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"Tennis Match": The game is invented 150 years ago

By Ed McGrogan
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Published Saturday, Jun 01, 2024 12:32 PM

1881: British tennis player William Renshaw and H F Lawford playing for the men's singles title at Wimbledon, which Renshaw won.
1882: Twins Willie and Ernest Renshaw playing the final set of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Men's Singles Championships. Willie beat his brother in this encounter and would hold the title seven times.
1883: The first international tennis match takes place at Wimbledon. The match, between the twins William and Ernest Renshaw of England, and Americans Clarence M Clark and JS Clark, was won by the Renshaws.
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