What changes have taken place in modern tennis?

In the early days of modern tennis, women were often excluded on the grounds that tennis was not suitable for women. At the same time, it is considered immoral for women to participate in tennis. Therefore, there were only men's singles and doubles in the early tennis competitions, and there was no women's tennis event. However, some female players not only dare to break through the obstacles of public opinion and family, but also surpass male players in technical level. In some informal singles competitions, it often happens that one side is a male player and the other side is a female player. This forced some tennis clubs to break the ban and allow women to participate in the sport. So from 1879, the mixed doubles competition was born, which was the result of women's own efforts.

1878, the first men's doubles championship was held in Britain. 1879, the first women's singles and mixed doubles competition was held in Ireland. 1884, Wimbledon added women's singles and men's doubles champions. 19 13 added women's doubles and mixed doubles champions.

188 1 year, the first national tennis association appeared in the world, namely the National Lawn Tennis Association of the United States (the word "country" was abolished in 1920). The first American lawn tennis men's singles and men's doubles championship was held in Newport, Rhode Island from August 3 1 that year to September 3, using Wimbledon rules, with 26 participants.

Dwight, president of the National Lawn Tennis Association, and Sears, the American men's singles champion, were also the first overseas athletes to participate in Wimbledon.

1887, American lawn tennis women's singles championship was held, and women's doubles and mixed doubles started at 1890 and 1892 respectively.

189 1 year, France held the men's singles and men's doubles championship for the first time. The contestants are only French citizens, and the women's singles 1897 started.

1900, 2 1 year-old American tennis player Davis donated a pure silver bowl named Davis Cup from Golden Village to promote the development of modern tennis. It later became the permanent mobile trophy of the most prestigious men's team championship in international tennis. Every year, the names of the champion team and athletes are engraved on the trophy. 1920 When the name was engraved, Davis donated another cushion box and later added two trays.

1904 The Australian Lawn Tennis Association was established, and 1905 began to host the Australian Championship, with two events: men's singles and men's doubles. 1922 added women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. French Tennis Championships, British wimbledon championships Tennis Championships, American Tennis Championships and Australian Tennis Championships are the most famous "Grand Slam" tennis tournaments in the world. Any player or a group of doubles players who can win these four championships in the same season will be regarded as the winner of the "Grand Slam".

19 13, 1 In March, the International Tennis Federation was established in Paris by representatives of tennis associations from 12 countries, including Australia, to coordinate international tennis activities, arrange the annual competition schedule, revise the tennis rules and supervise the implementation.

19 19, and the "seed" system is adopted for the lottery. 1927, seamless tennis was pioneered in Britain, which accelerated the speed of the ball. 1945 to the 1960s, tennis became professional. 1963 held the women's team competition-confederations cup. 1968, Wimbledon for the first time implemented a competition system that did not distinguish between amateurs and professionals. 1972, the international association of male professional tennis players was established.

1973, the international women's tennis association was established.

At the first modern Olympic Games held in Athens from 65438 to 0896, tennis men's singles and doubles were listed as official events. Later, due to the differences between the International Olympic Committee and the International Tennis Federation on the issue of "amateur athletes", the tennis event that has been held for seven consecutive Olympic Games was cancelled. Tennis was not listed as a performance event until 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. At the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, tennis was once again listed as an official event.

1885 or so, tennis was introduced to China. First, there were tennis activities among foreign missionaries and businessmen in big cities such as Shanghai and Guangzhou, and then some missionary schools also started the sport. From 65438 to 0898, the steinhaus Cup was held in St John's College, which was the earliest inter-school competition in the history of tennis in China. From 65438 to 0906, inter-school tennis competitions were held among Huiwen School, concord college and Tsinghua School in Beijing, St. John's University, Nanyang College, Hujiang University in Shanghai and some schools in Nanjing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, which promoted the spread of tennis in China.

In the 1920s and 1930s, tennis was only popular among a few people. From 1924 to 1946, although they participated in the six-party Davis Cup, most of them were eliminated in the first and second rounds, and their technical and tactical level was low.

After the founding of New China, tennis developed gradually, with a low starting point, poor foundation and little contact. 1953 Tianjin held four ball games including tennis (basketball, volleyball, tennis and badminton) for the first time, 1956 held the national tennis championship. Later, the national tennis league was held regularly and the promotion and demotion system was implemented. National individual tennis competitions and competitions are also held regularly. These competitions have played a positive role in promoting the improvement of tennis skills.

Since 1980s, the level of tennis in China has improved rapidly. Li Xinyi of South China won the women's singles championship in the tennis competition of 1986 Seoul Asian Games. In the tennis match of 1990 Beijing Asian Games, China athletes won three gold medals, three silver medals and 1 bronze medal (men's team champion, Pan Bing won men's singles champion, Xia Jiaping and Meng won men's doubles champion). The women's team took part in the Confederations Cup tennis team competition with 199 1, and among the 58 teams, they entered the top 16. Li Fang jumped from the 200th place in the international tennis ranking to 155, and Xia Jiaping won the men's singles championship in the tennis competition of the World University Games ... These achievements show that tennis in China has made great progress, which is encouraging. However, from a global perspective, there is still a considerable gap in the level of tennis in China. Only from the world ranking of the International Network, 199 1 ranks among the top 300 men and the top 300 women 155. In the 1992 tennis competition of the 25th Barcelona Olympic Games, five players from China participated. Women's singles and Li Chen, women's doubles and men's doubles Meng and Xia Jiaping were eliminated in the first round, and only women's doubles entered the second round. At the end of 1994, Xia Jiaping ranked 3 13, Pan Bing ranked 2 15, Li Fang (female) ranked 66, Li Chen ranked 233 and Thaung Myint ranked 237. In 2004, China's doubles player Li Ting and her partner Sun stood in the semi-final of Miami Masters women's doubles, and they were able to enter the semi-final of Miami women's doubles. This pair of China girls set a new record in the history of tennis in China: they left China's footprint in the semi-final of WTA I, with a total prize of 6.5 million dollars.