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Players on Wimbledon's Centre Court in 2008, a year before the installation of a retractable roof. The racket sport traditionally named lawn tennis, invented in Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England, now commonly known simply as tennis, is the direct descendant of what is now denoted real tennis or royal tennis, which continues to be played today as a separate sport with more complex rules.
Its mission would be twofold: management of the tennis court; and functioning as the national governing body for real tennis. The association has already made some steps in this direction. Beginning in 2003 they have annually held both an Irish National tournament and an Irish Open tournament, at real tennis clubs in England.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. Television and radio presenter (born 1942) Des Lynam OBE Lynam in 2005 Born Desmond Michael Lynam (1942-09-17) 17 September 1942 (age 82) Ennis, County Clare, Ireland Occupation Radio/Television presenter Years active 1968–present Spouses Susan Skinner (m. 1965; div. 1974) Rosemary ...
5 February – Eurosport begins broadcasting and tennis is the first event to be shown on the channel, when it shows Davis Cup action. Tennis goes on to receive extensive coverage on the channel and from its inception to the present day Eurosport is the principal broadcaster of the French Open in Europe.
The First Beautiful Game: Stories of Obsession in Real Tennis (2006) by top amateur player Roman Krznaric contains a mixture of real tennis history, memoir and fiction, which focuses on what can be learned from real tennis about the art of living. The Corpse on the Court (2013) is a mystery by Simon Brett. It features the recurring lead ...
Wimbledon was also involved in a piece of television history, when on 1 July 1967 the first official colour television broadcast took place in the UK. Four hours live coverage of the 1967 Championships was shown on BBC Two, which was the first television channel in Europe to regularly broadcast in colour. Footage of that historic match no ...
The original commentator on TV at Wimbledon was Freddie Grisewood up until 1954. One of the most notable British commentators was Dan Maskell, who was known as the BBC's "voice of tennis". Maskell commentated on TV at Wimbledon from 1951 until his retirement in 1991. John Barrett succeeded him in that role until he retired in 2006.
The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. [4] It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. [5] The rules of modern tennis have changed little since the 1890s.