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There is Deck Tennis, Beach Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Real Tennis, Ring Tennis and Table Tennis.

Deck Tennis appeared in the 1920s. Like many other such games deck tennis sought to adapt to shipboard conditions a game already known to passengers as a land sport. Deck tennis is now established as a land game known as Tennis or Beach Tennis.

Deck tennis is played by either two or four people who throw a quoit or rubber ring to one another across a net suspended over the centre of the court, which is divided like a Lawn Tennis court. The size of the courts, whether for singles or for doubles, varies.

Ring tennis is a combination of tennis and quoits. It can be played by two or four players in either singles or doubles, and, as with deck tennis, it can be played in a much smaller area than Lawn Tennis.

Beach tennis can be played with the same equipment and to the same rules as ring tennis, but often the only equipment used is the ruber ring.

Lawn tennis is a game played with long-handled, oval-headed rackets, made of either wood or metal, by two (singles) or four (doubles) players. They seek to collect points by controlling and maneuvering a lively, cloth-covered, rubber ball within the confines of a court, 23-77m long and for singles play, 8-23 in wide.

The court is divided across the middle into two equal halves by a net, 0,914m high at the centre. The game was played first on grass which has remained the traditional surface in Great Britain, Australia and the USA. Now the grass at some of the most famous American clubs should be replaced by plastic surfaces.

Real tennis is a racket-and=ball game played in an indoor court. This ancient game from which lawn tennis was devised is now known as real tennis in Britain, royal tennis in Australia, and court tennis in America.

Table tennis, an indoor game, is played by two players (singles) or two pairs (doubles) facing each other and hitting a ball with a racket so that it passes over or round a net stretched midway across the surface of a table, striking its surface at each and alternately.

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