Tenisi ndimasewera olimbirana omwe amatha kuseweredwa motsutsana ndi mdani m'modzi (osakwatira) kapena pakati pamagulu awiri a osewera awiri aliyense (awirikiza). Wosewera aliyense amagwiritsa ntchito chikwama cha tenisi chomwe chimamangidwa ndi chingwe kuti amenyetse mpira wa mphira wokutira wokutidwa kapena womangirira ukonde komanso kubwalo la wotsutsana. Cholinga cha masewerawa ndikuyendetsa mpira m'njira yoti mdani sangathe kusewera bwino. Wosewerayo yemwe sangabwezeretse mpira sangapezepo mfundo, pomwe wosewera wina atero.
Tenesi ndi masewera a Olimpiki ndipo amasewera m'magulu onse azikhalidwe komanso mibadwo yonse. Masewerawa amatha kuseweredwa ndi aliyense amene angathe kugwira chomenyera, kuphatikiza ogwiritsa ntchito olumala. Masewera amakono a tenisi adachokera ku Birmingham, England, kumapeto kwa zaka za 19th ngati tenisi ya udzu. Idali yolumikizana kwambiri ndimasewera osiyanasiyana (udzu) monga ma croquet ndi mbale komanso masewera achikulire omwe masiku ano amatchedwa tenisi weniweni. M'zaka zambiri za m'ma 1800, mawu akuti tenisi amatanthauza tenisi weniweni, osati tenisi ya udzu.
Malamulo a tenisi amakono asintha pang'ono kuyambira ma 1890. Kupatula kwina ndikuti kuyambira 1908 mpaka 1961 seva idayenera kuponda phazi limodzi nthawi zonse, ndikukhazikitsidwa kwa tiebreak m'ma 1970. Zowonjezera zaposachedwa pa tenisi yaukadaulo ndikukhazikitsidwa kwa ukadaulo wowerengera zamagetsi wophatikizidwa ndi dongosolo lazovuta, lomwe limalola wosewera kuti athe kutsutsana ndi mayitanidwe amawu, omwe amadziwika kuti Hawk-Eye.
Tenesi imaseweredwa ndi osewera mamiliyoni ambiri osangalatsanso ndimasewera odziwika apadziko lonse lapansi. Masewera anayi a Grand Slam (omwe amatchedwanso Majors) ndi otchuka kwambiri: Australia Open idasewera m'makhothi olimba, French Open idasewera m'makhothi ofiira ofiira, Wimbledon idasewera m'makhothi audzu, ndipo US Open idaseweranso makhothi olimba.
Tenesi imaseweredwa pamakona anayi, osanja. Bwaloli ndi 78 mapazi (23.77 m) kutalika, ndi 27 (8.2 m) mulifupi pamasewera a single ndi 36 ft (11 m) pamasewera awiri. Malo owonjezera owonekera mozungulira khothi amafunikira kuti osewera azitha kufinya mipira. Khoka limatambasulidwa m'lifupi monse mwa bwaloli, mofanana ndi zigawo zapansi, ndikugawa magawo awiri ofanana. Imakwezedwa ndi chingwe kapena chingwe chachitsulo chosaposa 0.8 cm (1⁄3 mkati). Ukondewo ndi mainchesi 3 mainchesi 6 (1.07 m) kutalika pazitali ndi mamita 3 (0.91 m) kutalika pakati. Maukondewo amakhala 3 mita (0.91 m) kunja kwa khothi lowirikiza mbali zonse kapena, kwa ukonde umodzi, 3 feet (0.91 m) kunja kwa bwalo la single mbali zonse.
Khothi lamakono la tenisi liyenera kupangidwa ndi a Major Walter Clopton Wingfield. Mu 1873, Wingfield adasainira khothi lofanana kwambiri ndi lomwe alipano pa stické tenisi yake (sphairistike). Tsambali lidasinthidwa mu 1875 pamapangidwe amilandu omwe alipo masiku ano, okhala ndi zolemba zofanana ndi zomwe Wingfield adachita, koma mawonekedwe a khothi lake adasinthidwa kukhala rectangle.
Khothi la Tenesi ku Petäjävesi, Finland
Tenesi ndi yachilendo chifukwa imaseweredwa m'malo osiyanasiyana. Udzu, dongo, ndi makhothi olimba a konkire kapena asphalt okhala ndi akiliriki ndizofala kwambiri. Nthawi zina makalapeti amagwiritsidwa ntchito pochitira m'nyumba, pomwe pansi pake pamakhala zolimba. Milandu yamakina opangira amatha kupezekanso.
Masewera ali ndi magawo angapo. Zotsatira zimatsimikizika kudzera pamakina atatu kapena asanu. Pa dera la akatswiri, amuna amasewera masewera asanu mwa asanu pamipikisano yonse ya Grand Slam, Davis Cup, komanso komaliza pa Masewera a Olimpiki ndi machesi apamwamba atatu pamasewera ena onse, pomwe azimayi amasewera bwino kwambiri -masewera atatu osankhidwa pamasewera onse. Wosewera woyamba kupambana maseti awiri pamipikisano itatu, kapena atatu mwa asanu-asanu, amapambana masewerawo. Mumasewera omaliza okha ku French Open, Masewera a Olimpiki, ndi Fed Cup ndiomwe tiebreaks sanaseweredwe. Pakadali pano, ma seti amasewera mpaka kalekale mpaka wosewera m'modzi atsogoza masewera awiri, nthawi zina amatsogolera kumasewera ena ataliatali.
M'maseweredwe ampikisano, wampando wapampando alengeza kutha kwa masewerawa ndi mawu odziwika bwino "Game, set, match" otsatiridwa ndi dzina la wopambana kapena timuyo.
M'mapikisano am'mbuyomu, oweruza omwe amayitanitsa kutumikirako nthawi zina amathandizidwa ndi masensa amagetsi omwe amalira kuti asonyeze kutumizidwa kunja; imodzi mwa makina oterewa amatchedwa "Cyclops". Kuyambira pamenepo ma cyclops adasinthidwa ndi makina a Hawk-Eye. M'mipikisano yapaukadaulo yogwiritsa ntchito makinawa, osewera amaloledwa kupempha katatu kosapambana, kuphatikiza pempholi limodzi kuti tiwatsutse mafoni oyandikira kudzera pakuwunikanso pakompyuta. US Open, Miami Masters, US Open Series, ndi World Team Tennis adayamba kugwiritsa ntchito njira yovutayi mu 2006 ndipo Australia Open ndi Wimbledon adayambitsa njirayi mchaka cha 2007. M'masewera amkhothi adothi, monga ku French Open, mayitanidwe akhoza afunsidwe mafunso potengera chizindikiro chomwe chasiyidwa ndi zomwe mpira udachita pabwalo.
Woyimira milandu, yemwe nthawi zambiri samakhala kubwalo lamilandu, ndiye womaliza pamalamulo a tenisi. Akaitanidwa kubwalo lamilandu ndi wosewera kapena woyang'anira timu, woweruzayo atha kusintha lingaliro la woweruzayo ngati malamulo a tenisi aphwanyidwa (funso lamalamulo) koma sangasinthe lingaliro la woweruzayo pankhani yokhudza. Ngati, komabe, woweruzayo ali kukhothi pamasewera, woweruzayo atha kupikisana ndi chisankho cha woweruzayo. (Izi zitha kuchitika pamasewera a Davis Cup kapena Fed Cup, osati pagulu la World Group, pomwe wowongolera pampando ochokera kudziko lomwe sililoledwa ali pampando).