Dzherelo: Wikipedia. Storinky: 26. Hlavy: Istoriya bey sbolu, Davn ohrets kyy sport, Istoriya tenisu, Istoriya futbolu, Istoriya Formuly-1, P'yer de Kuberten, Pankration, Panafiney s ki amfory, Olimpionik, Olimpiy s ki zmahannya, Ahon, Palestra, Atlety, Spysok pershykh temnoshkirykh hravtsiv v Holovniy bey sbol niy lizi, Istmiy s ki ihry, Nemey s ki ihry, Panellins ki ihry, Pifiy s ki ihry, Panafinei . Vytyah: Istoriya suchasnoho tenisu pochynayet sya v druhiy polovyni XIX stolittya. Same todi z'yavylasya hra, v toy chas nosyvsha nazvu -laun-tenis-, poperednytseyu yakoi bula bil sh davnya hra v prymishchennyakh. Vimbldons kyy turnir, nay starishyy zi zberezhenykh po teperishniy chas, provodyt sya z 1877 roku, a pershe zmahannya natsional nykh zbirnykh - Kubok Devisa - vede svoyu istoriyu z 1900 roku. Tenis ye chastynoyu prohramy Olimpiy s kykh ihor suchasnosti pochynayuchy z I Olimpiady, shcho proy shla v 1896 rotsi, ale z bil sh nizh pivvikovoyu perervoyu, yaka zavershylasya til ky v 1988 rotsi. Spochatku tenis ofitsiy no buv amators kym vydom sportu; pershi hravtsi-profesionaly z'yavylysya v tenisi v 20-ti roky XX stolittya, a z kintsya 1960-kh rokiv pochalasya tak zvana Vidkryta era, v ramkakh yakoi vsi turniry staly vidkrytymy yak dlya lyubyteliv, tak i dlya profesionaliv i buly ob'yednani v kil ka velykykh tsykliv (-turiv-) pid upravlinnyam mizhnarodnykh orhanizatsiy ITF, ATP i WTA. Pryamym poperednykom suchasnoho tenisu vvazhayet sya hra v prymishchennyakh, yaka do kintsya XIX stolittya nosyla tu zh nazvu, a v danyy chas vidoma yak Spravzhniy Tenis, kort-tenis abo zhe-de-pom (fr., v bukval nomu perekladihra doloneyu). Zhe-de-pom, v yakyy mohly hraty odnochasno do 12 osib, z'yavyvsya v XI stolitti, pevno, v monastyryakh. Spochatku v tsiy hri, yak i v ruchniy peloti, m'yach vidbyvaly rukoyu, potim z'yavylysya rukavychky, byty i, nareshti, v XVI stolitti, raketky i sitka. Na tsey zhe chas prypadaye pik populyarnosti zhe-de-poma, v yakyy hra...