royal tennis

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Royal tennis is a historic indoor racket sport, considered the precursor to modern lawn tennis, traditionally played in enclosed courts with sloping roofs and walls.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
court tennis 1
royal jeu de paume 1
royal tennis canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf indoor sport
precursor of lawn tennis
racket sport
ballCovering cloth
ballType handmade ball
courtSurface hard surface
governingBody International Real Tennis Professionals Association
hasAlternativeName court tennis
linked to: royal tennis

real tennis
royal jeu de paume
linked to: royal tennis
hasFeature asymmetrical court
chases as scoring features
galleries around the court
net across the middle of the court
penthouse roof along the side of the court
service end and hazard end
sloping roofs
walls used in play
hasHistoricalAssociationWith English monarchy
linked to: English monarchs

French monarchy
hasNotableCountry Australia
France
United Kingdom
United States
hasObjective win points by hitting the ball into the opponent's court with strategic use of walls and chases
isPlayedBy four players in doubles
two players
isPlayedIn enclosed court
isPlayedOn indoor court
isPlayedWith ball
racket
isPrecursorOf lawn tennis
isRelatedTo lawn tennis
pallone
squash
originatedAs jeu de paume
originatedIn France
racketMaterial wood
usesScoringSystemSimilarTo lawn tennis
usesTerm advantage
deuce
love
wasPopularAmong European royalty
nobility
wasPopularIn Renaissance Europe

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jeu de paume hasAlternativeName royal tennis
subject linked to: jeux de paume
royal tennis hasAlternativeName court tennis
linked to: royal tennis
royal tennis hasAlternativeName royal jeu de paume
linked to: royal tennis