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Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts after defeating Spain's Rafael Nadal in their final match of the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco, Sunday, April 21, 2013.
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Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic smiles during a press conference prior to his exhibition Tennis Classic match on November 14, 2012 in Bratislava, Slovakia.
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US tennis player Andy Roddick (L) speaks with the umpire during his men's singles match against Brazilian opponent Thomaz Bellucci on the third day of play at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 20, 2010.
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Tennis player Andy Roddick attends 2012 Arthur Ashe Kids' Day at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Aug. 25, 2012 in New York City.
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Andy Murray of Great Britain kisses the US Open championship trophy after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the men's singles final match on Day Fifteen of the 2012 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 10, 2012 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Murray defeated Djokovic 7-6, 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2.
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Not published in LIFE. Dustin Hoffman plays tennis during filming of the movie, John and Mary, New York, 1969.
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Britain's Andy Murray celebrates after defeating Switzerland's Roger Federer in the men's singles tennis gold medal match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club during the London 2012 Olympic Games Aug. 5, 2012.
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Maria Sharapova of Russia looks on against Serena Williams of the United States during the gold medal match of the Women's Singles Tennis on Day 8 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on August 4, 2012 in London, England.
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Private tennis court, Westhampton New York, 1972.
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Australian tennis legend Rod Laver attends the men's final match between Rafael Nadal of Spain and Roger Federer of Switzerland during the Australian Open Tennis Grand Slam February 01, 2009 in Melbourne.
Photograph for TIME by Lea Crespi
BREAK POINT: Nadal wants to project a more mature image and develop interests beyond tennis. "It's only a game," he says. "It's not work. It's hobby work."
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Alice Marble, No. 1 American women's tennis player, leaps over the net in 1939.
BHARAT SIKKA FOR TIME
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza at home in Hydrabad
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Zhuang Zedong, right, shakes hands with U.S. table tennis player Glenn Cowan during a visit to the United States in April 1972.
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Rita Hayworth models tennis fashions in 1940.
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Joan Crawford plays tennis in 1937 in California.
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Champion Don McNeill's tennis form, 1940.
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Tennis player Yvon Petra in 1946.
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Tennis veteran Florene Sutton shows the correct forehand motion to school children at a weekly clinic in 1950.
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Tennis players, 1946.
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Tennis players near Pasadena, California, in 1950.
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National Tennis Championships at Forest Hills, New York, in 1954.
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One LHC detector has an area equivalent to a tennis court and 10 million sensors
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Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik and Indian tennis star Sania Mirza smile during their wedding ceremony at a hotel in Hyderabad, India, on April 12, 2010
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"Fading Hope"
Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal plays a losing match against Roger Federer, of Switzerland.
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RALLYING CALL: Zhbanova on the only court in Perkhlyai. She has the talent to make it in tennis, but can she scrape together enough money to compete?
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Tennis pro Rafael Nadal in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.
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Tennis player John McEnroe
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HAWK-EYE: Tennis uses high tech for line calls
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Top rank Justine Henin retires after 20 years of playing tennis
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The 85,000-square-foot site on an an elevated lot at 33 Nassim Road includes a two-story home, swimming pool and tennis court.
Caption from LIFE. “When the Webbs play table tennis, Horace takes his place at midcourt and watches the ball flash by. Sometimes he catches it and runs off with it.”
Caption from LIFE. "When the Webbs play table tennis, Horace takes his place at midcourt and watches the ball flash by. Sometimes he catches it and runs off with it."
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Musician Redfoo signs autographs for young fans following Victoria Azarenka's match against Urszula Radwanska at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Mar. 12, 2013, in Indian Wells, Calif.
Sloane Stephens of the U.S. serves to compatriot Serena Williams during their women's singles quarter-final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, January 23, 2013. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA - Tags: SPORT TENNIS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Sloane Stephens of the U.S. serves to compatriot Serena Williams during their women's singles quarter-final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Jan. 23, 2013.
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President Obama speaks during a campaign rally at the Delray Beach Tennis Center on October 23, 2012 in Delray Beach, Fl.
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Sara Errani, of Italy, serves to Vera Dushevina in the second round of play at the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Aug. 30, 2012, in New York.
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Casey Dellacqua of Australia serves to Li Na of China during their women's singles match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, August 29, 2012.
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An aide hands Col. Fulgencio Batista, future president and dictator of Cuba, a tennis ball in 1938 Cuba.
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Spain's Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Serbia's Novak Djokovic during their men's final match in the French Open tennis tournament, Monday, June 11, 2012.
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Venus Williams adjusts her hair, which contains red and blue strands, during practice at the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon in London during the 2012 Summer Olympics, July 26, 2012.
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TIME writer Sean Gregory competes in wild card qualifying for the U.S. Open tennis tournament
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Nets are prepared for play on Centre Court at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 22, 2008.
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Rafael Nadal wins the Men's Singles Final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on July 6
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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal pose for photographs before the men's singles final on Day 13 of the 2008 Wimbledon tennis championship
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Serbia's Novak Djokovic lifts the trophy after defeating Spain's Rafael Nadal in the men's singles final at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, Sunday, July 3, 2011.
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Israel's Shahar Peer plays a shot to Russia's Maria Sharapova during their Fed Cup World Group first round tennis match in Ramat Hasharon.
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ANYTHING GOES: Tommasi, left, and his partner Clerici talk about the birds, the bees and tennis
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Novak Djokovic, left, of Serbia, walks away from Rafael Nadal, of Spain, after Nadal was presented with the championship trophy at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, on September 13, 2010
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Maria Sharapova, of Russia, gets medical treatment to her shoulder in her winning match against Poland's Marta Domachowska during second-round action at the Rogers Cup tennis match Wednesday, July 30, 2008 in Montreal.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 28: A view of a British Airways plane flying past the moon over day four of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships
Photograph for TIME by Ian Teh / Panos
China is one of the few countries in the world with academies dedicated to what many consider a rec-room pastime—like the Luneng Table-Tennis School, with 80 tables
Ian Teh / Panos for TIME
China is one of the few countries in the world with academies dedicated to what many consider a rec-room pastime; at the Luneng Table-Tennis School, wannabe champions practice in a gymnasium set up with 80 tables.
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LIFE Goes to a College Joust, 1952
It lasted roughly one thousand years (give or take a few centuries). It generated mind-boggling advances in science, technology and medicine. It saw magnificent...
Centre Court Catwalk
The world's top tennis players cut a dash at Wimbledon in tuxes, trenches and tutus.
