The origin and evolution of tennis can be summarized in four sentences: tennis was conceived in France, born in Britain, popularized in the United States and reached its climax, and now it is popular all over the world.
Tennis originated in France. As early as 12- 13 century, French missionaries often hit objects similar to balls with their palms in the cloisters of churches to adjust the rigid church life. Gradually, this activity was introduced to the French court and soon became an entertainment game for the nobles at that time. At that time, they called this game (in French, it means hitting the ball with the palm), which is "handball". At first, they played this game in the city, and then they moved outdoors. In an open space, they put a rope between them, one on each side, and both sides hit a cloth ball wrapped in hair back and forth with their hands.
/kloc-In the middle of the 4th century, the French Crown Prince presented the ball used in this game to King Henry V, so this game was introduced to Britain.
The surface of this ball is twill flannel, and the most famous flannel is produced in tanis. The British call this kind of ball "tennis" and it has been handed down from generation to generation. Until now, the ball we use still has a soft suede.
/kloc-In the 5th century, this game changed from hitting the ball with the palm of your hand to hitting the ball with a clapper, and soon an oval racket made of sheepskin appeared. At the same time, the rope in the center of the field should also be for the net. 16- 17 century is the prosperous period of this kind of activities, and gradually formed a kind of competition. Before that, tennis became "court tennis" and "royal tennis" because it was only popular in French and English courts.
1873, winfield, a British professional, changed his early tennis style and moved the court to the lawn. In the same year, he published a book "Lawn Tennis" and put forward a tennis style close to modern tennis. 1874 defined the size and height of the net and established a simple lawn tennis match in Britain. From 65438 to 0875, the English cricket club revised the rules of tennis competition, and held the first Wimbledon lawn tennis championship in July 65438-0877. Later, the organization set the tennis court as a rectangle of 23.77m×8.23m, and the height of the center of the net was 99cm (the previous height of the net was 2. 1234m), and decided to adopt the scoring method of 15, 30, 40 and equal share for each game. 1884, the center height of the net was set as 91.4cm by Marley Club in London, England. At this point, modern tennis was formally formed, and soon became popular in Europe and America, becoming a mass ball game.
With the development of tennis, the equipment and venue settings are constantly changing. The tennis racket has developed from a clumsy wooden racket to a delicate round header racket. In addition, there are great changes in weight, material, quality and shape. The ball developed from a small cloth ball to a rubber ball and rubber ball.
At the first Olympic Games held in Athens from 65438 to 0896, tennis men's singles and doubles were listed as official events. Later, due to the different definitions of "amateur athlete" between the International Olympic Games and the International Tennis Federation, the tennis competition that has been held for seven consecutive Olympic Games was cancelled. Until 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, tennis was listed as a performance event, and 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, tennis was listed as an official event again.