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Tennis
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Tennis

Wimbledon is the oldest and the most prestigious Grand Slamtournament.
Highest governing body International Tennis Federation
First played Between 1859 and 1865 (Birmingham, England)
Characteristics
Contact No
Team members Single or doubles
Mixed genderYes, separate tours & mixed doubles
Categorization Racket sport
Equipment Tennis ball, tennis racket
Venue Indoor or outdoor tennis court
Olympic Part of Summer Olympic programme from 1896 to 1924Demonstration sport in the 1968 and 1984 Summer Olympics
Part of Summer Olympic programme since 1988
Paralympic Part of Summer Paralympic programme since 1992
Country or region Worldwide
Tennisis a sport usually played between two players (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with feltover a net into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to play the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a good return.[1] Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at alllevels of society at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including people in wheelchairs.
The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England in the late 19thcentury as "lawn tennis"[citation needed]. It had close connections both to various field ("lawn") games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older raquet sport of real tennis[citation needed].During most of the 19th-century in fact, the term "tennis" referred to real tennis, not lawn tennis: for example, in Disraeli's novel Sybil (1845), Lord Eugene De Vere announces that he will "go down toHampton Court and play tennis. As it is the Derby [classic horse race], nobody will be there".[2]
The rules of tennis have not changed much since the 1890s. Two exceptions are that from 1908 to...