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Players use a stringed racquet to strike a ball, a hollow rubber sphere covered in felt, over a net into the opponent's court. In some places tennis is still called lawn tennis to distinguish it from real tennis (also known as royal tennis, court tennis or jeu de paume), an older form of the game that is played indoors on a very different kind of a court. Originating in England in the late 19th century AD, the game spread first throughout the English-speaking world, particularly among the upper classes. Tennis is now played in the Summer Olympic Games and at all levels of society, by individuals of all ages many countries around the world. Its rules have remained remarkably unchanged since the early 1900s. Along with its millions of players, tennis claims millions of people who follow the sport as spectators, being particularly interested in the four Grand Slam tournaments. Read more... edit   Upcoming tournaments in November Week Start Date Points Tournament Surface Town Country Continent Prize Money 45 November 2 500 Swiss Indoors Hard (I) Basel  Switzerland Europe €1,755,000 45 November 2 500 Valencia Open 500 Hard (I) Valencia  Spain Europe €2,019,000 48 November 22 TMC ATP World Tour Finals Hard (I) London  United Kingdom Europe $4,450,000 46 November 8 1000 Paris Masters Hard (I) Paris  France Europe €2,750,000 edit   Selected article Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are professional tennis players engaged in a storied rivalry, which many consider the greatest in the game's history.[1][2][3][4][5] Their first match was in 2004.[6] Federer and Nadal are the only pair of men to have finished six consecutive calendar years as the top two ranked players on the ATP Tour, from 2005-2010. Federer was ranked No. 1 for a record 237 consecutive weeks beginning in February 2004. Nadal, who is four years and ten months younger, ascended to No. 2 in July 2005 and held this spot for a record 160 consecutive weeks before surpassing Federer in August 2008.[7] Federer regained the No. 1 ranking in June 2009, due in part to Nadal's injury hiatus, which also caused Nadal to briefly fall to No. 3.[8] Nadal returned to No. 2 in September but dropped two spots in February 2010, and regained the World No. 2 after winning the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open in May 2010 (against Federer in the final).[9] After winning the 2010 French Open, Nadal regained the No. 1 position again. Nadal leads their overall head-to-head series 14–8.[10] Because tournament seedings are based on rankings, 17 of their matches have been in tournament finals, including an all-time record 7 Grand Slam finals.[11] From 2006 to 2008 they played in every French Open and Wimbledon final, and then they met in the 2009 Australian Open final. Nadal won five of the seven, losing the first two Wimbledons. Three of these matches lasted five sets (2007 and 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 Australian Open), and the 2008 Wimbledon final—which Nadal won—has been lauded as the greatest match ever by many long-time tennis analysts.[12][13][14][15] They have also played in a record 9 Masters Series finals, including their lone five hour match at the 2006 Rome Masters which Nadal won in a fifth-set tiebreak. ...More selections Read more... edit   Selected picture A court in the multi colour style of a World Team Tennis court. Read more... edit   Selected biography Andrew "Andy" Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a Scottish professional tennis player and current British No. 1. He is currently ranked No. 5 in the world,[16] and was ranked No. 2 from 17 August 2009 to 31 August 2009.[17] Murray achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on 16 April 2007. He has reached three Grand Slam finals: the 2008 US Open, the 2010 and 2011 Australian Open. Murray is most proficient on a fast surface (such as hard courts),[18] although he has worked hard since 2008 on improving his clay court game.[19] Murray works with a team of fitness experts.[20] Alex Corretja is Murray's main coach as of July 2010.[21] ...More selections Read more... edit   Selected quote “ If you are playing bad you are going to lose here, on clay, on ice, or on the beach. ” —Rafael Nadal, preparing to play at the 2006 US Open ...More selections Read more... edit   News Mar21:Already a champion in Indian Wells in 2008, World No. 2 Novak Djokovic won his second Masters 1000 title at the Indian Wells Maaters, defeating Rafael Nadal in the final. He currently is the only player to have a flawless 100% (18-0, 20-0 from last year) singles win-loss record on the tour. He's also leading the unofficial ATP race and he had the most 6-0 sets during the season. With his third title of the year, he ties Robin Söderling for most titles, The Swede holding two 250 tour titles and one 500, while Djokovic winning a Grand Slam, a Masters and the Dubai 500 event. Mar19: 22-year old Alexandr Dolgopolov won his first ATP title in the Indian Wells Masters partnering veteran Xavier Malisse. They beat Olympic champions Federer-Wawrinka in the final. Mar4: The first Davis Cup matches of the season starts. Feb27: Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer in the final of the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships thus keeping his flawless singles winning record this year. Nicolás Almagro has been overcome by fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in the 2011 Abierto Mexicano Telcel final. Brazilian team Melo-Soares was also unable to win their third title as they've been surmounted by Romanian duo Victor Hănescu-Horia Tecău in straight sets. Juan Martín del Potro won his first title since the 2009 US Open beating Serbian Janko Tipsarević in the championship match in Delray Beach who's still unable to obtain his first ATP title (zero out of three finals). Scott Lipsky-Rajeev Ram came out victorious in the doubles event. Feb20: Andy Roddick stopped wildcarder Milos Raonic (who beat ATP 9th-ranked player Fernando Verdasco twice in 3 days) in the final of 2011 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships from capturing his first ATP 500 title. Robin Söderling and Nicolás Almagro continued their hegemony by bagging their second consecutive titles in February where Dutch Robin Haase (partnering Ken Skupski) and Argentine Leonardo Mayer (partnering veteran Oliver Marach) won their first ever tournaments (2011 Copa Claro and 2011 Open 13 respectively) Feb13: Robin Söderling defended his title at the 2011 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament thus keeping his 4th place on the tour ahead of Andy Murray. Also here in Rotterdam Jürgen Melzer - Philipp Petzschner won their first doubles title since the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. 20 year old Milos Raonic celebrated his first ever ATP trophy in San Jose after advancing through several top 10 players at the 2011 SAP Open (the doubles title was clinched by Lipsky-Ram). Nicolás Almagro began his American clay circuit run by winning the 2011 Brasil Open, while the doubles title was kept home by Marcelo Melo-Bruno Soares. Feb6: Ivan Dodig, Kevin Anderson and Adil Shamasdin (partnering James Cerretani) won their first ATP tour titles in 2011 PBZ Zagreb Indoors and 2011 SA Tennis Open respectively. Brazilian duo Marcelo Melo-Bruno Soares, the eventual champions of 2011 Movistar Open launched their series of clay title matches continuing for the following weeks (the singles champion was Tommy Robredo of Spain) Jan30: Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray in his second Australian Open and grand slam title for his career. Jan29: Kim Clijsters defeated Li Na in the final of the 2011 Australian Open by a score of 3–6, 6–3, 6–3. This win was her fourth slam title in her career, and first grand slam title outside of the US Open. More sports news • Archives edit   Did you know... ...The Hungarian National Tennis Championships is the fourth oldest and longest running tournament of the world.[22] ...Juan Martín del Potro and Novak Djokovic are the only people to win a Grand Slam by beating both Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in the same tournament. ...István Gulyás was defeated in the 1966 French Open Men's Final by Tony Roche of Australia (6–1, 6–4, 7–5), after allowing the match to be delayed 24 hours to allow Roche to recover from an ankle injury.[23] ...Nikolay Davydenko is the only active player to have a positive win-loss record against Rafael Nadal. edit   Topics Governing bodies International Tennis Federation • Association of Tennis Professionals • Women's Tennis Association Rules Points • Scoring • Types of matches • Officials Courts Clay • Hard • Grass • Indoor Grand Slam events Australian Open • French Open • Wimbledon • US Open Shots Serve (Ace) • Forehand • Backhand • Volley • Half volley • Lob • Smash • Drop shot • Groundstroke Topspin • Backspin Types of matches Paddle tennis • Real tennis • Turbo tennis edit   Related WikiProjects WikiProject Tennis WikiProject Sports • WikiProject Olympics • Grandslam project edit   Things you can do Create requested tennis articles, or expand tennis stubs Visit Wikipedia:WikiProject Tennis/Assessment, and help out by assessing requested articles. 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