Best of Tennis Game 2023

In this Article, We would like to study about Tennis Games. Do you know when and where the tennis game was invented? Well, there is no specific answer to this, but still, I try to tell it in short. It is known from Wikipedia and other various sources that the game of tennis started in the 12th century but then people used hands instead of rackets and it was known as the game of the palm.

• In the 16th century, people started using rackets and since then it came to be called as tennis. The game is believed to have originated in England and France.
• The history of tennis is very complex and long, so without getting into its so many historical aspects, let us try to know about the famous four major tournaments in tennis.
• As we know that there are four major events of tennis, together they are known as Grand Slam.The names of the four events are as follows

• 1-Wimbledon
• 2-U.S Open
• 3-French Open

The starting year of these four events is given in the table below.

Event	Starting year
1-Wimbledon	1877
2-U.S Open	1881
3-French Open	1891
4-Australian Open	1905

Look, if you are a cricket lover, then you would know that the ground on which cricket is played has a pitch. Similarly, the place where tennis is played is called the court. The shape of the cricket pitch is rectangular and its length and width are fixed and it is determined by the ICC. Similarly, the shape of the tennis court is also rectangular and its dimensions are determined by the International Tennis Federation. Like every game, this game is also played by two sides. Each side has one or two players. If there is one player, it is called singles and if there are two players, it is called doubles.

In doubles, if one player is male and one is female, then it is called double mixed. The dimensions of the court are (23.77m X 8.23m) for singles and (23.77m X 10.97m) for doubles. You can observe that the width of the court is more in double while the length is the same in both formats. Apart from this, there are other different types of dimensions, which we will read in a separate article.

Important Terminology in Tennis

Double fault

The game starts with the toss. The objective of the toss is who will serve first and from which side. If the player fails in the first service, then he is given a second chance and if he fails in the second service, then it is called a “double fault” and one point is granted to the opponent.

It is also necessary to understand the point system in tennis. If a player is given 1 point, it means that his score becomes 15, if 2 points are given, then his score becomes 30, and after getting 3 points, the score is 40, 4 points are needed to win.

Point	score
0 point	Love
1 point	15
2 point	30
3 point	40
4 point	Win “game”

Deuce

If anyhow the score of both sides becomes 40-40 in the game, then it is called Deuce. Any player who scores two consecutive points after Deus is declared the winner.

Advantage

Any player who earns a point after the deuce condition is called Advantage. If a player failed to score two consecutive points and the opponent scores a point then the game again comes to a deuce condition.

Love

Tennis is a game of professional people, here words like zero or nil are not used, instead the term love is used, for example if the the score of a game is 40-0, then it is called “40 love”.

Volley

When a player hits the tennis ball without it falling on the ground, it is called a volley.

Grand Slam

When a player wins all four major tennis events in one year, this achievement is called Grand Slam.

Golden Grand Slam

Along with the four major events of tennis, if the player also wins the Olympic gold medal in the same year, then it is called the Golden Grand Slam.

Some other important terms in tennis

Ace, Smash ,Half valley ,Single Sticks ,slice ,Chip shots ,Let, Backhand Drive, Forehand drive etc.

Some Famous Indian Tennis Player

Leander Paes

Leander Paes is the only Indian tennis player who has won an Olympic medal for India in tennis, yes friends, Leander Paes did this in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Unfortunately after that no Indian tennis player could win any Olympic medal for India. Leander Paes has represented India 7 times in the Olympics. Leander Paes has been awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel ratna Award and the Arjuna Award by the Government of India for his exceptional performance in tennis. He has won the most grand slams in the history of tennis in the grand slam doubles titles, He has won the Grand slams double titles 18 times.

Mahesh Bhupathi

Mahesh Bhupathi was the professional Tennis player of India who win the first grand slam for India. He won the first Grand slam for India in 1997. Bhupathi won a total of 12 Grand slam title throughout his career and won his last grand slam in 2012. Bhupathi was awarded the Arjuna award in 1996 and the Padma Shri in 2001 by the Government of India.

S.N	Column-I	Column-II
1.	Born	In 1974
2.	From which state	Karnataka
3.	Arjuna Award	In 1996
4.	Padma Shri	In 2001
5.	French Men’s Double Tennis Title	In 1997
6.	Davis Cup	Won in 1997
7.	In 1999	The pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi reached the finals of all the four grand slams this year and also won the French open and Wimbledon title.
8.	In 2002	Won US Open in Men’s double category  and Wimbledon in Double mixed category.
9.	In 2005	Won the US Open title, which was the 10th  grand slam title of his career.
10.	In 2009	Won Australian open with Sania Mirza
11.	In 2012	Won French open with Sania Mirza
12.	Spouse Name	Lara Datta

Some other important tennis from player from India are Sania Mirza , Rohan Bopanna ,Ramanathan  Krishnan , Vijay Amritraj Somdev Devvarman etc.

Some Important Tennis Tournament

S.N	Tournament	Founded year
1.	Australian Open	1905
2.	French Open	1891
3.	U.S Open	1881
4.	Wimbledon	1877
5	Davis Cup	1900
6.	ATP Finals	1970
7.	ATP World tour Master 1000	1990

Some World famous International Tennis Player

S.N	Player Name	Country
1.	Novak Djokovic	Serbia
2.	Rafael Nadal	Spain
3.	Roger Federer	Switzerland
4.	Dominic thiem	Australia
5.	Daniil Medvedev	Russia
6.	Carlos Alcaraz	Spain
7.	Andy Murray	UK
8.	Serena Williams(F)	USA
9.	Naomi Osaka(F)	Japan
10.	Maria Sharapova(F)	Russia
11.	Martin Hingis(F)	Slovakia
12.	Monica Seles(F)	Serbia
13.	Sania Mirza(F)	India
14.	Venus Williams(F)	USA
15.	Świątek lga(F)	Poland

Tennis Game MCQ

Q1. Davis Cup is related to which of the following sports?

i) Football

ii) tennis

iii) Badminton

iv) Cricket

Answer: ii) tennis

Q2. In which year was Wimbledon started?

i) 1877

ii) 1881

iii) 1891

iv) 1901

Answer: i) 1877

Q3. The famous tennis player Roger Federer belongs to which of the following country?

i) Serbia

ii) Spain

iii) Switzerland

iv) Russia

Answer: iii) Switzerland

Q4. Uber Cup is related to which of the following sports?

i) Football

ii) tennis

iii) Badminton

iv) Cricket

Answer: iii) Badminton

Q5. Leander Paes belongs to which of the following state?

i) Karnataka

ii) Telangana

iii) West Bengal

iv) Meghalaya

Answer: iii) West Bengal

Q6. In which year was the US open start?

i)1871

ii)1881

iii)1891

iv)1901

Answer: ii) 1881

Q7. Mahesh Bhupathi belongs to which state of India?

i) Karnataka

ii) Telangana

iii) West Bengal

iv) Meghalaya

Answer: i) Karnataka

Q8. Who among the following has won an Olympic medal in Tennis for India?

i)Sania Mirza

ii) Leander Paes

iii) Mahesh Bhupathi

iv) Rohan Bopanna

Answer: ii) Leander Paes

Q9. In which year was the Australian Open started?

i)1877

ii)1881

iii)1905

iv)1901

Answer: iii)1905

Q10. In which year was the French Open started?

i)1889

ii)1881

iii)1891

iv)1905

Answer: iii)1891

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