15 Interesting Facts about Tennis
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1Longest Match - between John
Isner and Nicolas Mahut endured for 11 hours. Isner was the winner.
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2Shortest Match - between Suzanne
Lenglen and Molla Mallory which only lasted for 23 minutes.
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3Fastest Serve was performed by
Sam Groth with an incredible speed of 263km/hr (163mph)
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4Fastest Serve (Woman) - 210.8km/
hr (131mph) by Sabine Lisicki
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5Richest Tennis Player is Roger
Federer with $97,855,881
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6Ivo Karlovic is an oldest
professional male tennis player, he is 36 years old
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7Kimiko Date-Krumn is an oldest
female professional tennis player, she is 44 years old
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Tennis balls were originally white
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9Tennis was initially played without hands. Players used their palms.
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10There are 24 tons of strawberries ordered each year at Wimbledon
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11Strings were originally made of
cow and sheep guts
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12Initially, tennis balls were made of
leather and filled with hair
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13Margaret Smith Court holds the
record with 24 grand slam singles titles
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Tennis comes from Great Britain
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15There are 5 main court types: Grass, Clay, Wood, Hard and
Carpet
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