Tennis

Tennis may have roots in an ancient Greek game called "Sfairistiki." Players used a small wooden square board, tied around their forearm, to hit a ball into the air. During the Middle Ages, tennis was a social game played by members of the noble class. In the 16th Century, King Henry VIII was a tennis champion. The field of play was originally made of stone and called "Tennis Court".

Tennis was included in the Olympic program from 1896 to 1924. It came back as a demonstration sport in 1984 and was officially reinstated as an Olympic sport four years later. It has been a Pan American sport since 1951.

Tennis is played between two or four athletes on a court 23.77m long x 8.23m wide for singles or 10.97m wide for doubles, with a net stretched across the middle. It is one of the most popular sports in the world, requiring a distinct combination of technical and athletic skill.

A traditional, arbitrary scoring sequence is used. A score of zero is called "love". The first point for either player brings the score to 15, the next 30, then 40, and the next point ends the game, unless the score is then tied at 40-40 ("deuce"). From deuce, play continues until one player leads by two – and wins the game. The first player to win six or more games, with at least a two-game lead, wins a "set". If the score within a set reaches 6-6, a "tiebreaker" is played during which the first player to reach seven or more points with a lead of two wins the set. Matches are played to the best of three sets, except for men's finals (singles and doubles), which are played to the best of five sets.

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