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    Real tennis – one of several games sometimes called "the sport of kings" – is the original racquet sport from which the modern game of tennis (also called...
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    The Real Tennis World Championship is the main competition in real tennis. Men's singles in real tennis was the first world championship in any sport:...
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    lawn tennis, invented in Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England, now commonly known simply as tennis, is the direct descendant of what is now denoted real tennis...
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  • The Dutch Real Tennis Association (Nederlandse Real Tennis Bond) was founded in 1986 to return the sport of real tennis to the Netherlands. The association's...
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  • The French Real Tennis Committee (Comité Français de Courte-Paume) is the national governing body for the sport of real tennis in France. It is a dependent...
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    bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. The rules of modern tennis have changed little since the 1890s. Two exceptions are...
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  • Irish Real Tennis Association (Cumann Leadóige na h-Éireann) encourages the preservation and development of the game and facilities of real tennis in the...
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    Real tennis organizations: a list of associations and clubs for the sport of real tennis. International Real Tennis Professionals Association Ladies Real...
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  • Nick Howell (born 10 September 1986) is a professional real tennis player based at the Aiken Tennis Club in Aiken, South Carolina. Howell currently ranked...
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    Falkland Palace Royal Tennis Club (also previously called the Falkland Palace Real Tennis Club) organizes play at the real tennis court in the gardens...
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    rackets looking almost triangular or teardrop shaped. In real tennis, also called court tennis, 27-inch (686-mm) long rackets are made of wood and very...
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  • The 2018 Real Tennis British Open was the 40th edition of the British Open since it became an annual event in 1979. The men's event was held at the Queen's...
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  • 493; -0.714 The Holyport Real Tennis Club, formerly the Royal County of Berkshire Real Tennis Club, operates the real tennis court at Holyport, Berkshire...
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    A tennis ball is a ball designed for the sport of tennis. Tennis balls are fluorescent yellow in organised competitions, but in recreational play other...
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    Padel (redirect from Padel Tennis)
    called padel tennis, is a racket sport of Mexican origin, typically played in doubles on an enclosed court slightly smaller than a doubles tennis court. Although...
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    The Tennis Court Oath (French: Serment du Jeu de Paume) was taken on 20 June 1789 by the members of the French Third Estate in a tennis court on the initiative...
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  • The 2019 Real Tennis British Open was the 41st edition of the British Open since it became an annual event in 1979. The men's event was held at the Queen's...
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  • organized by the United States Court Tennis Association, forming part of the qualifying series for the 2025 Real Tennis World Championship. The women's event...
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    professional real tennis player currently ranked at number 2 in the world. He unsuccessfully challenged Camden Riviere for the 2023 Real Tennis World Championship...
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    Peter Walker Latham (1865–1953) was a British racquets and real tennis player. Peter Latham was born in Manchester on 10 May 1865. He married Annie Sarah...
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    Jeu de paume (category Real tennis)
    real tennis, (US) court tennis or (in France) courte paume, is a ball-and-court game that originated in France. It was an indoor precursor of tennis played...
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    Racquetball Real tennis Soft tennis Speed-ball Squash Hardball squash Squash tennis Stické Tennis Tennis polo Touchtennis Basque pelota Beach tennis Downside...
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  • The 2024 Real Tennis Australian Open was the 92nd edition of the Australian Open. The men's event was held at the Royal Melbourne Tennis Club in Melbourne...
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  • Sally Jones (journalist) (category English real tennis players)
    television news and sports presenter. She is three-times a world champion at real tennis; once in the singles and twice in the doubles. Sally Jones was born in...
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  • The Hobart Real Tennis Club is a real tennis court in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Opening in 1875, it is one of the oldest sporting clubs in the southern...
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  • The 2021 Real Tennis British Open was the 42nd edition of the British Open since it became an annual event in 1979. The men's event was held at the Queen's...
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  • Stické (redirect from Sticke Tennis)
    called stické tennis, is an indoor racquet sport invented in the late 19th century merging aspects of real tennis, racquets and lawn tennis. It derives...
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  • Real Tennis Club played real tennis at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. The current university facility is no longer associated with real tennis...
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  • The National Tennis Club (NTC) is a court tennis (also known as "real tennis") club in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Its home is the reconstructed...
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    considered "in play." Play does stop for oncoming automobiles. Similar to real tennis, a second bounce can result in a "chase" rather than an outright point...
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