David Scholl is a financial advisor in the Grand Rapids, MI, area. When he is not providing financial services, David Scholl leads an active lifestyle and especially enjoys playing tennis.

1. A Look at the Worldwide
Popularity of Tennis
David Scholl, Grand Rapids, MI

2. Introduction
• David Scholl is a financial advisor in the Grand Rapids, MI, area.
When he is not providing financial services, David Scholl leads an
active lifestyle and especially enjoys playing tennis.
One of the world’s most popular sports, tennis has hundreds of
millions of players and fans in countries around the globe, including
nearly 18 million recreational players in the United States alone.
The game’s international reach can be seen on both the men’s and
women’s professional tours, with the combined 2016 year-end Top-
10 rankings consisting of players from 16 different nations.
The Italian Open is one of the oldest tennis tournaments. First
played in 1930, the event is held annually in Rome and has been
won by several of the game’s most accomplished champions,
including a record seven wins by Rafael Nadal.

3. Tennis
• Paris is home to the even older French Open, the
biggest clay court tournament in the world, dating
back to 1891. The French Open has also crowned
several of the sport’s finest competitors, including
Nadal, Bjorn Borg, Chris Evert, and Steffi Graf.
The most popular tennis tournament is held every
July in London. The inaugural Wimbledon Tennis
Championships took place in 1877. The game’s
greatest names have etched themselves into history
on the grass courts of Wimbledon, including Roger
Federer and Martina Navratilova.