as we have today. His version of tennis courts and the rules of game underwent a lot of changes and amendments, until the game gave the modernized version which is played today.

History of U.S. Open tennis:

U.S. Open tennis tournament, also known as "Open" or "U.S. Open" is the fourth and final event in Grand Slam tennis tournaments. The tennis matches are placed in a period of two weeks, usually in the months of August or September, annually. The history of open tennis borne from two separate tournaments, one for women and another for men. The event was first held in August 1881 at Newport Casino in Newport Rhode Island. It was a Men's singles tournament and was named the U.S. National Singles Championship for men. .

Year 1900, so the U.S. National Men's Doubles Championship, being played for the first time. The first official U.S. Women's National Singles Championship was played at Philadelphia Cricket Club this year the 1887th Ellen Hansel was the winner of the tournament. This was quickly followed by the U.S. Women's National Doubles Championship this year the 1889th

U.S. Open tennis history:

Its served as a good 121 years since the first U.S. Open tennis was played. It is the richest tennis tournament in the world with around 15 million U.S. dollars in prize money and the triumph is definitely worth the sweat. The idea to create the U.S. Open came to light after the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association, founded in May 1881, volunteered to hold a national championship.

Twenty six players graced the preliminary competition held in Newport Island, Rhode Island. It was called the U.S. National Singles Championship. Members of the U.S. National Lawn Tennis Association were only eligible to play in the competition. The first singles winner was Richard Sears. He not only won the tournament for the first year, but he was the reigning champion for the next six years.

The Men's Doubles happened since the championship began moving around the country with nine different locations, which hosts the event at least once. The Men's doubles were split into an east-west competition. Clarence Clark and W.F. Taylor took the first doubles title for the fight was held in 1900.

The launch of the Open era "(where players can play in all competitions) in 1968, led to the establishment of the modern event, which we know today. Five different competitions were merged into one U.S. Open Championship, held at Westside Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. The prize pool was $ 100,000, and was divided among the 96 worthy men and 63 women who graced the event. In 1970 was the first U.S. Open tennis tournament to introduce the tie-breaker system. By the year 1978, the tournament was moved to its current home or in the courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadow, New York.

Tennis scoring history:

There are two theories that revolve around the Tennis scoring history. The first states that the scoring has its origins in ancient numerology. In the Middle Ages was the number 60 is considered auspicious or "complete" in the same way as number 100 is considered to be a "complete" figure now. The medieval adaptation of tennis thus considered 60 to be the "play" with steps of four points as 15, 30, 45 (or 40 as it is today) and finally 60th

The second theory is attributed to the presence of a clock at the end of the tennis court. A quarter move of the clock hand was made after each break with the score indicated as 15, 30, 45 and finally 60th

History of Tennis:

The early tennis courts were quite different from the current day lawn tennis most of us know. The early version of the game is now called "real tennis" and England's Hampton Court, built in 1625 is still currently in use. The courts of the moment are hardly used today. The court then had a narrow indoor court where the ball was played off the walls. Net was five meters high at the ends and three meters high in the middle.

The year 1877 seen in the All England Club to make the first Wimbledon tournament and the tournament committee played with a rectangular court and played with a set of rules associated with the modernized version of the game.

Tennis particular, the U.S. Open is a test of skill, precision and flexibility. There is a huge amount of prize money and a name that must be earned for them. The game is popular with billions of people around the world. If you want to be fit and agile, vulture Racquet and head out for an invigorating game of tennis!