<P> Between 1859 and 1865 , in Birmingham , England , Major Harry Gem , a solicitor , and his friend Augurio Perera , a Spanish merchant , combined elements of the game of rackets and the Spanish ball game pelota and played it on a croquet lawn in Edgbaston . In 1872 , both men moved to Leamington Spa and in 1874 , with two doctors from the Warneford Hospital , founded the world 's first tennis club , the Leamington Tennis Club . </P>
<P> Between 1859 and 1865 , in Birmingham , England , Major Harry Gem , a solicitor , and his friend Augurio Perera , a Spanish merchant , combined elements of the game of rackets and the Spanish ball game pelota and played it on a croquet lawn in Edgbaston . In 1872 , both men moved to Leamington Spa and in 1874 , with two doctors from the Warneford Hospital , founded the world 's first tennis club , the Leamington Tennis Club . </P>
which is the first tennis club to be established
which is the first tennis club to be established
the Leamington Tennis Club
the Leamington Tennis Club