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tennis

Also known as lawn tennis, lawntennis

Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). 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 object 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.

AI overview

Tennis is a racket sport where players hit a felt-covered rubber ball over a net into an opponent's court, either playing one-on-one or in pairs, with the goal of forcing the opponent to fail to return the ball. Players score points when their opponent cannot successfully return the ball, making it a competitive game of skill and strategy.

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Key facts

Sport.name: Tennis
Sport.image: 2013 Australian Open - Guillaume Rufin.jpg
Sport.imagesize: 200
Sport.caption: French singles player Guillaume Rufin serves to Czech player Tomáš Berdych in a tennis match at the 2013 Australian Open.
Sport.union: International Tennis Federation
Sport.first: 19th century, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Sport.region: Worldwide
Sport.contact: No
Sport.team: Singles or doubles
Sport.mgender: Yes, separate tours and mixed doubles
Sport.type: Outdoor or indoor
Sport.category: Racket sport
Sport.equipment: Ball, racket, net
Sport.venue: Tennis court
Sport.glossary: Glossary of tennis terms
Sport.olympic: Part of Summer Olympic programme from 1896 to 1924Demonstration sport in the 1968 and 1984 Summer OlympicsPart of Summer Olympic programme since 1988
Sport.paralympic: Part of Summer Paralympic programme since 1992

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Research

11,833 papers

Tennis injuries: occurrence, aetiology, and prevention.ReviewBritish journal of sports medicine · 2006Pluim BM, Staal JB, Windler GE et al.DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2005.023184
Tennis physiology: training the competitive athlete.ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2007Kovacs MSDOI: 10.2165/00007256-200737030-00001
Biomechanics and tennis.ReviewBritish journal of sports medicine · 2006Elliott BDOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2005.023150
Epidemiology of musculoskeletal injury in the tennis player.ReviewBritish journal of sports medicine · 2012Abrams GD, Renstrom PA, Safran MRDOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091164
Upper Extremity Injuries in Tennis Players: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management.ReviewHand clinics · 2017Chung KC, Lark MEDOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2016.08.009
Risk Factors for Upper Limb Injury in Tennis Players: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Kekelekis A, Nikolaidis PT, Moore IS et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17082744
"Tennis Leg": A State-of-the-Science Review.ReviewWorkplace health & safety · 2021Domeracki SJDOI: 10.1177/2165079920961966
Epidemiology of musculoskeletal injuries in tennis players: risk factors.The Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness · 2019Minghelli B, Cadete JDOI: 10.23736/S0022-4707.19.09842-6

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Wikidata facts

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OpenStreetMap tag: sport=tennis
Commons category: Tennis
Commons gallery: Tennis
minimum number of players: 2
maximum number of players: 4
Unicode character: 🎾
exact match: imagenet.stanford.edu/synset?wnid=n00482298
hashtag: テニス
inception: 1873-00-00

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Article

67 sections

Contents

History
Predecessors
Origins of the modern game
Equipment
Rackets
Strings
Natural gut
Synthetic
Hybrid strings
Balls
Manner of play
Court
Lines
Play of a single point
Scoring
Game, set, match
Game
Set
Match
Special point terms
Game point
Break point
Rule variations
Match play
Continuity
Ball changes
On-court coaching
Stance
Open stance
Semi-open stance
Closed stance
Neutral stance
Shots
Grip
Serve
Forehand
Backhand
Other shots
Tournaments
Grand Slam tournaments
Men's tournament structure
ATP 1000
500 and 250 series
Challenger Tour and Futures tournaments
Women's tournament structure
WTA 1000
500 and 250 Series
WTA 125
Players
Professional players
Singles and doubles professional careers
Olympics
Prize money
Grand Slam tournament winners
Greatest male players
Greatest female players
Officials
Junior tennis
Injuries
In popular culture
Literature
TV and film
Video games
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users, 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 (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis.