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Tennis first became an Olympic sport in 1896. It was removed from Olympic play after the 1924 games. It was an exhibition sport in 1968 and 1984. Tennis was reintroduced as Summer Olympic Game event in 1988.

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Tennis player Richard D. Sears had seven consecutive US Open Singles championships (1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, & 1887). Second on the list is Bill Tilden who won seven over all, and six in a row (1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, & 1925). Third is William Larned with five in a row (1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, & 1911) and seven overall. Roger Federer's accomplishment puts him fourth on this list.

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The WTA Tour Championships (Sony Ericsson Championships) is an annual women's tennis tournament at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour. It has gone by many names over the years, including the Avon Championships, the Chase Championships, the Home Depot Championships, the Sanex Championships, the Virginia Slims Championships, the WTA Tour Championships, and its current name - the Sony Ericsson Championships.

The WTA Tour Championships were first played as the Virginia Slims Championships in 1971. The first winner was Billie Jean King of the USA.

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The Kremlin Cup is a tennis tournament held in the fall every year at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia. The men's competition is an International Series event on the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) tour. The Women's competition is a WTA (Women's Tennis Association) tour Tier-I event.

The Kremlin Cup was first held in 1990 for men. Women have competed in the Cup since 1996, when it was initially a Tier-III event. It became a Tier-I event in 1997. The first winners were:

• Men's singles (1990) - Andrei Cherkasov (Soviet Union)
• Women's singles (1996) - Conchita Martínez (Spain)
• Men's doubles (1990) - Hendrik Jan Davids (Netherlands) / Paul Haarhuis (Netherlands)

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The Fed Cup is the women's premier team tennis championship, similar to the men's Davis Cup. It was founded as the Federation Cup in 1963 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was changed to the Fed Cup in 1995.

The inaugural event attracted 16 countries. The first winner of the Fed Cup (Federation Cup at that time) was the United States. The U.S. defeated Australia by a score of 2-1.

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For men's singles pre-1968, three tennis players are tied with 7 US Open singles championships:

• Bill Larned
• Richard Sears
• Bill Tilden

Since the Open era (1968), two male tennis players are tied with 5 championships:

• Jimmy Conners
• Pete Sampras

For women's singles pre-1968, Molla Bjurstedt Mallory has the most singles titles with 8.

Since 1968, Chris Evert has the most women's singles championships with 6.

See: Tennis Grand Slam Champions (Male)

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With their 2007 championship win, the Sacramento Capitals have 6 WTT titles, the most in the league.

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In the history of Wimbledon, Ernest Renshaw won 6 consecutive Wimbledon men's singles titles (1882-1889). In the modern era (since 1922), Bjorn Borg (1976-1980) and Roger Federer (2003-2007) are tied for 5 consecutive Wimbledon men's singles titles.

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The surfaces used are:

• Australian Open: Hard court - Plexicushion, a cushioned acrylic surface, which will replace Rebound Ace in 2008. Prior to 1988 the surface was grass.
• French Open: Clay courts.
• Wimbledon: Rye grass.
• U.S. Open: Hard court - DecoTurf.

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For NCAA Division I men's team tennis championships, all roads lead to California. The schools with the most championships are:

• #1: Stanford with 17 - (1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000)
• #2 tie: UCLA with 16 - (1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1984, 2005)
• #2 tie: USC with 16 - (1946, 1951, 1955, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1976, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2002)

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Two men are tied for the most Wimbledon men's singles championships. They are:

• William Renshaw with 7
• Pete Sampras with 7

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The woman who has the most singles wins at the "Tournoi de Roland Garros" (the Roland Garros Tournament - often referred to as simply the French Open) is Chris Evert who won the French Open 7 times (1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, and 1986). Steffi Graf is second with 6 wins (1987, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1996, and 1999).

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The "Tournoi de Roland Garros" (the Roland Garros Tournament - often referred to as simply the French Open) has been an "open" tournament since 1968. Open means that it is open to both amateurs and professionals. Prior to that, it was a separate amateur tournament (from 1925 - 1967) and professional tournament (1934 - 1968).

The male tennis player to win the most French Opens since 1968 is Bjorn Borg, who won 6 (1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, and 1981). The French Professional Tournament (1934 - 1968) was won the most by Ken Rosewall, who won it 8 times (1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1966).

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The four Grand Slam Tennis Tournaments are:

1. The Australian Open which is held in January of each year. It was held for the first time in 1905.
2. Tournoi de Roland-Garros or the French Open which is held between mid-May to early June. The French Open began in 1891 and opened itself to international competition in 1925.
3. Wimbledon which is held in June and July. It is the oldest and was first played in 1877.
4. U.S. Open which is held in August and September of every year. It was first held in 1881.

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Martina Navratilova has the most Wimbledon women's singles championships with 9.

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Steffi Graff was ranked the number one tennis player in the world for 377 weeks throughout her career. This is a record for both men's and women's tennis.

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At the Queen's Club in the UK in 2004 USA tennis star Andy Roddick had a serve clocked at 153 miles per hour.

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Venus Williams has the fastest serve ever recorded for a female tennis player. One of her serves was recorded at 127.4 MPH during the European Indoor Championships in 1998.

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Martina Hingis became the youngest ever Wimbledon champion when she teamed with Helena Suková to win the women's doubles title in 1996, at the age of 15 years, 282 days. The previous holder of the distinction had been Lottie Dodd, who won the first of her five Wimbledon Ladies singles championships in 1887 at the age of 15 years, 285 days.

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Boris Becker became the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon singles title when he did it in 1985 at the age of 17, defeating Kevin Curren in four sets. This victory also made Becker the youngest male to ever win the Wimbledon title. Becker defended his title the following year, defeating Ivan Lendl in straight sets. The only other unseeded player to win the Wimbledon men's singles championship was Goran Ivanievic, who did so in 2001.

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Roy Emerson holds the record for the most Men's Australian Open Championships having won in 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, and 1967. Margaret Smith holds the record for the most Women's Australian Open Championships having won in 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1966. It is interesting that the two individuals to hold these records did it during the same time frame.