Tennis is a sport usually played between two players (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles) or between two teams of two players one male and one female (mix doubles) on a rectangular, leveled plane, more often than not covered with grass, clay, or of concrete and/or asphalt is the description of a Tennis court. Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court with the aim of scoring that an opponent can not successfully return it. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including people in wheelchairs.
International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of tennis in the world was founded in 1924 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF), changing its name in 1977. As a governing body the Federation promotes and develops the sport to make it a truly global sport available to all in a non-racial, non-political form and to preserve the integrity and independence of tennis as a sport.
Tennis made its debut at the inaugural modern Olympic Games in 1896 until the Games of the VIII Olympiad, Paris 1924. Tennis withdrew from the Olympic programme after 1924 to a difference of opinion between the IOC and the International Tennis Federation. Tennis made its Olympic return as a demonstration sport in 1968 and 1984 and has featured on the Olympic programme since the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, Seoul 1988. Today, Olympic competition includes men’s and women’s singles and doubles.
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