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,
On-Court Tennis video tennis, which many considered totally washed out. This outstanding disk proves them wrong". In 1988, "Dragon" gave the game 4 out of 5 stars. On-Court Tennis On-Court Tennis is a computer game developed by Activision's Gamestar division and published in 1984 for the Commodore 64. "On-Court Tennis" is a microcomputer-based tennis simulation that can be played against the computer or another player. The game automatically moves the avatar to the ball; the player controls the swing and timing. In 1985, "Ahoy!" stated that the Commodore 64 version of "On-Court Tennis" "features fluid animation, highly sophisticated computerized opponents in the