Tennis equiment history

Tennis is a international game played in all English speaking countries. It was the French who first pioneered it. They had more than 100 indoor and outdoor tennis courts. Then the English HenryVIII played lawn tennis. If someone beat Henry the VIIIthat meant beheading. Tennis has revolutionized very much. From the net, to the racquet , and to the balls.
The early equiment was just using your hands to hit the ball. Then they invented a racquet, this racquet was made ou of simple materials, and then it became today's racquet. Today's ball is made out of rubber, early balls were made out of wool and twine. The ball became rubber when the world realized that rubber could be used to make balls. This revolutionized Major Windfield's lawn tennis game. The equimented gradulated as well. The ball developed and the racquets density , material, and weight all changed in the ball and racquet. The Shape of the head of the racquet changed.
The Tennis court was first shaped like a hourglass, invented by Major Windfield. By 1877 , the court became more rectanglur. The net was set to 3 feet from the center and 3 feet 6 inches on the sides. The governing body of Tennis in the united states was the US National Lawn Tennis Association and then became the United States Tennis Association.
It was called Lawn Tennis because Major Windfield's rules said it had to be played on grass or Turf, but the ground needed to be level.
The score also changed. It is currently 15, 30, 40, deuce, advantage, love. The score love was from the french word l'oeuf meaning egg or the shape zero. Deuce is from the french word deux meaning two. So deuce in the scoring system means the two have the same score which is 40 to 40. It may be hard to memorize, but think of this as 15, 30, 40, and game. The scoring system was by the old french currency.
You could also play a game with 1, 2, 3, 4. When the player reaches 4 they win. Then when the person reaches 3 they are in sudden death mode, which means that whoever gets this point wins the game. I remember when I was playing sudden death. I was really nervous and that costed me the match.
Now you know the history and the scoring , go play one match. Remember this sport is Co-Ed.