Lawn Tennis in India is a game which can be played either indoor or outdoor on a rectangular court by two persons or by four persons of same sex or by men and women parties. Rackets are used to strike the ball back and forth across a net. Hitting the ball away from the reach of the opponent increases the scores.Lawn Tennis is a very old game and it has a diverse origin. It was first played in Egypt and in the Middle East. The name tennis is supposed to develop from an Egyptian town named Tinnis and racket is from an Arab word `rahat`. It is also said that the word tennis comes from the French word `Tenetz` which means `look out.According to the records tennis was played long before in 12th century in France with the palm of the hand. The passion of the game gave it the name Royal tennis. After 1800, lawn tennis came up dominating the court tennis and in 1877, the lawn tennis was standardized.

The British Army and civilian officers brought Lawn Tennis in India in the 1880s and in 1910, the first All India Championship in tennis was organised where both men and women participated.Afterwards, `Punjab Lawn Tennis Championship` at Lahore, `Bengal Lawn Tennis Championship at Calcutta and the All India Tennis Championship at Calcutta were conducted. Lawn Tennis was earlier a game of upper classes and regarded as a fashionable game due to the high cost of the equipment but now Lawn Tennis in India is played by all groups of people of all ages.The success of Leander Paes , Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza have inspired many people of young generation to take up the game as a profession.There are various types of lawn tennis tournaments played in India. There are regionwise tournaments like Chennai Open Tennis Championship, DSCL Open National Tennis championship and Maharashtra state lawn tennis association etc.