Origins
Court tennis, also known as "real tennis," is the original indoor racquet sport from which the modern game of lawn tennis (usually simply called tennis) is descended. It is known as court tennis in the United States, royal tennis in Australia and courte-paume in France. The expression "real" was primarily used by journalists in the mid-20th century to distinguish the ancient game from modern "lawn" tennis (even though the sport is rarely played on lawns outside the few social-club managed estates such as Wimbledon).
Real tennis is played today by enthusiasts on 47 existing courts in the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States, and France. despite a documented history of courts existing in the German states during the 17th century, real tennis eventually died out there during or after the World War II reconstruction.
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