By the middle of14th century, a French poet introduced this ball game to the French court as a pastime for royal men and women. At that time, this game was played in the hall of the court. There is no net or racket. The ball is rolled into a circle with cloth and tied with a rope. Set a rope in the middle of the field as a boundary, use two hands as rackets, and throw the ball from the rope. French name is Tennez, and "Take it!" In English. Play "means:" catch it! Throw it in the past, and today's word "tennis" comes from it. Soon, wooden rackets were used instead of two-handed rackets. /kloc-At the beginning of the 6th century, this kind of ball game was discovered by French nationals, and began to imitate it out of curiosity, and quickly spread to major cities, improving the equipment. The ball is made more durable, the racket is changed from a wooden board to a parchment board, the surface area of the racket is increased, and the handle of the grip is lengthened. There are countless short ropes hanging to the ground in the middle of the field, which can be clearly found when the ball passes under the rope. Later, it was banned by King Louis of France, stipulating that this was a court privilege game. /kloc-at the beginning of the 0/7th century, the rope curtain was no longer used in the middle of the venue, but a small square net was used instead. The net played a better role than the curtain, and the racket was changed into a threaded tennis racket, which was flexible and light. When playing this game in a French court, a golden container will be placed next to the court. After each game, the audience put money on the plate as a reward for the winner. This method was good at first, and then it gradually evolved into a kind of gambling. At the beginning, the number of people was small, but over time, the gambling became bigger and bigger, and some people even lost all their money, so disputes broke out again and again, and the French king ordered the game to be banned again, which was also the main reason for the decline of tennis in the early18th century.
From about 1358 to 1360, this kind of ball game spread from France to Britain. King Edward III of England was particularly interested in this and ordered the construction of an indoor court in the palace. Since then, tennis has become popular in Britain and has become an entertainment activity of British upper class, so it has the nickname of "aristocratic sport". Indoor tennis is very popular during this period. It was not until1September 29th, 793 that the name "tennis on the court" appeared in a British sports magazine.
The history of modern tennis generally begins with 1873. That year, an Englishman, Walter Clopton winfield, improved the early tennis and made it a kind of sports activity on the lawn in summer, and named it "lawn tennis". In the same year, a pamphlet named Lawn Tennis was published to publicize and popularize this activity. So winfield is called "the founder of modern tennis". Since then, tennis has become an indoor and outdoor sport. At the same time, tennis clubs have been established all over Britain. 1875, All England Tennis Club was established. This club built the first tennis court in the world, and held the All-England lawn tennis men's singles championship in 1877, becoming a world-famous wimbledon championships. With the extensive development of tennis and the increasing frequency of competition activities, it is certainly impossible without unified rules. So at 1876, representatives of famous tennis clubs in some regions got together to discuss and formulate unified tennis rules in Britain. After many consultations, the representatives of all parties finally reached a consensus on the tennis court, equipment, play and competition, and formed unified rules. After about 1878, most tennis clubs in Britain gradually carried out activities, training and competitions according to the new style of play.
1874, Mary Outerbridge, an American lady who was on holiday in Bermuda, became interested in the sport after watching the tennis match of British officers, so she brought tennis rules, rackets and tennis to new york. In the United States, tennis was first played in schools in the east, soon spread to the central and western regions, and then swept the United States. At this time, tennis has developed from grassland to sand, cement and asphalt, so the name of "tennis" gradually replaced the name of "lawn tennis", which is the origin of our tennis name today.