The rackets became more sophisticated, shaped asymmetrically to counter the ball’s low bounce off the floor. Major Walter Clopton Wingfield who designed the first lawn tennis racket in 1874 ...

LAKEWOOD - Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and youngest of Queen Elizabeth II's children, is scheduled to play a centuries-old form of tennis Thursday at Georgian Court University. Prince Edward ...

The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) – the governing body responsible for getting more Brits to pick up a racket – has turned to traditional TV advertising ahead of this year's Wimbledon tournament.

the ancestor of most racket sports but particularly lawn tennis, which has been played in villages across France since the 13th century. Court tennis, also known as real tennis, developed 200 ...

Although the game of lawn tennis dates back only to the 1870s, the word “tennis” has been in the language since around 1400. 2. Originally “tennis” was a game played with ball and racket ...