tennis

TENNIS

In This Presentatioan You Will Find •History •Evolution of the Tennis Racket•Clothing •Types of Courts •How to play •Tournaments •Best Players• Reasons to play tennis •Conclusion

11th and 12th century French monks “jeu de paume” or “game of the hand”.

The 16th century that rackets came into use , and the game began to be called Tennis

Tennis comes from the French  tenez, the plural form of the verb tenir, meaning ” hold ", ” receive ”  

Was popular in England and FranceWas only played indoors where the ball could be hit off

the wall.

Olympic sport since the Seoul

Games in 1988

21st century - global sport

The game’s top stars win millions in tournament prize money

Laminated wood

19471583

Wood rackets

1960

Steel rackets

Evolution of the tennis racket

3

1975

Aluminium

1980

Graphite

Mixed (tungsten and titanium, graphite)

2014

Clothing

Man wore pants and long –sleeved shirts while women wore long dresses and hats.

20th century the idea of wearing colors became popular

Most added a cap to keep the sun out of their eyes .

 grass courts

carpet courts

clay courts

hard courts

Start any tennis activity from stretching and warm up.

Return the ball back and forth until the point is played out.

Don Budge in 1938

$78 million.

#2 Maria Sharapova $29 million

$26.9 million#3 Novak Djokovic

$26.4 million

#5 Serena Williams $20.5 million

#6

$14.9 million

5 Reasons TO play TENNIS

#1 LIFETIME sport #2 Great workout and develops the mind

#3 Tennis players are of all sizes 

#4 Tennis can be played indoors and outdoors 

#5 Tennis can be played everywhere  

Thank You I hope you have enjoyed this work about tennis

and you also have learnt a little more about tennis