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17 Cards in this Set
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1877
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First Wimbleton
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1881
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US national lawn tennis association founded
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1900
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Dwight Davis organized First Davis Cup = US defeated Britain in Boston
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1938
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American Don Budge = Grandslam (french, wimbleton, australian, US)
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1953
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American Maureen Connolly = grandslam second
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1963
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Federation Cup begins for Women's international team competition
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1968
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Open Tennis begins, merging amateur and professional games
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1988
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German Steffi Graf, 5th to achieve Grand Slam Tennis reinstated at the olympics
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1990
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American John McEnroe defaulted Grandslam Australian Open
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Tenez
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Tennis/ take it, hold
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L'oeuf
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zero/egg
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Deuce
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tied game/ advantage 2 pts
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Deniers
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coins/
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Jeu de Paume
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game of the hand/ rope and wall game
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Battoir
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bat
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Sphairistike
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Walter Wingfield made game/ hourglass court, shorter/ 5th net, non covered rubber ball.
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10 people
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jeff, shawn, meredith, eliza, neal, jonathan, betsey, sahara, thomas, zane
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