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International Cup and Trophies for Tennis, Lawn
Tennis
- U.Thant Cup
- Davis Cup
- Wightman Cup
- Edgbaston Cup
- Grand Prix
The ATP World Tour 250 series includes 40 tournaments,
with a number of 250 rankings points to win for the events' singles
champions –which accounts for the name of the series.
| Tournament |
Sponsored name |
| Doha |
Qatar ExxonMobil Open |
| Chennai |
Chennai Open |
| Bribane |
Brisbane International |
| Sydney |
Medibank International Sydney |
| Auckland |
Heineken Open |
| Viña del Mar |
Movistar Open |
| Zagreb |
PBZ Zagreb Indoors |
| Johannesburg |
SA Tennis Open |
| Costa do Sauípe |
Brasil Open |
| San Jose |
SAP Open |
| Marseille |
Open 13 |
| Buenos Aires |
Copa Telmex |
| Delray Beach |
Delray Beach Int'l Tennis Championships
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| Houston |
U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships |
| Casablanca |
Grand Prix Hassan II |
| Estoril |
Estoril Open |
| Belgrade |
Serbia Open |
| Munich |
BMW Open |
| Pörtschach |
The Hypo Group Tennis International |
| Halle |
Gerry Weber Open |
| London |
AEGON Championships |
| Warsaw |
Orange Warsaw Open |
| 's-Hertogenbosch |
Ordina Open |
| Eastbourne |
AEGON International |
| Newport |
Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
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| Båstad |
Catella Swedish Open |
| Stuttgart |
MercedesCup |
| Indianapolis |
Indianapolis Tennis Championships |
| Los Angeles |
Countrywide Classic |
| Gstaad |
Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad |
| Umag |
ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag |
| New Haven |
Pilot Pen Tennis |
| Metz |
Open de Moselle |
| Bucharest |
BCR Open Romania |
| Bangkok |
Thailand Open |
| Stockholm |
If Stockholm Open |
| Moscow |
Kremlin Cup |
| Lyon |
Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon |
| Vienna |
Bank Austria-TennisTrophy |
| Saint Petersburg |
St. Petersburg Open |
TENNIS COURT Measurements are 78 feet (23.77 m)
long and 27 feet (8.23 m) wide for singles. 78 feet (23.77 m)
long 36 feet (10.97 m) wide for doubles matches. Court is Rectangular,
flat surface, usually grass, clay, or a hardcourt of concrete
and/or asphalt. Net in the Middle is 3 feet 6 inches (1.07 m)
high at the posts and 3 feet (914 mm) high in the center.
Terms Associated with Tennis -
- Back hand drive
- Volley
- Smash
- Half-volley
- Deuce
- Service
- Let
- Grand Slam
Some Significant results in Lawn Tennis 2008
- Australian Open - Mens Single - Novak djokovic,
(Serbia); Womens Single - Maria Sharapova
- French Open - Mens Single - Rafael Nadel (Spain);
Womens Single - Ana Ivanovic (Serbia)
- Wimbeldon - Mens Single - Rafael Nadel (Spain);
Womens Single - Venus Williams (USA)
- US Open - Mens Single - Roger Federer (Switzerland);
Womens Single - Serena Williams (USA)
- Chennai Open Tennis Tournament - Mikhail Youzhny
(Russia) defeated Rafael Nadel (Spain)
- Bangalore Open - Serena Williams (USA) defeated
Patty Schnyder (Switzerland)'
- Dubai Open -Andy Roddick defeated Feliciano
lopez
- Sydney International - Justine Henin Hardenne
(Belgium) defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia)
Australian
Open 2009
- Mens
Singles - Rafael Nadel (Spain) defeated Roger Federer (Switzerland)
- Womens
Single - Serena Williams (USA) defeated Dinara Safina (Russia)
- Mens
Doubles - American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan defeated Indo-Bahamian
pair of Mahesh Bhupati and Mark Knowles
- Womens
Doubles - Serena Williams and Venus Williams defeated Ai Sugiyama
(Japan) and Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia)
- Mixed
Doubles - Indian Duo Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupati defeated
Nathalie Dechy (France) and Andy Ram (Israel)
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