Tennis Appearances in Gaming History
From its origin as a glowing dot in a 1958 laboratory with Tennis for Two, tennis served as the foundational blueprint for the entire video game industry. As technology advanced,…
John Isner vs. Nicolas Mahut, Wimbledon 2010
Tennis matches have no set time limit, which can lead to some truly marathon games where displays of physical and mental endurance have been put to the test. The longest…
Fastest Serve in Tennis History
The fastest serve ever recorded in professional tennis belongs to Australian player Sam Groth, who clocked a serve at 263.4 km/h (163.7 mph). This lightning serve was done during a…
Estimated Number of Total Tennis Games Per Year Worldwide
According to the ITF and USTA, there are approximately 106 million tennis players worldwide, including about 200,000 professionals and high-level juniors (0.19%) and more than 105.8 million amateurs (99.81%). Based…
When modern tennis was patented
Modern outdoor tennis, originally known as lawn tennis, was created in 1873 by British Army officer Major Walter Clopton Wingfield, who patented a version of the game played on grass…
This is the Official Blog of the Perth Tennis Club
The Perth Tennis Club was founded in 1894.
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