History of tennis that accompanied the French Revolution. The Tennis Court Oath (Serment du Jeu de Paume) was a pivotal event during the first days of the French Revolution. The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate who were locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General on 20 June 1789. Any history of tennis that ignores its origins in the game that was (and is still in certain circles) known as tennis until "lawn tennis" became popular in the late nineteenth century is inaccurate. The Davis Cup, an annual competition between men's national teams,
Tennis Court (song) Lava and Republic Records were going to send "Tennis Court" to US modern rock radio on 11 March 2014 and to US contemporary hit radio on 8 April 2014 as the third US radio single, following "Royals" and "Team". However, its release was cancelled in favour of "Glory and Gore". Nevertheless, the label later decided to cancel the contemporary hit radio (CHR) release of "Glory and Gore" and send "Tennis Court" as originally planned. "Tennis Court" impacted US hot adult contemporary radio and CHR on 21 and 22 April 2014, respectively. "Tennis Court" was released in the United Kingdom on