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  2. List of Olympic medalists in tennis - Wikipedia

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    Reginald Doherty, four-time Olympic medalist Venus Williams, five-time Olympic medalist. Tennis was first contested as a Summer Olympic sport in the 1896 Olympic Games until 1924 (excluding 1916 due to World War I), before going on hiatus due to disputes between the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee over how to define amateur players.

  3. The History of Wimbledon, the World's Oldest Tennis Tournament

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    Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. ... In 1908, tennis at the Olympics was played on the grounds, with two Brits taking home gold: Major ...

  4. Lists of tennis records and statistics - Wikipedia

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    List of tennis players career achievements; Tennis players with most titles in the Open Era; List of highest ranked tennis players per country; List of Olympic medalists in tennis; List of tennis rivalries; Longest tennis match records & Shortest tennis match records; Longest tiebreaker in tennis; Fastest recorded tennis serves; Ace & Double ...

  5. Wimbledon Championships - Wikipedia

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    The only grass-court tournament scheduled after the Championships is the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships at Newport, Rhode Island, USA, which takes place the week after Wimbledon. Since 2015, the championships have begun one week later than in previous years, extending the gap between the tournament and the French Open from two to three weeks ...

  6. Tennis at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The playing surface of the court varies between Olympic Games. It has been on hard court for every Olympics since 1984 except for the 1992 Olympics (which was on a clay court), the 2012 Olympics (which was played on a grass court) and the 2024 Olympics (which was played on a clay court). The changing playing surface gives certain players ...

  7. Jeu de paume - Wikipedia

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    It was an indoor precursor of tennis played without racquets, and so "game of the hand", though these were eventually introduced. It is a former Olympic sport , and has the oldest ongoing annual world championship in sport, first established over 250 years ago.

  8. Grand Slam (tennis) - Wikipedia

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    Organized by the Fédération française de tennis (FFT), formerly known as the Fédération Française de Lawn Tennis until 1976, [68] the French Open is the only Grand Slam tournament played on a red clay surface. [69] It is generally considered to be the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world. [70] [71]

  9. Charlotte Cooper (tennis) - Wikipedia

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    Charlotte "Chattie" Cooper Sterry (née Charlotte Reinagle Cooper; 22 September 1870 – 10 October 1966) was an English female tennis player who won five singles titles at the Wimbledon Championships and in 1900 became Olympic champion. In winning in Paris on 11 July 1900, she became the first female Olympic tennis champion as well as the ...