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Before it came to be known as tennis, the sport was called 'Sphairistike' |
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Zero in tennis is called 'love' because of the zero's resemblance to an egg. Since the scoring in tennis was believed to have originated in France and an egg of course is called 'un eoef' in French, when tennis terms were anglicized, 'eoef' became 'love' |
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Singles Qualifying rounds for all categories are open and not restricted. |
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The ITF Rule No.26(b) regarding 'No-ad' system of scoring shall be adopted for the U-18, U-16 and U-14 Categories. |
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Arthur Gore of Britain won the singles trophy at Wimbledon in 1909 when he was 41 years and a 184 days old! |
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In June, 1963, in Britain, the British tennis player Michael Sangster served a ball that was clocked at 154 miles per hour. This is the fastest tennis serve ever recorded. |
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It is illegal to play tennis in the streets of Cambridge |
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Steffi Graf is the only woman to win each Grand Slam at least four times, including having won the complete Grand Slam (all four Slams in one year) in 1988. She has won 22 Grand Slam titles |
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Bjorn Borg owns a career Grand Slam singles record of 141-16, won 6 French Open titles starting at 18 years old (1974) and 5 consecutive Wimbledon titles (1976-80). |
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Serena Williams, at the age of 16, made an unprecedented 7 month rise in the WTA Tour rankings from the 500s to #30. She won the 1999 US Open in only her second time there, just shy of her 18th birthday |
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Martina Navratilova has a record of 164 singles titles and 1,438 matches won (1973-94), including 18 Grand Slam titles. She won a record 9 Wimbledon singles titles |
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Lindsay Davenport, 6 feet 2 « inches, is the tallest lady player ever to compete at Wimbledon |
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Chris Evert holds the record for the largest number of ladies singles wins at Roland Garros with 7 victories |
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Pete Sampras is the 1st player in ATP history to finish #1 for six straight years. He won 6 Wimbledon titles in 7 years (1993-99), tied Roy Emerson's record of 12 Grand Slam titles & in 1990 became the youngest male (19) to win the US Open. |
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Arthur Ashe was the first black male to win Wimbledon in 1975, having schooled Jimmy Connors in the finals |
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John McEnroe is the former ATP #1 player who is a Davis Cup hero & champion, having won 41 singles and 18 doubles matches. He won 3 straight US Open titles (1979-81) and 3 Wimbledon singles titles |
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Venus Williams, 2000 US Open & Wimbledon Champion, holds the record for the fastest serve in the history of the WTA Tour at 127mph/205km (Zurich, 1998). |
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John McEnroe is the former ATP #1 player who is a Davis Cup hero & champion, having won 41 singles and 18 doubles matches. He won 3 straight US Open titles (1979-81) and 3 Wimbledon singles titles |
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There were over 50 men and a staggering 62 American women in the 1983 draw in Wimbledon |
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In Wimbledon,The last 5 set men's singles final was in 1998, when Pete Sampras beat Goran Ivanisevic |
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The youngest ladies title winner was Monica Seles in 1990 aged 16 years and 6 months at French Open |
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The last player to win the Gentlemen's Singles final without losing a set was Bjorn Borg in 1976 |
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In 1926, Suzanne Lenglen won the ladies singles final in 27 minutes at Roland Garros |
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The surface area of a human lung is equal to a tennis court. |
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Monica Seles first gained the world #1 pro ranking in 1991 at the age of 17, and has won 8 Grand Slam titles. An infamous and unfortunate stabbing attack against Monica sabotaged her ability and momentum to transcend the game and all records |
