Australian Open 2008
- Australian Open Odds
- Australian Open History
- Australian Open Venue Guide
- Australian Open Men Singles Winners
- Australian Open Women Singles Winners
- Australian Open Doubles Winners
- Australian Open Records
French Open
- French Open Odds
- French Open History
- French Open Venue History
- French Open Singles Winners
- French Open Doubles Winners
- Roland Garros Open
Wimbledon
- Wimbledon Odds
- Wimbledon History
- Wimbledon Venue Guide
- Wimbledon Men Singles Winners
- Wimbledon Women Singles Winners
- Wimbledon Doubles Winners
US Tennis Open
2007 Tennis Grand Slam Odds
Tennis Grand Slam Events Description
Tennis is a sport played between either two players ("singles") or two teams of two players ("doubles"). Player(s) use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered in felt over a net into the opponent's court.
Originating in England in the late 19th Century, the game spread first throughout the English-speaking world, particularly among the upper classes.
Tennis is now an Olympic sport that is played at all levels of society and by all ages in many countries around the world. Its rules have remained remarkably unchanged since the 1920s. Along with its millions of players, millions of people follow tennis as a spectator sport, especially the four Grand Slam tournaments.
The term Grand Slam was first used in 1933, by the American journalist John Kieran. In describing the attempt that year by Jack Crawford to win all four titles, he compared it with "a countered and vulnerable grand slam in bridge". Kieran singled out these four titles as being the biggest in tennis because, at the time, they were the main international championships held in the only four countries who had won the Davis Cup. Crawford failed to achieve the Grand Slam that year as he lost in the US Championships final to Fred Perry. It wasn't until 1938 that Donald Budge became the first person to achieve the Grand Slam.
The expression Grand Slam, initially used to describe the winning of the tennis major events, was later incorporated by other sports, notably golf, to describe a similar accomplishment.
Grand Slam Tennis Tournaments
Australian OpenThe Australian Open tennis tournament, now held annually in the last fortnight of January, but formerly held in December in many years, is chronologically the first of the world's four major tournaments which together constitute the Grand Slam. |
French OpenThe French Open is a tennis event held over two weeks between mid May and early June in Paris, France, and is the second of the Grand Slam tournaments on the annual tennis calendar. |
US OpenThe United States Open tennis tournament, commonly referred to as the U.S. Open (or as simply the Open in the U.S. only), is the fourth and final event of the Grand Slam tennis tournaments. |
WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, commonly referred to as simply "Wimbledon", is the oldest and most prestigious event in the sport of tennis. |
Tennis Description
Tennis has a long history (deriving from the 'jeu de paume'), but its establishment as the modern sport can be dated to two separate roots. In 1859 Major Thomas Henry Gem, a solicitor, and his friend Batista Pereira, a Spanish merchant, who both lived in Birmingham, England played a game they named "pelota", after a Spanish ball game.
Tennis ATP News
Berdych stuns Djokovic; Nadal reaches semis in Rome
Rome, Italy (Sports Network) - Czech slugger Tomas Berdych came from way behind to upset two-time champion Novak Djokovic, while six-time winne... Full Story...
