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Tennis · Level 9: Master · Sub-level 9.2

Early Growth and Governance

4 tests · 40 facts · updated 13 October 2026 · markdown

How the game spread and was organised: the early national championships, the Davis Cup, the founding of the international federation, and tennis at the Olympic Games.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1The early national championshipsTake a test

  1. Newport hosted the event for its first decades; it moved to Forest Hills in 1915.

    Source: Grand Slam tournament histories (usopen.org, ausopen.com, wimbledon.com) · recall

  2. Sears won every year from 1881 to 1887.

    Source: Grand Slam tournament histories (usopen.org, ausopen.com, wimbledon.com) · recall

  3. The French Championships, forerunner of Roland Garros, began in 1891.

    Source: Grand Slam tournament histories (usopen.org, ausopen.com, wimbledon.com) · recall

  4. It became open to all nationalities, and a major, in 1925.

    Source: Grand Slam tournament histories (usopen.org, ausopen.com, wimbledon.com) · recall

  5. The forerunner of the Australian Open began in Melbourne in 1905.

    Source: Grand Slam tournament histories (usopen.org, ausopen.com, wimbledon.com) · recall

  6. Australia and New Zealand ran the event jointly at first.

    Source: Grand Slam tournament histories (usopen.org, ausopen.com, wimbledon.com) · recall

  7. Women first played for the Australasian title in 1922.

    Source: Grand Slam tournament histories (usopen.org, ausopen.com, wimbledon.com) · recall

  8. 1877, 1881, 1891 and 1905.

    Source: Grand Slam tournament histories (usopen.org, ausopen.com, wimbledon.com) · recall

  9. It began in 1891, opened in 1925 and moved to the new Roland Garros stadium in 1928.

    Source: Grand Slam tournament histories (usopen.org, ausopen.com, wimbledon.com) · recall

  10. Melbourne staged the first Australasian Championships in 1905.

    Source: Grand Slam tournament histories (usopen.org, ausopen.com, wimbledon.com) · applied

Test 2The Davis CupTake a test

  1. Davis bought the silver trophy with his own money.

    Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com) · recall

  2. The first tie was played in August 1900.

    Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com) · recall

  3. It began as a challenge between the USA and Britain.

    Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com) · recall

  4. Longwood, in Brookline outside Boston, hosted the first tie.

    Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com) · recall

  5. Davis captained the American team, which won the first three rubbers.

    Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com) · recall

  6. It soon became known by the name of its trophy, the Davis Cup.

    Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com) · recall

  7. National teams play each other, which is why it is often called the 'World Cup of tennis'.

    Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com) · recall

  8. 1877, 1900 and 1913.

    Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com) · recall

  9. The idea, the trophy, the first tie and the name followed one another.

    Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com) · recall

  10. The United States won the first three rubbers.

    Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com) · applied

Test 3Governing the gameTake a test

  1. The International Lawn Tennis Federation was founded in Paris in March 1913.

    Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com) · recall

  2. National associations met in Paris to form the ILTF.

    Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com) · recall

  3. It was founded as the ILTF.

    Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com) · recall

  4. Clay and hard courts had become far more common than grass.

    Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com) · recall

  5. It started as the Federation Cup and is now the Billie Jean King Cup.

    Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com) · recall

  6. It was renamed after Billie Jean King in 2020.

    Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com) · recall

  7. King won the first edition with the US team and led the fight for equal treatment.

    Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com) · recall

  8. 1913, 1968 and 1977.

    Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com) · recall

  9. Federation Cup from 1963, Fed Cup from 1995, Billie Jean King Cup from 2020.

    Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com) · recall

  10. 1913 is the founding; in 1977 the ILTF became the ITF.

    Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com) · applied

Test 4Tennis at the OlympicsTake a test

  1. Tennis was one of the sports at the first modern Games.

    Source: Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games · recall

  2. Cooper won the singles at Paris 1900.

    Source: Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games · recall

  3. Tennis was not a medal sport again until 1988.

    Source: Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games · recall

  4. Tennis's federation and the IOC disagreed over amateurism and control.

    Source: Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games · recall

  5. It came back after demonstration events in 1968 and 1984.

    Source: Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games · recall

  6. Graf won the four majors and the Olympic singles in the same year.

    Source: Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games · recall

  7. Both were demonstrations; full medals returned in 1988.

    Source: Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games · recall

  8. 1896, 1924 and 1988.

    Source: Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games · recall

  9. Tennis was played at the first modern Games in Athens in 1896, appeared for the last time before its removal in Paris in 1924, and came back as a medal sport in Seoul in 1988.

    Source: Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games · recall

  10. The gap runs from after Paris 1924 to the return at Seoul 1988.

    Source: Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games · applied

Sources

ITF history, International Tennis Hall of Fame, the Grand Slam tournaments' own histories, Davis Cup, Olympedia and ATP. Original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

  • Grand Slam tournament histories (usopen.org, ausopen.com, wimbledon.com)10
  • Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com)10
  • ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com)10
  • Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games10