Tennis Freak

The popularization of modern tennis is directly related to the emergence of open tennis tournaments in the late 1960s all over the world. Open tennis tournament is encouraged participation of players from all over the world and was not restricted either to graphically or skill wise. Anybody could participate in these tournaments and compete. In fact, during the initial years of open tennis tournaments, many amateurs successfully won on a regular basis. Open tennis tournaments are also credited for standardizing the rules and also the game play across the world.

Since the participation was not restricted to a geographical location people from all parts of the world participated in the open tournaments and learnt from each other. This also paved the way for the formation of a common organization of the regulation of the game in the world. This organization called ATP was formed in the early 1970s, primarily due to the emergence and popularity of open tennis tournaments in the world.

It also paved the way for many innovations in game play and also the equipment used for the sport of tennis. For example, Fiberglas rackets were experimented in open tennis tournaments and then were popularized throughout the world because of their effectiveness. Similarly the rules like tie-breakers, games per set etc, were standardized after experimentation in open tennis tournaments.

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Tennis in its modern form was popularized through the means of open tennis tournaments. Open tennis tournaments were meant to encourage participation from professional and semiprofessional players. It was also aimed to attract the attention of amateur level players. The overall idea was not only to popularize the sport would also to improve the standard of play across the world. Open tennis tournaments during their inception stages were technically meant for players of all kinds-professional, semiprofessional or amateur. In fact, during the formative years of open tennis tournaments, many amateur and semiprofessional players participated and even won some tournaments.

The actual purpose of the open tennis tournaments were actually achieved because not only these tournaments attracted wide range participation, it also helped in popularizing the sport in many parts of the world. Open tournaments were also able to attract completely new set of followers thereby increasing the fan base of the sport. All these achievements can actually be considered as secondary because the open tennis tournaments were primarily designed and created by lawn tennis clubs across the world. Their idea was also to popularize their own club in the world, apart from increasing popularity of the game. In many such clubs were actually successful in achieving this-for example Wimbledon, U.S. Open, Australian open, etc, where privately run open tennis tournaments but as time progressed they became a part of the grand slam tournaments.

There were many failures too-many open tournaments were forced to discontinue the schedule due to lack of participation or lack of finances. However, the role played by open tennis tournaments in popularizing the sport can never be denied. Open tennis tournaments gradually became selective about the player participation.

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