Philip The Bold, Duke of Burgundy – 14th Century loser? In researching my first piece in this short series, Ancient Arithmetic: Possible Origins Of The Tennis Scoring System… …I trawled a great many authoritative (and some nonauthoritative) sources in search of the source of the tennis scoring system. In so doing, I also learnt a great … Continue reading Horrible Histories: The Primordial, Honourable & Ignoble Arts Of Tennis Handicapping, Part Two Of Four Pieces On Tennis History