where did the scoring in tennis come from?

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where did the scoring in tennis come from?

2007-03-01 15:37:34 · 4 answers · asked by Katie H 2 in Sports ➔ Tennis

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France

2007-03-01 15:41:02 · answer #1 · answered by trombass08 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋

the theory is that they used a circle much like a clock originally and moved the pointer 1/4 of the circle or 15 minutes for each point and that the 45 minutes "point" was to hard to say so was shortened to 40 for brevity

2007-03-02 07:32:04 · answer #2 · answered by gergnamhel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

the clock, and l'ouef as love from egg

2007-03-02 09:06:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Ganny announced it!!!

2007-03-05 20:21:38 · answer #4 · answered by THE MAN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋