lawn tennis had its own revolution. – Lance Tingay in The Fireside Book of Tennis If the “Tennis Court Oath” of 1789 gave power to the people, the creation of Open competition in 1968 gave ...

In 1883, it became the Museum of the French Revolution, including Luc-Olivier Merson’s monumental painting, The Tennis Court Oath, based on an unfinished 1791 work by Jacques-Louis David.

The French Revolution, which began in 1789, distracted from the game, though one of the revolution’s founding moments, the Tennis Court Oath, took place in the tennis court at Versailles ...

During the French Revolution, this had been the site of the Oath of the Tennis Court, which signaled the formation of the first French Republic. Now it was the site of tennis’ own, quietly ...

Some cite the Oath of the Tennis Court, or Serment de Jeu de Paume, which took place on Versailles’ jeu de paume court and launched the French Revolution, as proof of the game’s noble roots.

Marie Antoinette didn’t say let them eat cake As the story goes, when Queen Marie Antoinette heard that the French peasants ... The pledging of the Tennis Court Oath. Named for the location ...