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(. tennis) . tenez, tenir, . , , ! - , ;
(. racquet) . raquette, , , rakhat, ;
deuce (?) . ? deux le jeu, to both is the game ( ); , . deux points, , ;
. love, 0 (, 40love 400), . l'oeuf, , ;
15, 30, 40 . quinze, trente, quarante, .
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1877 . , -, - (All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club). , ?1 ( ), , , . 1888 . - (Lawn Tennis Association, LTA), 43 , , 73 .
1881 . - (United States National Lawn Tennis Association), (United States Tennis Association, USTA). . (U.S. National Men's Singles Championship), , 1881 . . , -. (U.S. National Women's Singles Championships) 1887 .
1899 . , . , . , . 1900 ., . . , , . ( ), . 1945 . .
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1954 . (International Tennis Hall of Fame) , . , -, 1881 . , , , . 1986 . .
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