Walter Wingfield, an English retired army officer, introduced the game of tennis in 1874. The ancient game of tennis was played by hitting the ball with the palm of the hand. Sometime later, players wore white leather gloves to protect their hands.
Later that century, the first rackets came into use. They were made out of wood and were strung diagonally, but were soon replaced by the horizontal and vertical version, which we use today. In the beginning, all rackets were strung hand by hand, but by the late 1930's the first stringing machines were in use.
Nowadays, rackets are much lighter and are made out of Titanium and Graphite.
The earliest tennis balls were made out of red rubber, nowadays, they are covered with a mixture of wool and man made fibres.
The men used to wear long white trousers, whilst the women wore long white skirts. Today, one can wear any colour except at Wimbledon where white is still the tradition.
3)John Newcombe (AUS)
4)Bjorn Borg (SWE)
5)John McEnroe (USA)
6)Ivan Lendl (CZ;NOW USA)
7)Mats Wilander (SWE)
8)Stefan Edberg (SWE)
9)Jim Courier (USA)
10)Thomas Muster (AUS)
11)Boris Becker (GER)
12)Pete Sampras (USA)
13)Andre Agassi (USA)
14)Marcelo Rios (CHI)
15)Carlos Moya (SP)
16)Patrick Rafter (AUS)
17)Yevgeni Kafelnikov (RUS)
18)Gustavo Kuerten (BRA)
19)Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
20)Thomas Johansson (SWE)
21)Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
23)Roger Federer
24)Andy Roddick
2)Martina Navratilova (CZ;NOW USA)
3)Tracy Austin (USA)
4)Steffi Graf (GER)
5)Monica Seles (YUG;NOW USA)
6)Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (SP)
7)Martina Hingis (SWI)
8)Lindsay Davenport (USA)
9)Jennifer Capriati (USA)
10)Venus Williams (USA)
11)Serena Williams (USA)
12)Kim Clijsters(BEL)
13)Justine Henin(BEL)
WTA:Helen Wills Moody (USA)
Wimbledon:14 Grand Slam titles(1927-1930;1932-1933;1935;1938)//Roland Garros: 4 Grand Slam titles:(1927-1930;1932)//US Open:6 Grand Slam titles:(1923-1925;1927-1929;1931)
Steffi Graf (GER)
Australian Open:4 Grand Slam titles:(1988-1990;1994)//Roland Garros:6 Grand Slam titles:(1987-1988;1993;1995-1996;1999)//US Open:5 Grand Slam titles:(1988-1989;1993;1995-1996)//Wimbledon:7 Grand Slam titles:(1988-1989;1991-1993;1995-1996)
Margaret Smith Court (USA)
Australian Open:11 Grand Slam titles:(1960-1966;1969-1971;1973)//Roland Garros:3 Grand Slam titles:(1969-1970;1973)//US Open:5 Grand Salm titles:(1962;1965;1969-1970;1973)//Wimbledon:3 Grand Slam titles:(1966-1968;1972-1973;1975)
Billie Jean King (USA)
Australian Open:1 Grand Slam title:(1968)//Roland Garros:1 Grand Slam title:(1972)//US Open:4 Grand Slam titles:(1967;1971-1972;1974)//Wimbledon:6 Grand Slam titles:(1966-1968;1972-1973;1975)
Chris Evert (USA)
Australian Open:2 Grand Slam titles:(1982-1984)//Roland Garros:5 Grand Slam titles:(1979-1980;1983;1985-1986)//US Open:6 Grand Slam titles:(1975-1978;1980;1982)//Wimbledon:3 Grand Slam titles:(1974;1976;1981)
Martina Navratilova (CZ;NOW USA)
Australian Open:3 Grand Slam titles:(1981;1983-1985)//Roland Garros:2 Grand Slam titles:(1982;1984)//US Open:4 Grand Slam titles:(1983-1984;1986-1987)//Wimbledon:9 Grand Slam titles:(1978-1979;1982-1987;1990)
Martina Hingis(SWI)
Wimbledon:1 Grand Slam title:(1997)//Australian Open:3 Grand Slam titles:(1997-1999)//US Open:1 Grand Slam title:(1997)
Althea Gibson (USA)
Wimbledon:2 Grand Slam titles:(1957-1958)//Roland Garros:1 Grand Slam title:(1956)//US Open:2 Grand Slam titles:(1957-1958)
Maria Bueno (BRA)
Wimbledon:3 Grand Slam titles:(1959-1960;1964)//US Open:4 Grand Slam titles:(1959;1963;1964;1966)
Monica Seles (USA)
Australian Open:4 Grand Slam titles:(1991-1993;1996)//Roland Garros:3 Grand Slam titles:(1990-1993)//US Open:2 Grand Slam titles:(1991-1992)
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (SP)
Roland Garros:3 Grand Slam titles:(1989;1994;1998)//US Open:1 Grand Slam title:(1994)
Conchita Martinez (SP)
Wimbledon:1 Grand Slam title:(1994)
Mary Pierce (FR)
Australian Open:1 Grand Slam title:(1995)//Roland Garros:1 Grand Slam title:(2000)
Jana Novotna(CZ)
Wimbledon:1 Grand Slam title:(1998)
Venus Williams(USA)
Wimbledon:2 Grand Slam titles:(2000-2001)//US Open:2 Grand Slam titles:(2000-2001)
Serena Williams(USA)
Australian Open:1 Grand Slam title:2003//US Open:2 Grand Slam titles:(1999/2002)//Roland Garros:1 Grand Slam title:(2002)//Wimbledon:2 Grand Slam titles:(2002-2003)
Lindsay Davenport(USA)
Wimbledon:1 Grand Slam title:(1999)//Australian Open:1 Grand Slam title//US Open:1 Grand Slam title:(1998)
Jennifer Capriati(USA)
Australian Open:2 Grand Slam titles:(2001-2002)//Roland Garros:1 Grand Slam title:(2001)
Iva Majoli(CRO)
Roland Garros:1 Grand Slam title:(1997)
Justine Henin(BEL)
Roland Garros:1 Grand Slam title:(2003)//US Open:1 Grand Slam title:(2003)
Australian Open:1 Grand Slam title:(1994)//US Open:5 Grand Slam titles:(1990;1993;1995-1996/2002)//Wimbledon:7 Grand Slam titles:(1993-1995;1997-2000)
Roy Emerson(AUS)
Australian Open:6 Grand Slam titles:(1961;1963-1967)//Roland Garros:2 Grand Slam titles:(1963;1967)//US Open:1 Grand Slam title:(1964)//Wimbledon:2 Grand Slam titles:(1964-1965)
Rod Laver(AUS)
Australian Open:2 Grand Slam titles:(1960;1962)//Roland Garros:2 Grand Slam titles:(1962;1969)//US Open:2 Grand Slam titles:(1962;1969)//Wimbledon:4 Grand Slam titles:(1961-1962;1968-1969)
John McEnroe(USA)
US Open:4 Grand Slam titles:(1979-1981;1984)//Wimbledon:3 Grand Slam titles:(1981;1983-1984)
John Newcombe(AUS)
Australian Open:2 Grand Slam titles:(1973;1975)//Wimbledon:3 Grand Slam titles:(1967;1970;1971)//US Open:2 Grand Slam titles:(1967;1973)
Stefan Edberg(SWE)
Australian Open:2 Grand Slam titles:(1985;1987)//Wimbledon:2 Grand Slam titles:(1988;1990)//US Open:2 Grand Slam titles:(1991-1992)
Mat Wilander(SWE)
Australian Open:3 Grand Slam titles:(1983;1984;1988)//Roland Garros:3 Grand Slam titles:(1982;1985;1988)//US Open:1 Grand Slam title:(1988)
Ken Rosewell(AUS)
Australian Open:4 Grand Slam titles:(1953;1955;1971-1972)//Roland Garros:2 Grand Slam titles:(1953;1968)//Us Open:2 Grand Slam titles:(1956;1970)
Ivan Lendl(CZ)
Australian Open:2 Grand Slam titles:(1989-1990)//Roland Garros:3 Grand Slam titles:(1984;1986-1987)//US Open:3 Grand Slam titles:(1985-1987)
Bjorn Borg(SWE)
Roland Garros:6 Grand Slam titles:(1974-1975;1978-1981)//Wimbledon:5 Grand Slam titles:(1976-1980)
Arthur Ashe(USA)
US Open:1 Grand Slam title:(1968)//He was the first Black American to win the US Open.
Jimmy Connors(USA)
Australian open:1 Grand Slam title:(1974)//US Open:5 Grand Slam titles:(1974;1976;1978;1982-1983)//Wimbledon:2 Grand Slam titles:(1974;1982)
Michael Chang(USA)
Roland Garros:1 Grand Slam title:(1989):Michael was the youngest player to win the French Open.
Gustavo Kuerten(BRA)
Roland Garros:3 Grand Slam titles:(1997;2000-2001)
Sergei Bruguera(SP)
Roland Garros:2 Grand Slam titles:(1993-1994)
Thomas Muster(AUST)
Roland Garros:1 Grand Slam title:(1995)
Patrick Rafter(AUS)
US Open:2 Grand Slam titles:(1997-1998)
Yannick Noah(FR)
Roland Garros:1 Grand Slam title:(1983)
Richard Krajicek(NED)
Wimbledon:1 Grand Slam title:(1996)
Yevgeni Kafelnikov(RUS)
Roland garros:1 Grand Slam title:(1996)//Australian Open:1 Grand Slam title:(1999)
Petr Korda(CZ)
Australian Open:1 Grand Slam title:(1998)
Carlos Moya(SP)
Roland Garros:1 Grand Slam title:(1998)
Marat Safin(RUS)
US Open:1 Grand Slm title:(2000)
Goran Ivanisevic(CRO)
Wimbledon:1 Grand Slam title:(2001)
Lleyton Hewitt(AUS)
US Open:1 Grand Slam title:(2001)//Wimbledon:1 Grand Slam title:(2002)
Alberto Costa(SP)
Roland Garros:1 Grand Slam title:(2002)
Thomas Johansson(SWE)
Australian Open:1 Grand Slam title:(2002)
Roger Federer(SWI)
Wimbledon:1 Grand Slam title:(2003)//Australian Open:1 Grand Slam title:(2004)
Andy Roddick(USA)
US OPEN:1 Grand Slam title:(2003)
Juan Carlos Ferrero(SPA)
Roland Garros:1 Grand Slam title:(2003)
Andre Agassi(USA)
Australian Open:4 Grand Slam titles:(1995;2000;2001;2003)//Roland Garros:1 Grand Slam title:(1999)//US Open:2 Grand Slam titles:(1994;1999)//Wimbledon:1 Grand Slam title:(1992)
Andre Agassi is the only player on the mens tour who has won all 4 Grand Slams on all different surfaces.Rod Laver won all 4 Slams as well, but they weren't played on different surfaces.At that time, The Australian Open was played on grass.
