INTERNATIONAL TEAM : 'Golden set'
Description:
The only known example of a 'Golden set' (to win a set 6-0 without dropping a single point i.e., winning 24 consecutive points) in professional tennis was achieved by Bill Scanlon (USA) against Marcos Hocevar (Brazil) in the first round of the WCT Gold Coast Classic at Del Ray, FL on 22 February 1983. Scanlon won the match, 6-2, 6-0. 
Who:
Denton S / Tilden W T
Country:
USA

INTERNATIONAL TEAM : Highest earnings
Description:
Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia) (b. 7 March 1960), won a men's season's record $2,344,367 in 1989 and had career earnings of $15,626,336 by end of 1989. The season's record for a woman is $2,173,556 in 1984 (including a $1 million Grand Slam bonus) by Martina Navratilova. Earnings from special restricted events and team tennis are not included. Navratilova's lifetime earnings by the end of 1989 reached $15,343,814. The one-match record is $583,200, by Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia) when he beat Pat Cash (Australia) (b. 27 May 1965) in the final of the four-man Stakes Match tennis exhibition at West Palm Beach on 30 November 1987. The highest total prize money was $4,371,500, for the 1988 US Open Championships.
Who:
Lendl I / Navratilova M
Country:
Czechoslovakia / USA

INTERNATIONAL TEAM : International contest
Description:
Longest span Jean Borotra (France) (b. 13 August 1898) played in every one of the twice yearly contests between the International Club of France and the I.C. of Great Britain from the first in 1929 to his 100th match at Wimbledon on 1-3 November 1985. On that occasion he played a mixed doubles against Kitty Godfree (Great Britain). Both were former Wimbledon singles champions, and at the age of 87 and 88 respectively.
Who:
Borotra J / Godfree K
Country:
France / Great Britain

INTERNATIONAL TEAM : Davis Cup
Description:
Nicola Pietrangeli (Italy) (b. 11 Sep 1933) played a record 163 rubbers (66 ties), 1954 to 1972, winning 120. He played 109 singles (winning 78) and 54 doubles (winning 42). The most wins in the Davis Cup, the men's international team championship, has been 29, by the USA. The most appearances for Cup winners is eight by Roy Emerson (Australia), 1959-62, 1964-67. Bill Tilden (USA) played in a record 28 matches in the final, winning a record 21, 17 out of 22 singles and 4 out of 6 doubles. He was in seven winning sides, 1920-26 and then four losing sides, 1927-30.
Who:
Pietrangeli N
Country:
Italy

INTERNATIONAL TEAM : Federation Cup
Description:
The most wins in the Federation Cup, the women's international team championship, is 14, by the USA. Virginia Wade (Great Britain) played each year from 1967 to 1983, in a record 57 ties, playing 100 rubbers, including 56 singles (winning 36) and 44 doubles (winning 30). Chris Evert won her first 29 singles matches, 1977-86. Her overall record, 1977-89 is 40 wins in 42 singles and 16 wins in 18 doubles matches.
Who:
Wade V / Evert C M
Country:
USA / Great Britain /

INTERNATIONAL TEAM : Wightman Cup
Description:
The annual women's match was won 51 times by the United States and 10 times by Great Britain. The contest was suspended from 1990 after a series of whitewashes by the US team. Virginia Wade (Great Britain) (b. 10 July 1945) played in a record 21 ties and 56 rubbers, 1965-85, with a British record 19 wins. Christine Marie Evert (USA) (b. 21 December 1954), won all 26 of her singles matches, 1971 to 1985 and including doubles achieved a record 34 wins from 38 rubbers played. Jennifer Capriatti became, at 13 yr 168 days, the youngest ever Wightman Cup player when she beat Clare Wood (Great Britain) 6-0, 6-0 at Williamsburg, VA on 14 Sep 1989.
Who:
Capriatti J/Wade V / Evert C M
Country:
USA / Great Britain

INTERNATIONAL TEAM : Longest game
Description:
The longest known singles game was one of 37 deuces (80 points) between Anthony Fawcett (Rhodesia) and Keith Glass (Great Britain) in the first round of the Surrey, Great Britain Championships at Surbiton, Surrey, Great Britain on 26 May 1975. It lasted 31 min. Noelle van Lottum and Sandra Begijn played a game lasting 52 min in the semifinals of the Dutch Indoor Championships at Ede, Gelderland on 12 February 1984. The longest tiebreak was 26-24 for the fourth and decisive set of a first round men's doubles at the Wimbledon Championships on 1 July 1985. January Gunnarsson (Sweden) and Michael Mortensen (Denmark) defeated John Frawley (Australia) and Victor Pecci (Paraguay) 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6. The longest rally in tournament play was one of 643 times over the net between Vicky Nelson and Jean Hepner at Richmond, VA in October 1984. The 6 hr 22 min match was won by Nelson 6-4, 7-6. It concluded with a 1 hr 47 min tiebreak, 13-11, for which one point took 29 minutes. Will Duggan and Ron Kapp (both USA) performed a rally of 6,202 strokes, which took 3 hr 33 min, at Santa Barbara Municipal Stadium, CA on 12 March 1988.
Who:
Fawcett A / Glass K / Lottum N van / Begijn S
Town:
Surbiton / Gelderland
Area:
Surrey, Great Britain
Country:
Zimbabwe / Great Britain / Netherlands

FRENCH CHAMPIONSHIPS : Most wins
Description:
Margaret Court won a record 13 titles, five singles, four women's doubles and four mixed doubles, 1962-73. The men's record is nine by Henri Cochet (France) (1901-87), four singles, three men's doubles and two mixed doubles, 1926-30. The singles record is seven by Chris Evert, 1974-75, 1979-80, 1983, 1985-86. Bjorn Borg won a record six men's singles, 1974-75, 1978-81.
Who:
Court M C / Cochet H / Evert C M / Borg
Country:
USA / France / Sweden

FRENCH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS : Youngest and oldest
Description:
The youngest doubles champions were the 1981 mixed doubles winners Andrea Jaeger (b. 4 June 1965), at 15 yr 339 days and Jimmy Arias (b. 16 August 1964), at 16 yr 296 days. The youngest singles winners have been: Monica Seles (Yugoslavia) (b. 2 December 1973) who won the 1990 women's title at 16 yr 169 days in 1990 and Michael Chang (USA) (b. 22 February 1972), men's singles winner at 17 yr 109 days in 1989. The oldest champion was Elizabeth Ryan, who won the 1934 women's doubles with Simone Mathieu (France) at 42 yr 88 days. The oldest singles champion was Andres Gimeno in 1972 at 34 yr 301 days.
Who:
Seles M/Jaeger A / Arias J / Chang M / Ryan E M / Mathieu S / Gimeno A
Country:
USA / France

Tennis (Lawn) : Origins
Description:
The modern game is generally agreed to have evolved as an outdoor form of the indoor game of tennis (see Tennis [Real]). 'Field tennis' is mentioned in an English magazine - Sporting Magazine - of 29 Sep 1793. The earliest club for such a game, variously called pelota or lawn rackets, was the Leamington Club founded in 1872 by Major Harry Gem. The earliest attempt to commercialize the game was by Major Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833-1912) who patented a form called 'sphairistike' on 23 February 1874. It soon became called lawn tennis. Amateur players were permitted to play with and against professionals in 'open' tournaments in 1968.
Who:
Gem H / Wingfield W C
Town:
Leamington
Area:
Warwickshire, Great Britain
Country:
Great Britain / England

Tennis (Lawn) : OLYMPIC GAMES
Description:
United States Four US players have won two Olympic gold medals: Beals Coleman Wright (1879-1961) in 1904, Vincent Richards (1903-59) and Helen Moody in 1924, all at both singles and doubles, and Hazel Virginia Hotchkiss Wightman (1886-1974), at ladies' and mixed doubles in 1924. Richards won a US record third medal, silver at mixed doubles (with Marion Jessup) in 1924.
Country:
USA

WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS : Youngest champions
Description:
The youngest champion was Charlotte 'Lottie' Dod (Great Britain; 1871-1960), who was 15 yr 285 days when she won in 1887. The youngest male champion was Boris Becker (West Germany) (b. 22 November 1967) who won the men's singles title in 1985 at 17 yr 227 days. The youngest ever player at Wimbledon was reputedly Mita Klima (Austria) who was 13 yr in the 1907 singles competition. The youngest seed was Jennifer Capriatti (USA) (b. 29 March 1976) at 14 yr 89 days at the time of her first match on 26 June 1990. She won this match making her the youngest ever winner at Wimbledon.
Who:
Dod C / Becker B / Klima M / Capriatti J
Country:
West Germany / Austria / USA

WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS : Oldest champions
Description:
The oldest champion was Margaret Evelyn du Pont at 44 yr 125 days when she won the mixed doubles in 1962 with Neale Fraser (Australia). The oldest singles champion was Arthur Gore (Great Britain) in 1909 at 41 yr 182 days.
Who:
du Pont M E / Fraser N / Gore A W C
Country:
USA / Australia / Great Britain

WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS : Most wins
Description:
Men The greatest number of titles by a man has been 13 by Hugh Laurence Doherty (Great Britain) (1875-1919) with five singles titles (1902-6) and a record eight men's doubles (1897-1901, 1903-5) partnered by his brother Reginald Frank (1872-1910). The most titles won by a US man is seven by John Patrick McEnroe (b. 16 February 1959), singles 1981, 1983 and 1984; men's doubles (all with Peter Fleming) 1979, 1981, 1983-84. Women Billie-Jean King (nee Moffit ; b. 22 November 1943) won a record 20 titles between 1961 and 1979, six singles, ten women's doubles and four mixed doubles. Elizabeth Montague Ryan (USA) (1892-1979) won a record 19 doubles (12 women's, 7 mixed) titles from 1914 to 1934. Singles Martina Navratilova won a record nine titles, 1978-79, 1982-87 and 1990. The most men's singles wins since the Challenge Round was abolished in 1922 is five consecutively, by Bjorn Borg (Sweden) in 1976-80. William Charles Renshaw (Great Britain) (1861-1904) won seven singles in 1881-6 and 1889. Mixed doubles The male record is four titles shared by: Elias Victor Seixas (USA) (b. 30 August 1923), in 1953-56; Kenneth Norman Fletcher (Australia) (b. 15 June 1940), in 1963, 1965-66, 1968; and Owen Keir Davidson (Australia) (b. 4 October 1943) in 1967, 1971, 1973-74. The female record is seven by Elizabeth Ryan (USA) from 1919 to 1932.
Who:
Doherty H L / Doherrty R F
Country:
Great Britain

WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS : Most appearances
Description:
Arthur William Charles 'Wentworth' Gore (1868-1928) (Great Britain) made a record 36 appearances at Wimbledon between 1888 and 1927. In 1964, Jean Borotra (b. 13 August 1898) of France made his 35th appearance since 1922. In 1977 he appeared in the Veterans' Doubles at the age of 78.
Who:
Gore A W C / Borotra J
Country:
Great Britain / France

WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS : Greatest crowd
Description:
The record crowd for one day was 39,813 on 26 June 1986. The record for the whole championship was 403,706 in 1989. 
Who:
du Pont M E / Fraser N / Gore A W C
Country:
USA / Australia / Great Britain

AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS : GRAND PRIX MASTERS
Description:
The first Grand Prix Masters Championships were staged in Tokyo, Japan in 1970. They have been held in New York annually from 1977. Qualification to this annual event is by relative success in the preceding year's Grand Prix tournaments. A record five titles have been won by Ivan Lendl, 1982-83, two in 1986 (January and December) and 1987. He appeared in nine successive finals, 1980-88. James Scott Connors (USA) (b. 2 Sep 1952) uniquely qualified for 14 consecutive years, 1972-85. He chose not to play in 1975, 1976 and 1985, and won in 1977. He qualified again in 1987 and 1988, but did not play in 1988. A record seven doubles titles were won by John Patrick McEnroe (US; b. 16 February 1959) and Peter Fleming (US; b. 21 January 1955) , 1978-84.
Who:
Lendl I / Connors J S
Country:
USA

AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS : OLYMPIC GAMES
Description:
Tennis was re-introduced to the Olympic Games in 1988, having originally been included at the Games from 1896 to 1924. It was also a demonstration sport in 1968 and 1984. A record four gold medals as well as a silver and a bronze, were won by Max Decugis (France) (1882-1978), 1900-20. A women's record five medals (one gold, two silver, two bronze) were won by Kitty McKane (later Mrs. Godfree) (Great Britain) (b. 7 May 1897) in 1920 and 1924. 
Who:
Lendl I / Connors J S
Country:
USA

AUSTRALIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS : Longest span, oldest and youngest
Description:
Thelma Long won her first (1936) and last (1958) titles 22 years apart. Kenneth Robert Rosewall (b. 2 November 1934) won the singles in 1953, and in 1972 was, 19 years later, at 37 yr 62 days, the oldest singles winner. The oldest champion was (Sir) Norman Everard Brookes (1877-1968), who was 46 yr 2 months when he won the 1924 men's doubles. The youngest champions were Rodney W. Heath, age 17, when he won the men's singles in 1905, and Margaret Smith, who won the women's singles at 17 yr 5 months in 1960.
Who:
Long T / Rosewall K R / Brookes N E / Heath R W / Smith M
Country:
Australia / USA

AUSTRALIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS : Most wins
Description:
Margaret Jean Court (nee Smith) (b. 16 July 1942) won the women's singles 11 times (1960-66, 1969-71 and 1973) as well as eight women's doubles and two mixed doubles, for a record total of 21 titles. A record six men's singles were won by Roy Stanley Emerson (Queensland) (b. 3 November 1936), 1961 and 1963-67. Thelma Dorothy Long (nee Coyne) (b. 30 May 1918) won a record 12 women's doubles and four mixed doubles for a record total of 16 doubles titles. Adrian Karl Quist (b. 4 August 1913) won ten consecutive men's doubles from 1936 to 1950 (the last eight with John Bromwich) and three men's singles.
Who:
Court M J / Emerson R S / Long T D / Quist A K / Bromwich J

GENERAL RECORDS : Most versatile
Description:
Charlotte 'Lottie' Dod (1871-1960) won the Wimbledon singles tennis title five times between 1887 and 1893, the British Ladies' Golf Championship in 1904, an Olympic silver medal for archery in 1908, and represented England at hockey in 1899. She also excelled at skating and tobogganing. Charles Burgess Fry (GB) (1872-1956) was probably the most versatile male sportsman at the highest level. On 4 March 1893 he equalled the world long jump record of 7.17 m 23 ft 6 1/2 in. He represented England v. Ireland at soccer (1901) and played first class rugby for the Barbarians. His greatest achievements, however, were at cricket, where he headed the English batting averages in six seasons and captained England in 1912. He was also an excellent fisherman and tennis player. Mildred 'Babe' Zaharias (nee Didrikson ; 1914-56) won two gold medals (80 m hurdles and javelin) and a silver (high jump) at the 1932 Olympic Games. She set world-records in those three events in 1930-32. She was an All-American basketball player for three years and set the world-record for throwing the baseball- 90.22 m 296 ft. Switching to golf, she won the US Women's Amateur title in 1946 and the US Women's Open in 1948, 1950 and 1954. She also excelled at several other sports.
Who:
Dod C
Country:
Great Britain / England

GENERAL RECORDS : Longest reign
Description:
Jacques Edmond Barre (France) (1802-73) was a world champion for 33 years (1829-62) at court tennis.
Who:
Barre J E
Country:
France

SPORTS, GAMES AND PASTIMES : Tennis (Real/Royal)
Description:
The game originated as jeu de paume in French monasteries c. 1050. A tennis court is mentioned in the sale of the Hotel de Nesle, Paris, France, bought by King Philippe IV of France in 1308. The oldest of the surviving active courts in Great Britain is that at Falkland Palace, Fife, Great Britain built by King James V of Scotland in 1539.
Town:
Paris, France / Fife, Great Britain
Country:
France / Great Britain / Scotland

Tennis (Real/Royal) : Most titles
Description:
The first two Women's World Championships in 1985 and 1987 were won by Judith Anne Clarke (Australia) (b. 28 December 1954) . Jay Gould, Jr. (1888-1935) won his first US singles title in 1906, and retained the title until he retired from singles play in 1926. During his career he lost only one singles match. He also won 19 US doubles titles between 1909 and 1932. World The first recorded world tennis champion was Clerge (France) c. 1740. Jacques Edmond Barre (France) (1802-73), held the title for a record 33 yr from 1829 to 1862. Pierre Etchebaster (1893-1980), a Basque, holds the record for the greatest number of successful defenses of the title, with eight between 1928 and 1952.
Who:
Clarke J A
Country:
Australia

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS : Largest tournament
Description:
The Volkswagen Grand Prix Open Amateur Championship in the United Kingdom attracted a record 321,238 (206,820 men and 114,958 women) competitors in 1984.
Country:
Great Britain

US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS : Youngest and oldest
Description:
The youngest champion was Vincent Richards (1903-59), who was 15 yr 139 days when he won the men's doubles with Bill Tilden in 1918. The youngest singles champion was Tracy Ann Austin (b. 12 December 1962), who was 16 yr 271 days when she won the women's singles in 1979. The oldest champion was Margaret du Pont, who won the mixed doubles at age 42 yr 166 days in 1960. The oldest singles champion was William Larned at 38 yr 242 days in 1911.
Who:
Richards V / Tilden W T / Austin T A / du Pont M E / Larned W
Country:
USA

US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS : Most wins
Description:
Margaret Evelyn du Pont won a record 25 titles between 1941 and 1960. She won a record 13 women's doubles (12 with Althea Louise Brough), nine mixed doubles and three singles. The men's record is 16 by William Tatem Tilden, including seven men's singles, 1920-25, 1929 - a record for singles shared with: Richard Dudley Sears (1861-1943), 1881-87; William A. Larned (1872-1926), 1901-2, 1907-11, and at women's singles by: Molla Mallory (nee Bjurstedt) (1892-1959), 1915-16, 1918, 1920-22, 1926; and Helen Moody (USA) (b. 6 October 1905), 1923-25, 1927-29, 1931.
Who:
du Pont M E / Brough A L / Tilden W T / Sears R D / Larned W A / Mallory M / Moody H
Country:
USA