Who is considered the father of modern tennis?

Answer 1

Real Tennis evolved rather than was invented. It began as a ball game played in the twelfth century and continued to evolve for the next several centuries. It has been suggested the game was first played by monks in cloisters, but there is no evidence of this. The first well known historical figure to play the game, however, was Henry V.

Answer 2

Major Walter Clopton Wingfield invented "land tennis" in 1873 which eventually was shortened to just tennis.

Answer 3

The father of modern tennis is Walter Clopton Wingfield

Answer 4

nobody specific invented tennis, however it is originally first played in England.

Answer 5

Walter Clopton Wingfield

Answer 6

lendl