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4 paź 2022 · 1. The origins of tennis: the monks' racket. --2. The tennis games of the Middle Ages. --3. The language of tennis. --4. Tennis in Renaissance literature. --5. Tennis in the German ballhouse. --6. Lawn tennis: the sturdy bastard. --7. Lawn tennis in America. --8. Continental colonies: lawn tennis in France. --9. Lawn tennis under the Kaiser
- The Bud Collins history of tennis : an authoritative encyclopedia and ...
Revised edition of: Bud Collins' tennis encyclopedia. 3rd...
- The Bud Collins history of tennis : an authoritative encyclopedia and ...
Supported by a startling wealth of linguistic and documentary research, Gillmeister charts the global evolution of tennis from its origins in 12th century France where it emerged as a more peaceful variety of ribald football played in monasteries.
14 paź 2021 · Revised edition of: Bud Collins' tennis encyclopedia. 3rd ed. / edited by Bud Collins and Zander Hollander Includes index
HISTORY OF TENNIS 10.pdf - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Tennis originated from an ancient French ball game called "paume" that was played with hands. Over time, players began using racquets instead of hands.
18 paź 2021 · "The ultimate compilation of historical tennis information, including year-by-year recaps of every tennis season, biographical sketches of every major tennis personality, as well as stats, records, and championship rolls for all the major events.
Tennis was on the Olympic programme from the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens in 1896, until the Games of the VIII Olympiad in Paris in 1924. It was then removed from the programme owing to a difference of opinion between the IOC and the International Tennis Federation.
This is the second edition of the highly acclaimed and bestselling comprehensive history of tennis which was the first truly scholarly history of any individual sport.
