![]() ![]() If a chase is laid, the point is not won by that shot, and instead the point is kept in abeyance until the player changes ends. Other winning openings which provide outright winners are the dedans on the service side and the grille on the hazard side. If the ball enters the winning gallery after crossing the net, either without touching the floor or after one bounce, it is a point for the server. The galleries on either side of the net also count as chases with the exception on the hazard side of the winning gallery. If it lands a second time between that line and the back wall, it is a point for the server. On the hazard side a hazard chase is laid if the ball bounces the second time between the net and the line parallel to it furthest from the net. On the service side a chase is laid wherever the ball bounces for a second time. A second serve is available, as in lawn tennis.Ī chase is laid on the floor where the ball bounces for the second time, other than in the winning area on the hazard size, without being hit by the player. If it does not touch the penthouse roof or if it hits a window or the roof it will be a fault. To be a valid service the ball has to touch the penthouse roof at least once on the hazard side of the net and drop in the service court. The meaning of a chase will be explained below. The server changes ends and ceases to serve only when a chase has been laid. The service does not alternate with each game as in lawn tennis. ![]() The opposite end of the court where the receiver stands is called the hazard side. The game is begun by a service which is always from the same end of the court (the service side). There are amateur, professional open and world competitions. Despite there being no more than a few thousand Tennis players in the world, they make up in keeness for any lack in numbers. There are now 27 in Britain, 10 in the USA, 3 in France and 6 in Australia. The number of courts has risen in the last thirty years. Other differences occur in the width or angle of the penthouse roof above the corridor and in the width of the tambour. That at Hampton Court is marginally wider than others. Court Tennis, to use the American name for Tennis, indicates that Tennis is played in a specially court with walls on four sides. Lawn Tennis, which derived from Real Tennis in about 1874, is played on a marked-out surface without side or end walls. George IV (1763-1830), Prince Albert (1819-1861) - there is a locker in the changing room at Hampton Court Palace which still bears his name - Edward VII (1842-1910) and George V (1866-1936) have all supported the game. French Kings in the 16th century and Stuart Kings in the 17th century were enthusiastic players. In Great Britain, as in France, royal patronage ensured the continued popularity of the game. Tennis was played in 5th century Tuscany when villagers used to strike balls up and down the streets with bare hands. The various names throw light on the development of the game. In the USA it is called Court Tennis: in France Jeu de Paume (hand ball): and in Australia Royal Tennis. In Great Britain it is called Tennis or, to distinguish it from Lawn Tennis, Real Tennis or Royal Tennis. The name given to the game differs in different countries. The game of tennis is the same everywhere. These details are shown on the court plan: At the opposite end of the court the buttress projecting from the wall is known as the "tambour" and the wooden opening near it is called the "grille". Thus the long opening at the end of the service side of the court (behind which spectators can sit and watch a game) is known as the "Dedans". Various features of a tennis court are still known by their original French names. At either end the net is higher, in fact, five foot. In the centre the height of the net is the same as a Lawn Tennis net. Halfway between the two ends a net stretches from side to side of the court. The length of the Royal Tennis Court is approximately one and a half times the length of a lawn tennis court: its width a fraction more than the width of a doubles Lawn Tennis Court. At the conclusion of each game the winner of that game has his score called first.Īs in lawn tennis singles or doubles can be played. So, if the score is five games all, there is a final deciding game. A set is won by the first player to win six games. The scoring is the same as in lawn tennis ( 15, 30, 40, deuce, advantage), except that the score of the winner of the last point, and not that of the server, is called first. Each player strives to get the ball over the net and in doing so may use any wall - as in squash. Stripped of its special rules for serving and chases, the game is simple to understand. The rules of tennis have not changed for centuries. ![]()
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