Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

Tennis in the works by Agatha Christie

 * A tennis racket is stolen in the novel Cat Among the Pigeons.
 * The tennis skills of the murderer is of significance in the novel Towards Zero.
 * Lord Whitfield arranges a tennis party at Ashe Manor in the novel Murder is Easy.
 * A doubles match of tennis gives several characters alibis in the novel Evil Under the Sun.
 * In the stage play The Lie, John Gregg enjoys playing tennis with his sister-in-law, Nell Reeves.
 * In The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Geoffrey Raymond enjoys playing tennis and golf.
 * Raymond Starr in The Body in the Library, is a tennis instructor at the Majestic Hotel, Danemouth.
 * Bimbo enjoys playing tennis. (The Voice in the Dark)
 * Virginia Revel played tennis at the Ranelagh Club. (The Secret of Chimneys)
 * A tennis court is set up for the young Helen Kennedy in Sleeping Murder but someone came by night and shredded the net. Her brother refused to get a new one, arguing that someone might destroy it also.
 * The Case of the Discontented Husband - Reginald Wade enjoys playing tennis and golf.