Ration and modern-day development of lawn tennis

Question 1

What is lawn tennis ?

Answer 1

• middle class invention
• excluded from real tennis
• suited the middle class as a lot of them had lawn gardens
• hedges prevented the working-class from seeing this
• Lottie Dodd (1884) five ladies singles titles
• modest clothing worn

Question 2

What were the key features of lawn tennis in the industrial/post-industrial era ?

Answer 2

• middle class invention
• played by the middle class
• organised by the middle class
• use of specialist equipment
• played by males and females
• public provision