He published the first book of rules that year and took out a patent on his game in 1874, although 🍊 historians have concluded that similar games were played earlier and that the first tennis club was established by the Englishman 🍊 Harry Gem and several associates in Leamington in 1872.
These major decisions remain part of the modern rules.
In 1880 the first 🍊 U.S.
national championship, played under English rules, was held in 1881 at the Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island.
The first French Championships 🍊 were held at the Stade Français in 1891, but it was an interclub tournament that did not become truly international 🍊 until 1925; the French Federation of Lawn Tennis was established in 1920.
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