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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 ...
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.
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 ...
As the tennis tournament's official history notes, "From 2000-2010, the Williams sisters made SW19 their own back yard. Venus won five singles titles, Serena four.
Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships: 1894: 1974: Haverford: Grass (1894–1969, 1973–1974) Hard (1970–1972) Grand Prix Pepsi Grand Slam: 1976: 1981: Myrtle Beach (1976) Boca Raton (1977–1981) Clay: Grand Prix Perth Indoor Tennis Tournament: 1975: 1977: Perth: Hard: Grand Prix Philippine International Tennis Tournament: 1973: 1978 ...
The oldest was the U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, played between 1927 and 1999. Between 1954 and 1962, it was played indoors in Cleveland and was called the World Professional Championships. The third major tournament was the French Pro Championship, played between 1930 and 1968. The British and American championships continued into the Open ...
In tennis, the Grand Slam tournaments, the Masters Series tournaments and the Year-end Championship are considered the top-tier events of the men's professional tour annual calendar, in addition to the Olympics. They are collectively known as the 'Big Titles'. [1] The ATP defined the mandatory events (Slams, Masters and YEC) as follows
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]