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 power to the players. Tennis ...

The pledging of the Tennis Court Oath. Named for the location of their meetings, on 20 June 1789 they took the Tennis Court Oath: “We shall not disperse until we have established a sound and ...