Tennis is a sport that is played on a court with a net between two or four players using tennis rackets to hit a ball back and forth. The document discusses the origins of tennis from ancient Greece and its reinvention and standardization in the late 1800s. It notes several benefits of tennis including a lifetime sport, exercise, and focus on the mind and body. Some negatives are that it can be costly and cause injuries if not played properly. Places to play tennis locally are also listed.

1. Tennis
By: Haley Bussell

2. What is Tennis?
• Tennis is a sport that you play on a court
• You hit a tennis ball over a net with
a tennis racket
• Most competitive match last about a hour
• Can be played with two people or four
Its ping pong made to human size

3. Origins
• Thought to have originated from Greeks
• Major Walter C. Wingfield technically
reinvented tennis
• He called it Sphairistike
• Hourglass shape (wider at the baseline narrow
at the net)
• 1864 the first court was created in the US

4. Original Tennis Court
Net
Baseline
Baseline

5. Benefits
• Ability to play your entire life
• Healthy amount of competition
• Helps with mind focus
• Healthy lifestyle
• Good Exercise

6. Can burn up to 600
calories while playing
an hour of tennis
Tennis outperforms golf,
inline skating and most
other sports in developing
positive personality
characteristics, according to
Dr. Jim Gavin -- author of
The Exercise Habit. Works on
mind and
body
Benefits

7. Interesting Facts
• Longest Match – lasted 11 hours and 5
minutes in 2010 at Wimbledon
• Shortest Match – lasted 23 minutes in
1922 at Wimbledon
• Fastest Man Serve – is Samuel Groth with
163.4mph
• Fastest Female Serve – is Sabine Lisicki with
131 mph

8. Negatives
• Tennis is quite costly
– Racket
– Lessons
– Clothing
– Restringing your racket
– Court usage
– Shoes
• Health
- Tennis Elbow
- Stress on your
body if not
trained properly
- Mental Stress
because anything
is possible

9. Places to Play
Greater Midland Tennis Center
900 E. Wackerly St.
Midland, MI 48642
Saginaw Athletic Club
6125 Gratiot Rd
Saginaw, MI 48609
Most High Schools

10. Works Cited
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2015.
• Cramton, Michael. "5 Health Benefits of Playing Tennis." Active.
Active.com, n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2015.
• Spiller, Nicholas. "10 Interesting Facts about Tennis You Might Not
Know."Championship Tennis Tours "Sixth Set" Blog. Champion Tennis Tours,
22 Apr. 2015. Web. 19 Nov. 2015.
• Howard, Michele M. "Advantages and Disadvantages of Playing
Tennis."LIVESTRONG.COM. LIVESTRONG.COM, 25 June 2015. Web. 19 Nov.
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