Tennis was first played by Major Walter C. Wingfeild
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Major Harry Gem and his friend, Agurio Perera first played lawn tennis in the late 1800's.
French monks started tennis, 11th & 12th century. France, 900 years ago.
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We don't know who the first two people to play tennis were, but the first tennis player whose name we know is King Louis X of France.