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Panoramic view of Stadium Court in Tennis Center at Crandon Park, Key Biscayne, Florida, United States. Taken during the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open.
Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.
Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis.
The rules of modern tennis have changed little since the 1890s. Two exceptions are that until 1961 the server had to keep one foot on the ground at all times, and the adoption of the tiebreak in the 1970s. A recent addition to professional tennis has been the adoption of electronic review technology coupled with a point-challenge system, which allows a player to contest the line call of a point, a system known as Hawk-Eye. (Full article...)
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- The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in the same calendar year, also referred to as the "Calendar-year Grand Slam" or "Calendar Slam". In doubles, a team may accomplish the Grand Slam playing together or a player may achieve it with different partners. Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred to as a "non-calendar-year Grand Slam", while winning the four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a "Career Grand Slam".
The Grand Slam tournaments, also referred to as majors, are the world's four most important annual professional tennis tournaments. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the greatest strength and size of field, and the longest matches for men (best of five sets, but still only best of three for the women). The tournaments are overseen by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), rather than the separate men and women's tour organizing bodies, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women's Tennis Association (WTA), but both the ATP and WTA award ranking points based on players' performances in them. (Full article...) - The French Open (French: Internationaux de France de Tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (French: [ʁɔlɑ̃ ɡaʁos]), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and venue are named after the French aviator Roland Garros. The French Open is the premier clay court championship in the world and the only Grand Slam tournament currently held on this surface. It is chronologically the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments, the other three are the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Until 1975, the French Open was the only major tournament not played on grass. Between the seven rounds needed for a championship, the clay surface characteristics (slower pace, higher bounce), and the best-of-five-set men's singles matches, the French Open is widely regarded as the most physically demanding tournament in the world. (Full article...)
- The Australian Hard Court Championships was a former professional tennis tournament established in 1938 and held until 2008. The event was played on clay courts until 1977 when it switched to hard courts. The tournament was a combined event for men and women until the end of the 1980s. In 2009, Tennis Australia merged the separate men's and women's tournaments into a new combined tournament called the Brisbane International. (Full article...)
- The practice of doping in tennis involves the use of prohibited, performance-enhancing substances listed by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The practice is considered unsportsmanlike and unethical, with punishments for such offences ranging from official warnings to career bans, depending on the severity of the offence.
Widespread illegal substance abuse in tennis developed during the 1980s and 1990s as performance-enhancing substances became increasingly available in professional sport. The detection and punishment for the use of drugs in this period was aided by the takeover of policing drug cheating by the International Tennis Federation in 1993. (Full article...) - The 2020 US Open was the 140th edition of tennis's US Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It was held on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York. The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the calendars for the 2020 ATP Tour and the 2020 WTA Tour, the top professional men's and women's tennis circuits, respectively.
Held during the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament saw changes in format and personnel compared to previous editions. As a result, withdrawals and opt-outs became a theme of the competition. Defending men's singles champion and world No. 2 Rafael Nadal and No. 9 Gaël Monfils withdrew due to COVID-19 safety concerns, while No. 4 Roger Federer, No. 12 Fabio Fognini, and No. 15 Stan Wawrinka opted out for other reasons. On the women's side, defending singles champion and world No. 6 Bianca Andreescu did not return due to safety concerns, nor did No. 1 Ashleigh Barty, No. 2 Simona Halep, or No. 5 Elina Svitolina, among others. Further, the qualifying rounds of the tournament, in addition to the mixed doubles and juniors draws, were not held due to the pandemic. (Full article...) - The 2010 men's singles runner-up, Radek Štěpánek, won the first edition of the event held in Brisbane
- Left elbow-joint, showing posterior and radial collateral ligaments. (Lateral epicondyle visible at center.)
- The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there are 211 national and six regional associations that make up ITF's membership.
The ITF's governance responsibilities include maintaining and enforcing the rules of tennis, regulating international team competitions, promoting the game, and preserving the sport's integrity via anti-doping and anti-corruption programs. The ITF partners with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) to govern professional tennis. (Full article...) - Radio Wimbledon was the official radio station to the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the AELTC in Wimbledon. Their contract finished in 2011. It has now been replaced by the similar Live@Wimbledon station. (Full article...)
- The Becker–Edberg rivalry was a tennis rivalry between Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg, who met 35 times between 1984 and 1996. Although Becker led their overall head-to-head 25–10 and won all three of their Davis Cup matches, Edberg won three of their four meetings in Grand Slams. Edberg and Becker also reached the championship match of the 1989 World Tour Finals, which Edberg won in four sets.
The most defining aspect of their rivalry was the three successive Wimbledon finals that they played. In the 1988 meeting, Becker was the huge favorite, and stormed to the first set 6–4. The second set was to be the most memorable, when in a fit of courage and tennis acumen Edberg won a tight set in a tiebreaker 7–2. Edberg went on to win the next two sets 6–4, 6–2 to win his first Wimbledon title and deny Becker a third title in four years. In the 1989 meeting, Becker, having lost to Edberg a month earlier in the French Open semifinals, raced to win the first set 6–0. The second set was closer, but won in a tiebreak by Becker 7–1 after saving 3 set points (Edberg led 6-5 40-0 and service). Becker went on to win the third set 6–4. This was Becker's third Wimbledon title, which would be his last Wimbledon crown. In the 1990 meeting, Edberg won the first two sets 6–2, 6–2. However, Becker rallied to win the next two sets 6–3, 6–3. Becker broke Edberg early in the fifth set, setting up the possibility of being the first Wimbledon champion since Henri Cochet in 1927 to win the final after losing the first two sets. Yet, this was not to be as Edberg regained the break and then broke Becker in the ninth game of the set with a topspin lob winner, eventually serving it out for a second Wimbledon championship. (Full article...) - World number 1 ranked female tennis players is a year-by-year listing of the female tennis players who were ranked as world No. 1 by various contemporary and modern sources.
Notes: (Full article...) - The French Open, also known as Roland-Garros, is an annual tennis tournament held over two weeks in May and June. Established in 1891 and played since 1928 on outdoor red clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, the French Open is (since 1925) one of the four Grand Slam tournaments played each year, the other three being the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Organised by the Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT), the French Open is the second of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the year to be played. In 1968, it was the first Grand Slam tournament to open to non-amateur players.
The winner of the men's singles event receives the Coupe des Mousquetaires, named after The Four Musketeers of French tennis: Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, Henri Cochet, and René Lacoste. The event was not held from 1915 to 1919 because of the First World War and was held unofficially as the Tournoi de France under German occupation from 1941 to 1944, during the Second World War. (Full article...)
General images
The following are images from various tennis-related articles on Wikipedia.
- Novak Djokovic was the winner of the gentlemen's singles in 2021. It was his twentieth Grand Slam Men's Singles title and his sixth Wimbledon title. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Wimbledon ball girl at the net, 2007. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Novak Djokovic, the all-time record holder in men's singles. (from Australian Open)
- Todd Woodbridge holding the Gentlemen's Doubles silver challenge cup in 2004 (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Nick Kyrgios was part of the 2022 winning men's doubles team. It was his first major title. (from Australian Open)
- The Ladies' (top) and Gentlemen's singles trophies (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Rajeev Ram was part of the 2021 winning men's doubles team. (from US Open (tennis))
- View from seats of Wimbledon Court No. 1. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- A Royal Marines Commando as a services steward in 2005. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Nicolas Mahut, was part of the winning men's doubles team in 2021. (from French Open)
- Debenture of the All England Lawn Tennis Ground Ltd., issued 20. August 1930. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Emma Raducanu, 2021 women's singles champion. It was her first Major singles title. (from US Open (tennis))
- Desirae Krawczyk was part of the 2021 winning mixed doubles team. (from US Open (tennis))
- Thanasi Kokkinakis was part of the 2022 winning men's doubles team. It was his first major title. (from Australian Open)
- Kristina Mladenovic was part of the 2022 winning mixed doubles team. It was her third major title and second at the Australian Open. (from Australian Open)
- Sébastien Grosjean takes a shot on Court 18 during the 2004 Championships. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Neal Skupski was part of the winning mixed doubles team in 2021. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Composition of the courts. (from French Open)
- Court Philippe Chatrier during the 2013 French Open. (from French Open)
- Arthur Ashe Stadium with the roof closed in 2018. (from US Open (tennis))
- Joe Salisbury was part of the 2021 winning mixed doubles team. (from US Open (tennis))
- Ashleigh Barty, 2022 women's singles champion. It was her third major title and her first at the Australian Open. (from Australian Open)
- Daniil Medvedev, 2021 men's singles champion. It was his first Major singles title. (from US Open (tennis))
- Wimbledon operates a ticket resale system where returned Show Court tickets can be purchased. All proceeds go to charity. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Spencer Gore, the winner of the inaugural Wimbledon Championship (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Aerial view of the grounds. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Joe Salisbury was part of the 2021 winning men's doubles team. (from US Open (tennis))
- Court 10. On the outside courts there is no reserved seating. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Samantha Stosur was part of the 2021 winning women's doubles team. (from US Open (tennis))
- People watching the Championships' broadcast in Canary Wharf. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Centre Court at Wimbledon in May 2019. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert, was part of the winning men's doubles team in 2021. (from French Open)
- Barbora Krejčíková was part of the 2022 winning women's doubles team. It was her fourth major title and first at the Australian Open. (from Australian Open)
- Margaret Court, the all-time record holder in women's singles. (from Australian Open)
- Barbora Krejčíková, 2021 women's singles champion and was part of the winning women's doubles team. (from French Open)
- Joe Salisbury, was part of the winning mixed doubles team in 2021. (from French Open)
- Rafael Nadal, 2022 men's singles champion. It was his twenty-first major title and his second at the Australian Open. (from Australian Open)
- Rafael Nadal holding the Coupe des Mousquetaires. (from French Open)
- Kateřina Siniaková was part of the 2022 winning women's doubles team. It was her fourth major title and first at the Australian Open. (from Australian Open)
- Mate Pavić was part of the winning men's doubles team in 2021. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- The order of play for all courts is displayed on boards around the grounds. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Novak Djokovic, 2021 men's singles champion. (from French Open)
- The Newport Casino Tennis Court (as of 2005), where the US Open was first held in 1881 (from US Open (tennis))
- Hsieh Su-wei was part of the winning women's doubles title in 2021. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- The Royal Gallery at Centre Court, Wimbledon. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Nikola Mektić was part of the winning men's doubles team in 2021. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Ivan Dodig was part of the 2022 winning mixed doubles team. It was his fourth major title and first at the Australian Open. (from Australian Open)
- Commemorative plaque at Court 18 marking the longest tennis match in history. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Rod Laver Arena. (from Australian Open)
- Margaret Court Arena at the Australian Open with the old Rebound Ace surface. Rod Laver Arena, the centre court, in the background. (from Australian Open)
- Zhang Shuai was part of the 2021 winning women's doubles team. (from US Open (tennis))
- Elise Mertens was part of the winning women's doubles title in 2021. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Ashleigh Barty was the winner of the ladies' singles in 2021. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Desirae Krawczyk was part of the winning mixed doubles title in 2021. (from The Championships, Wimbledon)
- Desirae Krawczyk, was part of the winning mixed doubles team in 2021. (from French Open)
- Kateřina Siniaková, was part of the winning women's doubles team in 2021. (from French Open)
- Arthur Ashe stadium in 2010 (from US Open (tennis))
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Bencic at the 2020 Australian Open
Belinda Bencic (Slovak: Belinda Benčičová, pronounced [ˈbelinda ˈbentʂitʂɔʋaː]; born 10 March 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 4 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) which she achieved in February 2020. Bencic has won six singles titles, including a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour.
Born in Switzerland to Slovak parents at a time when another Slovak-Swiss player Martina Hingis was one of the best tennis players in the world, Bencic began playing tennis at the age of two. Her father arranged for her to train with Hingis's mother and coach Melanie Molitor daily from the age of seven. By the time she was 16, Bencic became the No. 1 ranked junior in the world and won two junior Grand Slam singles titles at the French Open and Wimbledon. On the professional tour, she made her top 100 debut shortly after turning 17. Her first big breakthrough came at the 2014 US Open, where she became the youngest quarterfinalist since Hingis in 1997. Bencic won her first two WTA Tour titles in 2015, including the Canadian Open where she defeated four of the top six players in the world. She then made her top-ten debut the following year while still 18 years old. (Full article...)Did you know (auto-generated)
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| “ | If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration. | ” |
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29 times French Open champion Max Decugis in Paris in 1908.
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