QA Tennis Tournament

A tennis tournament is an organized series of tennis matches where players compete in a knockout format until one champion remains

Old Tennis Rules

• No Tiebreaks: Sets continued indefinitely until one player won by two clear games (the "advantage set" format), sometimes leading to marathon sets. [1]

• The Challenge Round: Early tournaments like Wimbledon allowed the previous year’s champion to automatically skip to the final round to defend their title against the current tournament's challenger. [1]

• Strict Amateurism: Professionals were banned from major tournaments until the start of the Open Era in 1968, keeping amateur and elite money play strictly separate. [1]

• No Overarm Serves Initially: The earliest 1874 lawn tennis rules required underarm serving before overarm serves were permitted by 1882.