Автор: [автор не указан] Год: 2010 Издание:Bodleian Library Страниц: 60 ISBN: 9781851243181 The pristine grass and white uniforms of Wimbledon and the aggressive hard courts of the U.S. Open have inspired tens of thousands of amateur tennis players in North America. Millions of people watch the tournaments each year on television and the stars of recent decades are household names, but relatively few people know the history of the game. In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance it was a "jeu de paume," a game played at French and English royal courts with hands rather than rackets. The modern game, however, dates from 1874, when Major Walter Clopton Wingfield developed a variation on the game for the amusement of his house guests in Wales. After he laid out the basic rules, the game spread quickly - the first championship at Wimbledon was held in 1877, followed soon after by the first American tournament in 1880. Published in association with the All England Lawn Tennis Club - better known as Wimbledon - this attractive, collectible book examines the history of the rules...
