General Awareness

TENNIS

Tennis is a popular racket sport played between two players (singles) or two teams of two players each (doubles). Players use rackets to hit a ball over a net, aiming to land it within the opponent's court and score points.

Key Features

  • Players : Singles (1 vs 1) or Doubles (2 vs 2).
  • Court : Rectangular court divided by a net.
  • Equipment : Tennis racket, tennis ball, net, and court.
  • Objective : Score points by hitting the ball so that the opponent cannot return it legally.
  • Match Format : Usually best of 3 or 5 sets.

Basic Rules

  1. 1A player serves the ball from behind the baseline into the opponent's service box.
  2. 2Points are scored as 15, 30, 40, and Game.
  3. 3A set is usually won by the first player/team to win 6 games with a margin of at least 2 games.
  4. 4The player/team winning the required number of sets wins the match.

Australian Open (Tennis)

The Australian Open is a major Tennis tournament held annually over the last fortnight (14- days) of January in Melbourne, Australia

  • Since : 1905
  • Country : Australia

For 2021 (109th)

  • Venue : Melbourne Park
  • Court : Hard Court
  • Date : 8 โ€“ 21 January 2021

CHAMPIONS

  • Menโ€™s Singles : Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
  • Womenโ€™s Singles : Naomi Osaka (Japan)
  • Menโ€™s Doubles : Ivan Dodig (Croatia) + Filip Polasek (Slovakia)
  • Womenโ€™s Doubles : Elise Mertens (Belgium) + Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
  • Mixed Doubles : Barbora Krejcikova (Chech Republic) + Rajiv Ram (USA)

French Open (Tennis)

The French Open, also called Roland โ€“ Garros is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June at the Stade Roland โ€“ Garros in Paris, France.

Named after the Frence Aviator Roland Garros.

  • Since : 1891
  • Country : France

For 2021 (125th)

  • Venue : Stade Roland Garros
  • Court : Clay Court
  • Date : 30 May to 13 June 2021

CHAMPIONS

  • Menโ€™s Singles : Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
  • Womenโ€™s Singles : Barbora Krejcikova (Chez Republic)
  • Menโ€™s Doubles : Pierre โ€“ Hugues Herbert (France) + Nicolas Mahut (France)
  • Womenโ€™s Doubles : Barbora Krejcikova (Chez Republic) + Katerina Sainikova (Chez Republic)
  • Mixed Doubles : Desirae Krawczyk (USA) + Joe Salisbury (UK)

WIMBLEDON (Tennis)

The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and is widely considered the most prestigious.

It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877 is played on outdoor grass court.

  • Since : 1877
  • Country : England

For 2021 (134th)

  • Venue : All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club
  • Court : Grass Court
  • Date : 28 June โ€“ 11 July 2021

CHAMPIONS

  • Menโ€™s Singles : Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
  • Womenโ€™s Singles : Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
  • Menโ€™s Doubles : Nikola Mektic (Croatia) + Mate Pavic (Croatia)
  • Womenโ€™s Doubles : Hsieh Su โ€“ wei (Taiwan) + Elise Mertens (Belgium)
  • Mixed Doubles : Neal Skupski (UK) + Desirae Krawczyk (USA)

US OPEN (Tennis)

The United States Open Tennis Championships is a hard court tennis tournament

  • Since : 1881
  • Country : United States

For 2021 (141st) The 2021 US Open was the 141st edition of tennis' US Open and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year.

  • Venue : USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York
  • Court : Hard Court
  • Date : 30 August โ€“ 12 September 2021

CHAMPIONS

  • Menโ€™s Singles : Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
  • Womenโ€™s Singles : Emma Raducanu (UK)
  • Menโ€™s Doubles : Rajeev Ram (USA) + Joe Salisbury (UK)
  • Womenโ€™s Doubles : Samantha Stosur (Australia) + Zhang Shuai (China)
  • Mixed Doubles : Desirae Krawczyk (USA) + Joe Salisbury (UK)

Trophies

  1. 1Australia Open
  2. 2French Open
  3. 3Wimbledon
  4. 4US Open
  5. 5Davis Cup (World Cup of Tennis)
  6. 6Hopman Cup
  7. 7Heineken Cup

Related Terms

  1. 1Smash
  2. 2Serve
  3. 3Set
  4. 4Duece
  5. 5Ace
  6. 6Slice
  7. 7Love
  8. 8Backhand
  9. 9Forehand
  10. 10Grand Slam
  11. 11Lab

Famous Tennis Players

  1. 1Sania Mirza (India)
  2. 2Guptha Jwala (India)
  3. 3Roger Federar (Argentina)
  4. 4Rafel Nadal (Spain)
  5. 5Novak Jacovich (Serbia)
  6. 6Andy Murray (UK)
  7. 7Sharapova (Russia)
  8. 8Serena Williams (USA)
  9. 9Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
  10. 10Jaidip Mukerjea (India)
  11. 11Vijay Amrijraj (India)
  12. 12Ramesh Krishnan (India)
  13. 13Leander Paes (India)
  14. 14Mahesh Bhupati (India)
  15. 15Rohan Bopanna (India)
  16. 16Simona Halep (Romania)
  17. 17Somdev Dev Varman
  18. 18Anand Amrtiraj