Wood Courts
A wood court is one of the types of tennis courts on which the modern sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Wood courts are generally a form of hardwood flooring. These courts were once used for indoor "covered court" tennis tournaments in the early 20th century, and occasionally were used to stage outdoor tournaments. They were largely supplanted by the development of indoor carpet courts in professional play. History The surface was first introduced in competitive tournaments in 1878 at the Scottish Championships in Edinburgh, which was held on indoor wood courts until 1883. They were also used beginning in 1881 in England at the Cheltenham Covered Court Championships and Gore Court Championships both indoor events. In 1885 the Seventh Regiment Championship was established and played on indoor wood courts at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York City. Wooden tennis courts are regarded as the fastest of all indoor courts, as they have a very short ...
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Ernest Wool Lewis
Ernest Lewis may refer to: * Ernest Lewis (tennis) (1867–1930), British amateur lawn tennis player * Ernest Lewis (footballer), Welsh footballer * Ernest W. Lewis (1875–1919), American jurist * Ernie Lewis Ernest Clayton Lewis (November 20, 1924 – May 28, 1995) was an American football fullback who played for four seasons in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the Chicago Rockets / Hornets from 1946 to 1949. He was drafted by the Phi ...

Lyon Covered Court Championships
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, northeast of Saint-Étienne. The City of Lyon proper had a population of 522,969 in 2019 within its small municipal territory of , but together with its suburbs and exurbs the Lyon metropolitan area had a population of 2,280,845 that same year, the second most populated in France. Lyon and 58 suburban municipalities have formed since 2015 the Metropolis of Lyon, a directly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of most urban issues, with a population of 1,411,571 in 2019. Lyon is the prefecture of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and seat of the Departmental Council of Rhône (whose jurisdiction, however, no longer extends over the Metropolis of Lyon ...
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