10 FUN FACTS ABOUT TENNIS

Fact 1: Yellow tennis balls were used at

Wimbledon for the first time in 1986.
Fact 2: The fastest server in the women's tennis was done
by Venus Williams who recorded a serve of 205 km/h.
Fact 3: Henry "Bunny" Austin was the first player to wear
shorts at Wimbledon in 1932.
Fact 4: Every year, 24 tons of Kent strawberries are ordered
for the Championships at Wimbledon.
Fact 5: Wimbledon is the only major tennis
tournament still played on grass.
Fact 6: Margaret Smith Court holds the record with 24
Grand Slam singles titles.
Fact 7: The first women to play in the Wimbledon
tournament wore full length dresses.
Fact 8: The game of tennis comes from Great
Britain.
Fact 9: Venus and Serena Williams became the first set
of sisters to ever win Olympic gold medals in tennis.
Fact 10: The first African American to win the US
open was Arthur Ashe.