Tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each. Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The objective is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a point. Tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users and those who are blind or with low vision, and is played by people at every level of society and across all ages. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis.

Data Source : Wikipedia

• Entity:  Sport

• Highest governing body:  International Tennis Federation
• First played:  19Th Century, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
• Contact:  No
• Team members:  Singles Or Doubles
• Mixed gender:  Yes, Separate Tours And Mixed Doubles
• Type:  Outdoor Or Indoor
• Equipment:  Ball, Racket, Net
• Venue:  Tennis Court
• Country or region:  Worldwide
• Olympic:  Part Of Summer Olympic Programme From 1896 To 1924, Demonstration Sport In The 1968 And 1984 Summer Olympics, Part Of Summer Olympic Programme Since 1988
• Paralympic:  Part Of Summer Paralympic Programme Since 1992
• Wikidata description:  Racket Sport Played On A Court Bisected By A Net
• Wikidata label:  Tennis
• Wikidata aliases:  Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Lawntennis

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