# Early Growth and Governance · Tennis Level 9: Master

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Early Growth and Governance in Tennis (Level 9: Master) on Insporta: 40 sourced facts behind 4 tests. Covers: the early national championships; and more.

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.

## Test 1: The early national championships

- 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))
- Sears won every year from 1881 to 1887. (Source: Grand Slam tournament histories (usopen.org, ausopen.com, wimbledon.com))
- The French Championships, forerunner of Roland Garros, began in 1891. (Source: Grand Slam tournament histories (usopen.org, ausopen.com, wimbledon.com))
- It became open to all nationalities, and a major, in 1925. (Source: Grand Slam tournament histories (usopen.org, ausopen.com, wimbledon.com))
- The forerunner of the Australian Open began in Melbourne in 1905. (Source: Grand Slam tournament histories (usopen.org, ausopen.com, wimbledon.com))
- Australia and New Zealand ran the event jointly at first. (Source: Grand Slam tournament histories (usopen.org, ausopen.com, wimbledon.com))
- Women first played for the Australasian title in 1922. (Source: Grand Slam tournament histories (usopen.org, ausopen.com, wimbledon.com))
- 1877, 1881, 1891 and 1905. (Source: Grand Slam tournament histories (usopen.org, ausopen.com, wimbledon.com))
- 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))
- Melbourne staged the first Australasian Championships in 1905. (Source: Grand Slam tournament histories (usopen.org, ausopen.com, wimbledon.com))

## Test 2: The Davis Cup

- Davis bought the silver trophy with his own money. (Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com))
- The first tie was played in August 1900. (Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com))
- It began as a challenge between the USA and Britain. (Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com))
- Longwood, in Brookline outside Boston, hosted the first tie. (Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com))
- Davis captained the American team, which won the first three rubbers. (Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com))
- It soon became known by the name of its trophy, the Davis Cup. (Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com))
- National teams play each other, which is why it is often called the 'World Cup of tennis'. (Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com))
- 1877, 1900 and 1913. (Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com))
- The idea, the trophy, the first tie and the name followed one another. (Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com))
- The United States won the first three rubbers. (Source: Davis Cup, history (daviscup.com))

## Test 3: Governing the game

- The International Lawn Tennis Federation was founded in Paris in March 1913. (Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com))
- National associations met in Paris to form the ILTF. (Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com))
- It was founded as the ILTF. (Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com))
- Clay and hard courts had become far more common than grass. (Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com))
- It started as the Federation Cup and is now the Billie Jean King Cup. (Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com))
- It was renamed after Billie Jean King in 2020. (Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com))
- King won the first edition with the US team and led the fight for equal treatment. (Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com))
- 1913, 1968 and 1977. (Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com))
- Federation Cup from 1963, Fed Cup from 1995, Billie Jean King Cup from 2020. (Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com))
- 1913 is the founding; in 1977 the ILTF became the ITF. (Source: ITF, History of tennis (itftennis.com))

## Test 4: Tennis at the Olympics

- Tennis was one of the sports at the first modern Games. (Source: Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games)
- Cooper won the singles at Paris 1900. (Source: Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games)
- Tennis was not a medal sport again until 1988. (Source: Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games)
- Tennis's federation and the IOC disagreed over amateurism and control. (Source: Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games)
- It came back after demonstration events in 1968 and 1984. (Source: Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games)
- Graf won the four majors and the Olympic singles in the same year. (Source: Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games)
- Both were demonstrations; full medals returned in 1988. (Source: Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games)
- 1896, 1924 and 1988. (Source: Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games)
- 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)
- The gap runs from after Paris 1924 to the return at Seoul 1988. (Source: Olympedia and IOC, tennis at the Olympic Games)

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

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