Tennis is a racquet sport that can be played individually or as doubles teams. Players use racquets to hit a hollow rubber ball over a net and into the opponent's court. The objective is to prevent the opponent from returning the ball. The rules have changed little since the 1890s. Tennis originated in 12th century France and was popularized by Louis X of France in the 13th century. Major professional tennis tournaments include Grand Slams, ATP/WTA tours, Challenger, and Futures events. The top male and female players in Grand Slam titles are Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Pete Sampras, and Serena Williams.

1. Tennis

2. Tennis is a racquet sport that can be
played individually against a single
opponent (singles) or between two
teams of two players each (doubles).

3. Each player uses a racquet that is strung
with cord to strike a hollow
rubber ball covered with felt over or around
a net and into the opponent's court. The
object of the game is to play the ball in
such a way that the opponent is not able to
play a good return. The opponent who is
unable to return the ball will not gain a
point, while the opposite opponent will.

4. The rules of tennis have changed little
since the 1890s. Two exceptions are that
from 1908 to 1961 the server had to keep
one foot on the ground at all times, and the
adoption of the tie-break in the 1970s. A
recent addition to professional tennis has
been the adoption of electronic review
technology coupled with a point challenge
system, which allows a player to contest
the line call of a point.

5. • Historians believe that the game's ancient origin lay
in 12th century northern France, where a ball was
struck with the palm of the hand. Louis X of
France was a keen player of jeu de paume("game of
the palm"), which evolved into real tennis, and
became notable as the first person to construct
indoor tennis courts in the modern style. Louis was
unhappy with playing tennis outdoors and
accordingly had indoor, enclosed courts made in Paris
"around the end of the 13th century".

6. Equipment:
racquets,
balls and
miscellaneous.

7. • Men's tournament structure :
Challenger Tour and Futures tournaments
The Challenger Tour for men is the lowest level of
tournament administered by the ATP. It is
composed of about 150 events and, as a result,
features a more diverse range of countries hosting
events. The majority of players use the Challenger
Series at the beginning of their career to work their
way up the rankings. Andre Agassi, between
winning Grand Slam tournaments, plummeted to
World No. 141 and used Challenger Series events
for match experience and to progress back up the
rankings. The Challenger Series offers prize funds
of between US$ 25,000 and US$ 150,000.

8. Women's tournament structure
• Premier events for women form the most prestigious
level of events on the Women's Tennis Association
Tour after the Grand Slam tournaments. These events
offer the largest rewards in terms of points and prize
money. Within the Premier category are Premier
Mandatory, Premier 5, and Premier tournaments. The
Premier events were introduced in 2009 replacing the
previous Tier I and II tournament categories.

9. • Currently four tournaments are Premier
Mandatory, five tournaments are Premier 5, and
twelve tournaments are Premier. The first tiering
system in women's tennis was introduced in 1988.
At the time of its creation, only two tournaments,
the Lipton International Players
Championships in Florida and the German Open in
Berlin, comprised the Tier I category.

10. Grand Slam tournament winners
Female:
• Margaret Court (24)
• Steffi Graff(22)
• Helen Wills Moody (19)
• Serena Williams(19)
• Chris Evert (18)
• Martina Navratilova (18)
• Billie Jean King (12)
• Maureen Connolly Brinker (9)
• Monica Seles(9)
• Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (8)
• Suzanne Lenglen (8)
• Dorothea Lambert Chambers (7)
• Maria Bueno (7)
• Evonne Goolagong Cawley (7)
• Venus Williams (7)
• Justine Henin (7)
• Blanche Bingley Hillyard(6)
• Doris Hart (6)
• Margaret Osborne duPont (6)
• Nancye Wynne Bolton (6)
• Louise Brough Clapp (6)
• Lottie Dod(5)
• Charlotte Cooper Sterry(5)
• Daphne Akhurst Cozens (5)
• Helen Jacobs (5)
• Alice Marble(5)
• Pauline Betz Addie (5)
• Althea Gibson (5)
• Martina Hingis (5)
• Maria Sharapova(5)

11. Male :
• Roger Federer (17)
• Pete Sampras (14)
• Rafael Nadal (14)
• Roy Emerson(12)
• Rod Laver (11)
• Björn Borg (11)
• Bill Tilden (10)
• Fred Perry (8)
• Ken Rosewall (8)
• Jimmy Connors (8)
• Ivan Lendl (8)
• Andre Agassi (8)
• Novak Djokovic(8)
• William Renshaw (7)
• Richard Sears (7)
• William Larned (7)
• Henri Cochet (7)
• Rene Lacoste (7)
• John Newcombe (7)
• John McEnroe (7)
• Mats Wilander (7)
• Lawrence Doherty (6)
• Anthony Wilding (6)
• Donald Budge (6)
• Jack Crawford (6)
• Boris Becker (6)
• Stefan Edberg (6)
• Frank Sedgman (5)
• Tony Trabert(5)

12. Formerly known as Oleksandr Dolgopolov, Jr., is the top-
ranked Ukrainian male tennis player. He changed his first
name spelling to the current form in May 2010.Dolgopolov
reached the quarterfinals of the 2011 Australian Open and
achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 13 in
January 2012.

13. • Andriy Medvedev is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine.
Andriy is the Ukrainian language spelling of his first name, while Andrei is
the Russian language spelling of his first name, with both regularly used.
Medvedev made a splash on the international tennis scene when, as a 17-
year-old, he won titles in Genoa and Stuttgart. His most successful
tournament was the Hamburg Masters (formerly the German Open), which
he won three times (1994, 1995 and 1997).He reached a career-high singles
ranking of World No. 4.

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