The History of Tennis - Ep 1. The Origin

Welcome to the first video in the History of Tennis series where I guide you through how the sport of tennis originated and developed in the iconic sport that it is today. This video is about the origin of the sport and how it developed from a sport known as je-de-paume in 13th century France to an established sport. It is a very interesting history that is not widely documented. In the second video of this series I discuss tennis history from around 1850 until 1900, when the sport became extremely popular and subsequently official rules were set and tournament were created; watch this video here; And in the third video in this series I discuss the history of the four grand slams; Wimbledon, the US Open, Roland Garros and the Australian Open. Watch this video here; Thanks you so much for watching and please like and share this video. Comment any suggestions on what I should do next and subscribe to JBTennis.