“Love’, the word, is at the centre of tennis. It is embedded in the unique and eccentric scoring system. Love meaning nothing – zero. Playing for love. That it was, uniquely, a sport in which woman and men played together made it a ‘love game’ in a social and romantic sense.”

“Love’, the word, is at the centre of tennis. It is embedded in the unique and eccentric scoring system. Love meaning nothing – zero. Playing for love. That it was, uniquely, a sport in which woman and men played together made it a ‘love game’ in a social and romantic sense.”

— Elizabeth Wilson