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72% bluf’d The epic marathon Wimbledon match between Jon Isner and Nicolas Mahut lasted over 12 hours. -
44% bluf’d Tennis player Ilie Nastase was the first athlete to sign an endorsement deal with Nike. -
60% bluf’d Tennis player Jimmy Connors was known for his temper tantrums on court. -
47% bluf’d In the game of tennis, the name "love" is used to denote a tied score. -
59% bluf’d The grass tennis courts at Wimbledon are made up of a special grass called English seed grass. -
41% bluf’d Tennis champ and feminist Billie Jean King gave male chauvinist Bobby Riggs a live pig before their "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match in 1973. -
67% bluf’d The old Number 2 Court of Wimbledon is nicknamed "The Maker of Champions" because many unseeded players have gone on to beat highly seeded players from that court. -
73% bluf’d Serena Williams was the first African American to win both the U.S. Open and Wimbledon. .... played this -
39% bluf’d The Wimbledon games are played on a grass surface. -
58% bluf’d Clay tennis courts speed up the ball and produce a lower bounce compared to hard courts. -
49% bluf’d The Australian Open tennis courts use a simple coating called "tennis acrylic" on the surface of the courts. -
55% bluf’d Recently, all U.S. Open tennis courts were made light green so that tennis balls would show up on television more clearly. -
46% bluf’d Rafael Nadal once starred in a Shakira music video. -
38% bluf’d Tennis expert Rafael Nadal is known for being a clay-court king due to his ability to excel on clay surfaces. -
35% bluf’d Roger Federer was considered unfit for his compulsory military duty in 2003 due to back problems. -
67% bluf’d At Wimbledon, tennis players are required to bow or curtsy to all members of the Royal Family seated in the Royal Box upon entering and leaving Centre Court. -
51% bluf’d Wimbledon has, chronologically, been the fourth and final Grand Slam tennis tournament each year. -
60% bluf’d A break point in tennis occurs when the server only needs one more point to win the game. -
51% bluf’d Tennis was invented by a Frenchman, Pierre L'enfant, in 1873. -
40% bluf’d In a gentlemen's tennis match played at Wimbledon, if the score reaches 6-6, a tiebreak game is played in every set except the fifth. -
56% bluf’d During the first hundred years of the modern game of tennis, the racquets were constructed from animal bones. -
48% bluf’d Professional tennis player Arthur Ashe earned an Emmy Award for a television adaption of a book he wrote. -
60% bluf’d The game of table tennis predates actual tennis by more than 200 years. -
46% bluf’d Tennis champion Roger Federer has never lost a Wimbledon final to Rafael Nadal. -
55% bluf’d In 2006, Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick were the only two men to defeat Roger Federer. -
52% bluf’d The Gentlemen's Singles Champion of Wimbledon receives a silver trophy with the inscription "All England Lawn Tennis Club Single Handed Championship of the World." -
39% bluf’d Pete Sampras won 20 of the 34 matches he played against rival Andre Agassi -
48% bluf’d Nike is the official clothing designer for the Wimbledon tennis tournament. -
61% bluf’d The computer system that allows instant replays and makes challenges of line-calls possible at the U.S. Open tennis tournament is called "Birds-Eye Instant Replay." -
60% bluf’d Venus Williams dropped out of fashion school before she became a tennis superstar. -
50% bluf’d Roger Federer is the winner of the most men's Wimbledon titles. -
48% bluf’d The only Grand Slam tennis tournament Pete Sampras never won was the Australian Open. -
50% bluf’d Wimbledon is the only tennis tournament still played on the game's original surface. -
40% bluf’d Tennis master Rafael Nadal was also a promising football player as a youth. -
60% bluf’d Serena Williams has won more French Open titles than any other woman. -
58% bluf’d Rafael Nadal is the most recent male tennis player to achieve a "Career Grand Slam." -
58% bluf’d Wimbledon is currently the only Grand Slam tennis tournament played on a grass court. At one time all of the Grand Slams were played on grass. .... played this -
50% bluf’d Andre Agassi is known as one of the best volleyers in tennis. -
43% bluf’d Arthur Ashe won his first Grand Slam singles title as an amateur. -
39% bluf’d Tennis great John McEnroe was well known for the catchphrase "You can not be serious!" -
57% bluf’d The Australian Open and Wimbledon are the only Grand Slam tennis tournaments with indoor play. -
53% bluf’d Professional male tennis players can only take two bathroom breaks during a three-set match. -
47% bluf’d US tennis player Andre Agassi was born in Laughlin, Nevada. -
28% bluf’d In the game of tennis, the term "deuce" means a tie. -
48% bluf’d The French Open was the first Grand Slam tennis event to go "open"--allowing both professionals and amateurs to compete. -
60% bluf’d All tennis players participating in the French Open are required to wear all white. -
44% bluf’d The U.S. Open was the first, and remains the only, Grand Slam tennis tournament to allow final set tie-breaks. -
43% bluf’d The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. -
27% bluf’d Pete Sampras spent nearly six years in the 1990s ranked as the number one tennis player in the world. -
44% bluf’d In the United States, the Australian Open is the only tennis Grand Slam not covered on network television.
