Tennis Study Guide History

Short Description
Tennis originates from two dates. Between 1859 and 1865 Major Harry Gem and his friend Augurio Perera developed the game of tennis by combing elements of rackets and the Spanish ball games called “Pelota”. Perera played this game on his croquet lawn in Birmingham, England. Later in 1873 in Llanelidan, Wales, Major Walter Clopton Wingfield contributed to the development of tennis today by the name and much of the French vocabulary of royal tennis.

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Service
o To determine serve spin the racket in hand and call “M” or “W” or toss a coin. Winner may choose to serve or receive, the loser of the spin or coin toss picks the side of the net to start on.
o The server must have both feet behind the baseline and either to the right or left of center line
o The server alternates behind the right and left courts beginning from the right every game.
o The server alternates after every point is scored
o If the score is an even number of points played, the server will be serving to right service court
o If the score is an odd number of points played, then the server will be serving to the left service court
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