Tennis recreational players and is also a popular worldwide spectator sport. The four Grand Slam tournaments (also referred to as the Majors) are especially popular: the Australian Open played on hard courts, the French Open played on red clay courts, Wimbledon played on grass courts, and the US Open also played on hard courts. Historians believe that the game's ancient origin lay in 12th century northern France, where a ball was struck with the palm of the hand. Louis X of France was a keen player of jeu de paume ("game of the palm"), which evolved into real tennis, and became
Jeu de paume court and vowed that they would not disband before the proclamation of a formal Constitution for France. "Le Jeu de Paume" is a moral ode published in 1791 by André Chénier. In the 1981 film "The French Lieutenant's Woman", socialite Charles Smithson (Jeremy Irons) is seen playing "jeu de paume" in London. The 2014 Whitney Biennial exhibition featured the premiere of the stop-motion film "Jeu de Paume" by Joshua Mosley. Jeu de paume Jeu de paume (; ) is a ball-and-court game that originated in France. It was an indoor precursor of tennis played without racquets, though these were eventually