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∙ 10y agoTennis balls were first used in 1902 in Wimbledon
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∙ 10y ago1986
Yellow tennis balls replaced white tennis balls because the Lawn Tennis Association decided that the white balls were difficult to see. You can still buy white balls nowadays at whitetennisballs.com, which is the leading modern and easiest seller for white tennis balls for sale to reach in America and internationally. According to smithsonianmag.com, the first use of yellow tennis balls was in 1986 to make easier viewing on television. Wilson has always been making the white balls for lawn tennis which can be ordered online occasionally. But before the whitetennisballs.com company started selling in 2007, the white ball market was shut down for decades for most common use and is still quite rare. The only tennis balls that can be used in professional tennis is the neon and white, so it technically hasn't been changed within the rules of tennis.
The first Indian lady to win Wimbledon tennis championship was Sania Mirza. Sania Mirza, partnered with Alisa Kleybanova, won the 2003 Wimbledon tennis Championship.
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In 1877 the first Lawn Tennis Championship was held by the 'The All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club' at Wimbledon
Althea Gibson was the first African American to win female single's tennis competition at Wimbledon.
Boris Becker was first to win the Wimbledon as unseeded player in 1985.
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In 1877 the first Lawn Tennis Championships were held by the 'The All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club' at Wimbledon. The only event was the Gentlemen's Singles.
Ramanathan Krishnan was the first Indian to reach the semifinals of Wimbledon in 1960. He was also semifinalist of 1961.
There have been no Indian Wimbledon winners as of yet.
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