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A Brief History of Tennis

A brief look at tennis through the centuries.

David James
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On Jul 2, 2015
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Medieval Tennis "Jeu de Paume" c. 1383 France

First known depiction of a medieval tennis court. From a french translation of Valerius Maximus, original today in British Library.

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16th-century Tennis Game

Copper engraving of a game of Tennis in France, in the 16. century. From the series "Children games". Bibliothèque Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes, Paris.

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The precursor to today's tennis net

A Tennis game, one of the first depictions of a line in the middle (the predecessor of today's net).

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Renaissance Tennis

Watercolor painting from an unknown German student who had studied in Italy (Padua or Siena), depicting an early form of Tennis

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17th-century "Real Tennis"

Real Tennis (predecessor of modern tennis) in Germany, 17th century.

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Creation of a tennis racket in the 18th century

Francois Alexandre Pierre de Garsault (1673‑1778).

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19th Century: First Lawn Tennis Court design

Drawing of a Lawn Tennis court as originally designed by Walter Clopton Wingfield in 1874.

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Wimbledon Championships in the 1880s

William Renshaw and Herbert Lawford, playing a match at the Wimbledon Championships in the 1880s

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Victorian Tennis Fashion

"A Rally" painting by Sir John Lavery, Irish artist (1885); shows woman playing tennis with vigor, despite fashionable Victorian clothing.

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Two women dressed for a game of tennis, 1890-1900

Both wear dark skirts and light coloured blouses with puffed sleeves. The woman on the left has a turned-down collar with a short necktie. The woman on the right's blouse has a high, starched collar. She holds a tennis racquet. Both women wear straw boater hats perched on top of their hair.

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French Tennis Fashion 1900 Olympic Games

A. Gillou, French contestant, at the 1900 Olympic games Tennis tournament, at the Tennis court Cercles des Sports de l'Ile de Puteaux, Paris. Cover page of magazine La vie au grand air, No 97 from July 22nd, 1900.

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1918 Women's Tennis fashion

Madame Reyntiens, 1918 - Photos - Tennis fashion through the years - NY Daily News.

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1930's Tennis

Australian tennis player Jack Crawford (left) and British tennis player Fred Perry (right) at the White City Stadium in Sydney, Australia with a senior tennis offical (center)

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1950's Tennis

Rosewall (right) and Hoad playing doubles at the Wimbledon Championships in the mid-fifties

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1970's Tennis

Australian tennis player Evonne Goolagong at the 1971 Dutch Open tournament in Hilversum.

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Björn Borg double-handed backhand

Björn Borg playing a double-handed backhand shot at the 1979 ABN World Tennis Tournament.

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