How the tennis history timeline game works

Tennis history gets told here through its landmarks, from the first major tournaments to record-breaking matches, new technology and the arrival of the professionals. A sentence beneath each title explains the moment. Your task is to order them by year. One moment starts on the timeline with its year in view. Slot each new card into a gap; correct picks reveal the year, and wrong ones still land in place but cost one of three lives.

The births of the majors and the team competitions are easy to confuse, since they arrived within a fairly short span of each other. Rule and equipment changes are hard to date without a famous name attached. Organizational milestones, like the founding of player bodies and equal prize money, cluster tightly and are easy to swap.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

What's in the deck

Here are 28 of the 30 cards you might be dealt, with 2 more in the deck. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

The First Wimbledon The All England Club held the first Wimbledon Championships at Worple Road.
The First U.S. National Championship The event that became the US Open was first contested at Newport.
The First French Championship France's national tennis championship was inaugurated.
The First Australasian Championship The tournament that became the Australian Open debuted.
The First Davis Cup The USA and the British Isles played the inaugural international team match.
Lenglen's Reign Begins Suzanne Lenglen won her first Wimbledon, revolutionizing the women's game.
Tilden Dominates Bill Tilden won his first of many major singles titles, ruling the 1920s.
Budge's Calendar Grand Slam Don Budge became the first player to win all four majors in one year.
Connolly's Female Slam Maureen Connolly became the first woman to win the calendar Grand Slam.
Gibson Breaks the Barrier Althea Gibson became the first Black champion at a Grand Slam, winning the French.
Laver's First Slam Rod Laver won all four majors in a single calendar year as an amateur.
The Open Era Begins Professionals were admitted to the Grand Slams, starting with the French and Wimbledon.
Laver's Open-Era Slam Rod Laver completed a second calendar Grand Slam, the first of the Open era.
The Tiebreak Arrives The US Open adopted the tiebreak to end marathon sets.
The ATP is Founded Male professionals organized the Association of Tennis Professionals.
The Battle of the Sexes Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs before a huge television audience.
Equal Prize Money at the US Open The US Open became the first major to pay men and women equally.
Borg's Wimbledon Streak Bjorn Borg won the first of five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles.
Navratilova Defects and Dominates Martina Navratilova rose to number one and began an era of dominance.
The Graphite Racket Era Wide-body and graphite composite rackets transformed the power game.
The Borg-McEnroe Tiebreak Final Bjorn Borg beat John McEnroe at Wimbledon after an epic fourth-set tiebreak.
Graf's Golden Slam Steffi Graf won all four majors and Olympic gold in a single year.
Tennis Returns to the Olympics Tennis was reinstated as a full Olympic medal sport in Seoul.
The Williams Sisters' Rise Serena Williams won her first Grand Slam singles title at the US Open.
Federer's First Wimbledon Roger Federer won his maiden Grand Slam at Wimbledon, launching an era.
The Longest Match at Wimbledon Isner beat Mahut in a match whose final set reached 70-68.
Djokovic Holds All Four Novak Djokovic completed a non-calendar Grand Slam by winning the French Open.
Hawk-Eye Challenges Introduced Electronic line-calling review was adopted at a Grand Slam for the first time.