The Story of the development of Tennis can only be written in relation to its evolution as a game of International importance. The origin of Tennis is shrouded in mystery; and some expound it that it was developed from handball. Batting a ball with the hand necessarily requires strenuous efforts; and hence man found many ways of deriving recreation from playing with Balls by batting them with/paddles or stick. Like Cricket and Hockey, Tennis is but one of the few ball games which relatively have come into recent importance in the recreational habits of industrial societies.

A Feudal Game ? An old form of this game is said to have existed even a few centuries ago in England where it was originally played with fanny shaped rackets and solid balls, on courts very different from those with which we are now familiar. It was a feudal game of the Lords. Perhaps, the game was also played in the aristocratic societies of Europe in the Middle Ages.


Origin Of Strung Racket:- The modern game of Tennis is less than a century old: and it may be said that it had its real beginnings in the Victorian era, when the strung racket came into use with its fish-tail handle. But the credit for playing Tennis with rackets of some sort is given to the French who are said to have devised gloves and played with strung paddles to avoid injury to hands in playing handball.

Introduction into England :- In 1873, it is said, Major W.C. Wingfield first introduced the game now officially called Lawn Tennis, so named because the game was first played on lawn only. Today the game is played on a variety of surface: and clay courts are specially popular.

Now a game of International Importance : With the organization of national associations for the promotion and control of the game, international events have come to be recognized: and the Wimbledon Tournament in England and the Federation Cup for Women are examples or tournaments organized both for men and women competing from all over the world. The Davis Cup Championship are played on a representative international basis.

CONSTITUTION OF THE TENNIS ASSOCIATION OF ALL INDIA POLICE OFFICERS (TAAIPO) Click here to download Draft

Final Results of the All India Police Lawn Tennis Championships held so-far (I-VI) are given hereunder:-

1. 1st All India Police Lawn Tennis Championship held at Shillong ( Meghalaya) from 4th to 8th Dec, 1999.

2. 2nd All India Police Lawn Tennis Championship held at Guwahati from 20th to 26th Nov, 2000.

3. 3rd All India Police Lawn Tennis Championship held at Chandigarh from 25th Feb to 1st March 2002.

4. 4th All India Police Lawn Tennis Championship-2000 held at Visakhapatnam from 15th to 18th Oct, 2003.

5. 5th All India Police Lawn Tennis Championship held at PAP Hqrs, Jalandhar Cantt from 16 the to 20th Feb,2005.

 6. 6th All India Police Lawn Tennis Championship held at Pondicherry from 07.01.06 to 14.01.06