Racket sport
Tennis
One player, one racket, and nobody to blame.
- Origin
- England, 1873
- Players
- 1 or 2 per side
- Governing body
- ITF
- Grand Slams
- 4 per year
- Court
- 23.77 × 8.23 m
- Olympic
- Yes, 1896 and since 1988
Three ways in
Option one
Rules & how to play
Everything you need to follow a game of tennis: the objective, the field, the fouls and the officials.
6 sections
Option two
History & origins
Where tennis came from and how it grew, told as a timeline of the moments that changed it.
11 milestones
Option three
Players
Search the greats by name, country or honour — or scroll the list to find someone you've never heard of.
10 profiles