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Walter Clopton Wingfield
Major Walter Clopton Wingfield (October 1833 – April 18, 1912) was a Welsh inventor of lawn tennis (1874), which he called Sphairistikè (Greek for "ball games"). He authored two tennis works: The Book of the Game and The Major's Game of Lawn Tennis.
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