1. THE TENNIS
ALBERTO MARISCAL
RIVAS

2. INDEX
 History
 Score system
 Basic shots
 Special shots
 The effects
 Basic rules
 The court
 Basic material
 The ATP and the WTA
 Professional Tournaments
 Questions

3. HISTORY
• Europe, end of the XIX century.
• Developed in english-speaking countries.
• Professional since 1926.
• Olimpic sport since Seúl 1988, lost in París 1924.
• Similar games in rome and greece.

4. HISTORY
• Walter Clopton Wingfield wrote the first rules.
•Wimbledon is the oldest tournament (1877).

5. SCORE SYSTEM
• 3 or 5 Sets.
• 6 games per set.
• Tie-break if 6-6 games.
• Tie-break is to 7 points.
• No tie-break in the last set.
• Games: 0-15-30-40

6. BASIC SHOTS:
1. Serve
2. Back shots
3. “Approaches”.
4. Net shots
5. Dropshots
6. Special shots

7. BASIC SHOTS:
Forehand

8. BASIC SHOTS:
Backhand

9. BASIC SHOTS:
One-Handed Backhand

10. BASIC SHOTS:
Serve

11. SPECIAL SHOTS
The most known is the “Willy”.
Invented by Guillermo Vilas.

12. EFFECTS
Different spins to the ball.
Top-spin and Back-spin.

13. THE COURT
1. Green Set
2. Clay
3. Grass
4. Carpet

14. BASIC MATERIAL
1. Racket: 68.5 cm.
2. Balls
3. Clothes and shoes.

15. PROFESSIONAL MATERIALS
1. Between 6 and 12 rackets.
2. Pig´s intestine or syntetic strings.
3. Grips and overgrips

16. THE ATP AND THE WTA
They are the two professional tennis
asociations.

18. IN CONCLUSION…
 Started in Europe, end of XIX century.
 To win you need 2/3 or 3/5 sets.
 Wimbledon is the oldest tournament.
 We can divide the shots in: serve, back shots, approaches, net shots, dropshots and special shots.
 There are 4 types of courts.
 ATP and WTA organize all.

19. QUESTIONS
1. What materials can the strings be of?
a) Syntetics and cat´s intestine
b) Syntetics and pig´s intestine
c) Plastic and syntetics
2. Which types of court exist?
a) Green-set, clay, grass and carpet
b) Parquet, green-set, clay and grass
c) Green-set, clay and sand