| 1874 y. |
The prototype considered to be the tennis game "dzhidoko" that existed in Italy, France and England in the XIII - XIV centuries.In "dzhidoko" played on platforms and in the halls.Leaping over the net the ball off their wooden shield or leather glove worn on the arm.Balls made of leather stuffed with sawdust or rags.At the beginning of the XVI century began to use the racket.It is felt that the word "bat" is derived from the Arabic «rakhat», which means hand.In 1872 was founded the first club tennis on the lawn of the resort Limngtonskogo Portuguese Hoa Pereira, Frederick Heyns and Wellesley Tomkinson.
British army officer Walter Uingfild in 1873 developed a model court for the game in sferistiku.
In December of that year published a booklet with the rules of the game "Sferistika, or lawn tennis.And in 1874, February 23 Walter Uingfild received a patent on the court. |
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