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History of Tennis That original game forms the basis of 'real' or 'royal' tennis, as played today. The first strung racket is believed to have been introduced in the fifteenth century by an Italian priest, Antonio da Scalo who also wrote a general treatise about all ball games, including tennis. Real, or royal, tennis was a game for the aristocracy, but lawn tennis, which became popular during Queen Victoria's reign, was a game for the middle class, who adapted real tennis into an outdoor game. It is known that a Spaniard, J.B. Perera, and Major Harry Gem, clerk to the Birmingham Magistrates, played an outdoor version of tennis on the lawn of Perera's house in Ampton Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, in 1859. They later played on a lawn adjacent to the Manor House Hotel, Leamington Spa, Where, I 1872, along with Dr Frederick Haynes and Dr Arthur Tomkins, they formed the first known lawn...

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