often attributive
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: an indoor or outdoor game that is played with rackets and a light elastic ball by two players or pairs of players on a level court (as of clay or grass) divided by a low net
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Four boys tennis teams from Orange County — Woodbridge, Capistrano Valley, Kennedy and Katella — won CIF Southern Section championships Friday afternoon.
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Ocvarsity Sports Staff, Oc Register, 17 May 2025
Together with her husband, NBA star Jrue Holiday, the couple joined the Courage’s large investment group that includes tennis stars Naomi Osaka and Ons Jabeur.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Listen to this article 2 min It's been over two decades since an American men's tennis player won a Grand Slam, but Andre Agassi thinks the drought could end soon.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
Only three other athletes have ever matched that feat while still active in their sports, according to Forbes estimates: MMA fighter Conor McGregor ($158 million in 2021), golfer Tiger Woods ($105 million in 2009) and tennis player Roger Federer ($100 million in 2020).
—Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Ocvarsity Sports Staff, Oc Register, 17 May 2025
Together with her husband, NBA star Jrue Holiday, the couple joined the Courage’s large investment group that includes tennis stars Naomi Osaka and Ons Jabeur.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Listen to this article 2 min It's been over two decades since an American men's tennis player won a Grand Slam, but Andre Agassi thinks the drought could end soon.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
Only three other athletes have ever matched that feat while still active in their sports, according to Forbes estimates: MMA fighter Conor McGregor ($158 million in 2021), golfer Tiger Woods ($105 million in 2009) and tennis player Roger Federer ($100 million in 2020).
—Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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“Tennis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tennis. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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tennis
noun
ten·nis
ˈten-əs 
: a game played with rackets and a light elastic ball by two players or two pairs of players on a level court divided by a low net
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