The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Tennis
Subtitle: The Definitive Illustrated Guide to World Tennis
Publisher: Carlton Publishing Group
Published: May 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781847320124
Subjects: Sports & Recreation; Sports; Reference; Tennis; Sports & Recreation / Tennis; Sports & Recreation/Reference
First sentence: The birth of lawn tennis can be traced back to 1858, when Major Henry Gem, a solicitor and clerk to the magistrates in Birmingham, and Major Walter Clopton Wingfield, a member of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms at the court of Queen Victoria, marked out a lawn in Edgbaston, Warwickshire, and called it a tennis court.