Portal:Tennis/Did you know/11 2007

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 * ...that Roger Federer (pictured) has won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year three consecutive times, a current world record?
 * ...that the roots of tennis were traced in history to a game, developed by Major Harry Gem and Augurio Perera, combining elements of pelota and racquets?
 * ...that the All England Club required tennis players entering the tournament to wear almost all white clothing throughout the 1990s?
 * ...that Boris Becker was the youngest and first German tennis player to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon, at the age of 17?
 * ...that prior to the Battle of the Sexes, Bobby Riggs challenged Margaret Court to a tennis match, and won it in straight sets, despite Court being 30 years his junior?
 * ...that Helen Wills was the first female player to win 3 Grand Slam titles in one season, in the 1928-29 season?