2. Tennis- Introduction
Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a
single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players
each (doubles). The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in
such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return.
Tennis comes from the French word tenez, meaning "hold!",
"receive!" or "take!", it is used as a call from the server to his
opponent to indicate that he is about to serve.
Who Introduced Tennis?
In 1873 Major Walter Wingfield invented a version of Real Tennis
that can be played outdoors on a lawn (lawn tennis).
3. Some General Rules Of Tennis
First of all, the rules of tennis are different (although mostly
similar) for singles matches and doubles matches.
1)Players cannot hit the ball twice.
2) Players/teams cannot touch the net or posts or cross onto the
opponent’s side.
3) If the ball hits or touches the players, that counts as a penalty.
4) The ball must land within the boundary otherwise, the
player/team loses a point.
4. Equipment
•Racquet – A racquet has -a handle, a
frame, and strings that are bound in a
crisscross weaving pattern.
•Ball – A tennis ball is white or yellow in
color for tournaments, weighing
anywhere 56 Grams approx.
•Net - A net is a set of strings woven into
a crisscross pattern. This helps divide the
court in 2 equal halves, for the players.
The net is 3 feet 6 inches (1.07 metres)
high
6. Types of matches
It is either played with two players (singles match), or four players
(doubles match).
Mixed doubles – Similar to Doubles except this is played with one
man and one woman in each team.
7. Match Format
Singles
Match Format
A singles match is often played to the best of 3 sets, although some
men's singles tournaments play to the best of 5. It really all depends
on the preferences of the players on the rules of the tournament.
Doubles
• Match Format
• A doubles match is often played to the best of 5 sets.
8. Who goes first?
You must be wondering who will serve first…
Well, flip of coin or spin of the racket, also known as the toss, determines which player or team serves
first.
If called correctly, the player or team that did so can choose who serves first. The player/team who
did not call it correctly decides which side of the court they want to play on first.
What is a rally?
The rally consists of the exchange of shots after the serve is made until a player/team makes a
mistake and loses the point. Any shot that is hit within bounds is considered good and allows the rally
to continue. If you want to learn how to play tennis, you will need to know how to rally consistently.
9. Tournaments
There are 8 major tennis tournaments –
Wimbledon {Grand Slam}
US Open {Grand Slam}
Australian Open {Grand Slam}
French Open {Grand Slam}
Summer games tennis tournament
BNP Paribas Open
WTP finals
ATP finals
11. Time for question and
answer round!
For every right answer you get 5 points. The total number of points is 10. You
get 10 seconds to answer
Good Luck!
13. Q2. How do you determine the first
team/player to serve first?
a. With the number of points they scored last match.
b. The number of penalties they scored throughout.
c. With a coin, which is also known as ‘toss’
d. Whomever wins the rally gets to serve first.
