Asalin wasan tennis

Asalin wasan tennis ya samo asali ne daga Faransa a ƙarni na 12 da 13, kuma yanzu yana da tarihin fiye da shekaru 800. A wancan lokacin, wasan buga ƙwallon da tafin hannu ya shahara a tsakanin masu wa'azi. Hanyar ita ce amfani da tafin hannu don buga ƙwallon da aka yi da zane da aka naɗe da gashi tare da igiya tsakanin mutane biyu a sararin samaniya.
Wannan wasan nishaɗi ya shahara sosai tsakanin sufaye kuma ya fara yaɗuwa. A hankali, wannan aikin ya bazu daga gidajen ibada zuwa manyan azuzuwan al'umma kuma ya zama wasan nishaɗi ga manyan mutane a wancan lokacin. A hankali, an fara gabatar da wannan wasan a kotun Faransa a hankali kuma dangin sarautar Faransa sun fi so. Wasan Tennis ya zama wasan sarki. A zamanin Charles V, an gina filin farko a Paris a Louvre; a zamanin Francis (1515-1547), ya ba da umarnin gina kotuna a duk faɗin ƙasar kuma ya bar talakawa su shiga wasan tennis, har ma ya gina filin wasan tennis na sarauta a kan jirgin yaƙinsa na kansa; Charles IX ma ya kira wasan tennis "mafi ɗaukaka da daraja, kuma mafi koshin lafiya." Don haka da alama sarakunan Faransa sun taimaka wajen yaɗa wasan tennis a faɗin ƙasar.

A tsakiyar karni na 14, Birtaniya da Faransa suna musayar 'yan wasa akai-akai. Yariman Faransa ya ba wa Sarki Henry na biyar ƙwallon da aka yi amfani da ita a wannan wasan, don haka aka gabatar da wannan wasan ga Burtaniya. Sarki Edward na uku na Ingila ya nuna sha'awarsa sosai kuma ya ba da umarnin gina filin wasan tennis na cikin gida a cikin fada. Tun daga lokacin, wasan tennis ya fara bunƙasa a Ingila. A zamanin mulkin Henry na VII da Henry na VIII, an gina kusan filayen wasan cikin gida 1,800 a Ingila. Saboda saman wannan ƙwallon an yi shi ne da twill flannel, fitaccen flannel da aka samar a garin Tannis a Masar, Birtaniya ta kira shi "Tennis"