Portal:Tennis

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Introduction Roger Federer hitting a backhanded shot in 2012 Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. During most of the 19th century, in fact, the term tennis referred to real tennis, not lawn tennis. Upcoming tournaments in December Week Month Tour Points Tournament Surface Town Country Error: Month not specified! ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? Selected article The New York Sportimes were a professional tennis team competing in World TeamTennis (WTT). The team was originally based in eastern Long Island from 2000 to 2002, before moving to Westchester County, New York in 2003, and then to New York City in 2009. The team was founded as the New York Hamptons in 2000, before changing its name to the New York Sportimes in 2003. In 2005, the team made its first playoff appearance and went on to defeat the Newport Beach Breakers in the WTT Final to win its first King Trophy. On February 14, 2011, WTT announced that the New York Sportimes and New York Buzz had merged and would play the 2011 season as the New York Sportimes. In the three seasons following the merger, the Sportimes played 12 home matches in New York City and nine in the Capital District. On January 16, 2014, Claude Okin, CEO of the New York Sportimes announced that the franchise had been sold to businessman Russell Geyser, and the team would be relocated to San Diego, California and renamed the San Diego Aviators. Selected biography Rod Laver MBE (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former tennis player and was the World No. 1 player for seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970. He is the only tennis player to have twice won the Grand Slam (all four major singles titles in the same year) — first as an amateur in 1962 and second as a professional in 1969. He is also the only male player and first player, male or female, to have won the Grand Slam during the open era. He is the 3rd male player to win all four Grand Slams in his career after Fred Perry and Don Budge. Laver was ranked as the best professional player in the world during the five-year period he was excluded from the Grand Slam tournaments. Rod Laver is the second and last male player to win each major title twice in his career. Only Roy Emerson and Margaret Court had won all four Grand Slam tournaments twice before Laver in the history of tennis. In 1967 he also won the Professional Grand Slam (only Ken Rosewall did the same in 1963). Laver is universally regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Selected image Tennis courts News April 1, 2018 - Sloane Stephens won the title at the Miami Open, defeating Jeļena Ostapenko in straight sets. It was Stephens' sixth career singles title, first Premier Mandatory title, and first title since winning the US Open in September 2017. On the men's side, John Isner won his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title, defeating Alexander Zverev in three sets. Selected quote “ It's shocking how little there is to do with tennis when you're just thinking about nothing except winning every point. ” — Andre Agassi Did you know... ...The Hungarian National Tennis Championships is the fourth oldest and longest running tournament of the world. ...Juan Martín del Potro and Novak Djokovic are the only people to win a Grand Slam by beating both Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in the same tournament. ...István Gulyás was defeated in the 1966 French Open Men's Final by Tony Roche of Australia (6–1, 6–4, 7–5), after allowing the match to be delayed 24 hours to allow Roche to recover from an ankle injury. Topics Governing bodies International Tennis Federation • Association of Tennis Professionals • Women's Tennis Association Rules Points • Scoring • Types of matches • Officials Courts Clay • Hard • Grass • Indoor • Carpet Grand Slam events Australian Open • French Open • Wimbledon • US Open Shots Serve (Ace) • Forehand • Backhand • Volley • Half volley • Lob • Smash • Drop shot • Groundstroke Topspin • Backspin Types of matches Paddle tennis • Real tennis • Turbo tennis Categories Tennis Awards • Coaches • Countries • Court surfaces • Equipment • Forms • History • Lists • Media • Organizations • Players • Real • Records and statistics • Shots • Terminology • Tournaments • Venues • Women's Related WikiProjects WikiProject Tennis Grandslam project • Davis Cup/Fed Cup project WikiProject Sports • WikiProject Olympics Things you can do Create requested tennis articles, or expand tennis stubs Visit Wikipedia:WikiProject Tennis/Assessment, and help out by assessing requested articles. 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