tennis overview Equipment and rules Tournaments. Wimbledon Famous

tennis

overview Equipment and rules Tournaments. Wimbledon Famous sportsmen Tennis in popular culture

Equipment Racquet/ racket Wood, metal, graphite, titanium Balls Diameter: 65.41-68.58 mm (2.575-2.700 inches) Weight: 56.0 g - 59.4 g Companies: Wilson, Head, Prince and Dunlop

courts Surface: clay, grass, hard (asphalt, concrete), synthetic size:78 feet (23.77 m) long and 27 feet (8.23 m) for singles matches and 36 feet (10.97 m) wide for doubles matches.

rules Singles matches - between two players Doubles matches -two teams of two players. Server-serves the ball Receiver- the opposing player Chair umpire - sits in a raised chair to one side of the court

Scoring Game - game is won by the first player to have won at least four points in total and at least two points more than the opponent. Set - a player wins a set by winning at least six games and at least two games more than the opponent. Match - consists of a sequence of sets. The outcome is determined through a best of three or five sets system.

The score of a tennis game during play is always read with the serving player's score first "deuce " – equal score in a game

terminology Tennis - from the French tenez(hold!) Racket - from the Arabic rakhat (hand) Deuce - from à deux le jeu ("to both is the game“) Love for zero - from "l'oeuf" (egg)

Shots Backhand Serve

Forehand

Volley Lob

Tournaments The Grand Slam tournaments: The Australian Open The French Open The Championships at Wimbledon The US Open. The greatest challenge - to win all four Grand Slam tournaments in one year.

Rod Laver(1962 and 1969) Don Budge (1938) Steffi Graf (1988)

wIMBLEDON Started in 1877 Takes place over two weeks in late June and early July Spencer Gore - the first Wimbledon winner (1877) when he said he didn't think this new game would catch on. In 1884, the club added Ladies' Singles. First prize, awarded to Maud Watson, was a silver flower-basket worth 20 guineas.

Traditions Reference to the Players gentlemen’s and ‘ladies’ events Royalty Queen is the sponsor of the All England Club and the Duke of Kent - presiding president.

Dress Code the rule of all white uniform

Prize "All England Lawn Tennis Club Single Handed Championship of the World." In 2007 All England Lawn Tennis started awarding the same prize

Strawberry and Creams The tradition began in 1953 Ball Boys and Ball Girls

Famous sportsmen the "Big Four" men's tennis players: Roger Federer Rafael Nadal

Novak Djokovic Andy Murray

Steffi Graf

Martina Navratilova Serena Williams

Tennis in popular culture Film Wimbledon (2004) features Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst Woody Allen’s Match Point(2005) features Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers Tennis video games ( Mario Tennis, Grand Slam Tennis, the TopSpin series)

Andre Agassi's autobiography Open (2009) David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest (1996) Friends – The One With Chandler’s Work Laugh (1999)