The history of the tennis

The French forerunner of the today's play, Jeu de Paume (play with the palm), was played in monastic yards, later in ball play houses on a rectangular field. The players gave their indication at the side, by striking the ball over the net against a wall, which ran along the field. The spectators sat at the wall opposite. Lines divided the field into four 15 tariff (scarcely 40 centimeters) broad, parallel running strips to both line sides.

English major Walter Clopton Wingfield left itself his kind of tennis, which he called "Sphairistike", to 1874 patents and set up rules. To today usual tennis developed, with new rules, with the first championships in Wimbledon (London) in July 1877.

Beginning of the thirties was introduced the professional tennis. This had the consequence that no more all tennis player in the large tournaments were allowed to participate. This changed only 1968, when the open tournaments were introduced. At this time also the today heavily doped tennis tournaments developed like US open or the French open.

The name "tennis" goes to centralEnglish term on the tenes and/or. tenetz back, that a similar ball play designated. The origin of this designation leaves itself again on the imperative Plural of frz. lead back tenir (hold). The call "Tenez!" - in the sense of "take, hold (the ball)!" - was originally probably meant as warning for the fellow player a breaking open player

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