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Like the [[Tennis Cup 4]] and the [[Doubles Cup 2]] before it, it was a deliberate reprisal/continuation of an older tournament, with this in particular looking back to the oldest form of competitive tennis to have historically occurred on the [[YouChew]] forums. This made it the longest gap of time to occur between two of the same format of competition at a length of roughly 6 years, with [[Tennis League 3|the previous league]] occurring in 2008.

~~The~~ tournament is known today for its very playful and fun loving atmosphere, and for the very silly, experimental and unserious nature of many of the matches played, most notably by {{dew}}, {{TheChutley}}, {{GameBop}}, {{fiv95}}, {{CorruptionSound}}, Nineroe, {{valkiriforce}} and others. This was furthered by the use of the voting account "Comrade Ebola", a chaotic character concocted by TheChutley depicting George Harrison in front of the flag for Nazi Germany, who often spoke as if subliminally espousing the praises of Communism in its announcement posts, including the oft quoted "GLORY TO TENNIS!". {{dew}}, in addition, often made announcement posts graced with the visage of Captain Barbossa from the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series of films, as if to conduct the tournament as a pirate captain commanding its crew and ship.

Crystallizing the beginning of the "Silver Age"(2014-2018) of tennis, the tournament is known today for its very playful and fun loving atmosphere, and for the very silly, experimental and unserious nature of many of the matches played, most notably by {{dew}}, {{TheChutley}}, {{GameBop}}, {{fiv95}}, {{CorruptionSound}}, Nineroe, {{valkiriforce}} and others. This was furthered by the use of the voting account "Comrade Ebola", a chaotic character concocted by TheChutley depicting George Harrison in front of the flag for Nazi Germany, who often spoke as if subliminally espousing the praises of Communism in its announcement posts, including the oft quoted "GLORY TO TENNIS!". {{dew}}, in addition, often made announcement posts graced with the visage of Captain Barbossa from the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series of films, as if to conduct the tournament as a pirate captain commanding its crew and ship.

It was the first tennis competition to feature Nineroe, {{Razerek}}, JammeKamme, ravinrabbid123, Peskeh, NataliaHTTPS, {{PCB}}, {{theadventuretimefan}}, {{ThirtyTwelve}}, {{Soucisse Verte}}, laromande, {{Brick}}, and TehShadzify, the last tennis competition to feature {{imoutofideas1}}, {{ZACHTOMCAT}} and {{rapskallionxyz}}, and the only tennis competition to feature theregularmaster, TugCoat, poppop17, OldFashionedLizard, InLivingTuna, ThemOldaBoys, Alfonzopancakes, {{NationOfOranges696}}, INTERGALACTICDEATHRAPE, thewoof, and Luiginati512.

It was the first tennis competition to feature Nineroe, {{Razerek}}, JammeKamme, ravinrabbid123, Peskeh, NataliaHTTPS, {{PCB}}, {{theadventuretimefan}}, {{ThirtyTwelve}}, {{Soucisse Verte}}, laromande, {{Brick}}, and TehShadzify, the last tennis competition to feature {{imoutofideas1}}, {{ZACHTOMCAT}}, {{Jowlhog4}} and {{rapskallionxyz}}, and the only tennis competition to feature theregularmaster, TugCoat, poppop17, OldFashionedLizard, InLivingTuna, ThemOldaBoys, Alfonzopancakes, {{NationOfOranges696}}, INTERGALACTICDEATHRAPE, thewoof, and Luiginati512.

It also included the participation of HardcoreMormonFuckingMachine, a prank account run in secret by {{TheChutley}}, {{MycroProcessor}}, InLivingTuna and others during the course of the league, playing 4 complete matches. None of the participants of the [[Tennis League 3]] returned, as virtually everyone who participated in it had long since retired. However, {{GameBop}} participated as the only remaining player to have been a part of the [[Tennis League 2]].

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 Like the [[Tennis Cup 4]] and the [[Doubles Cup 2]] before it, it was a deliberate reprisal/continuation of an older tournament, with this in particular looking back to the oldest form of competitive tennis to have historically occurred on the [[YouChew]] forums. This made it the longest gap of time to occur between two of the same format of competition at a length of roughly 6 years, with [[Tennis League 3|the previous league]] occurring in 2008.
-The tournament is known today for its very playful and fun loving atmosphere, and for the very silly, experimental and unserious nature of many of the matches played, most notably by {{dew}}, {{TheChutley}}, {{GameBop}}, {{fiv95}}, {{CorruptionSound}}, Nineroe, {{valkiriforce}} and others. This was furthered by the use of the voting account "Comrade Ebola", a chaotic character concocted by TheChutley depicting George Harrison in front of the flag for Nazi Germany, who often spoke as if subliminally espousing the praises of Communism in its announcement posts, including the oft quoted "GLORY TO TENNIS!". {{dew}}, in addition, often made announcement posts graced with the visage of Captain Barbossa from the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series of films, as if to conduct the tournament as a pirate captain commanding its crew and ship.
+Crystallizing the beginning of the "Silver Age"(2014-2018) of tennis, the tournament is known today for its very playful and fun loving atmosphere, and for the very silly, experimental and unserious nature of many of the matches played, most notably by {{dew}}, {{TheChutley}}, {{GameBop}}, {{fiv95}}, {{CorruptionSound}}, Nineroe, {{valkiriforce}} and others. This was furthered by the use of the voting account "Comrade Ebola", a chaotic character concocted by TheChutley depicting George Harrison in front of the flag for Nazi Germany, who often spoke as if subliminally espousing the praises of Communism in its announcement posts, including the oft quoted "GLORY TO TENNIS!". {{dew}}, in addition, often made announcement posts graced with the visage of Captain Barbossa from the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series of films, as if to conduct the tournament as a pirate captain commanding its crew and ship.
-It was the first tennis competition to feature Nineroe, {{Razerek}}, JammeKamme, ravinrabbid123, Peskeh, NataliaHTTPS, {{PCB}}, {{theadventuretimefan}}, {{ThirtyTwelve}}, {{Soucisse Verte}}, laromande, {{Brick}}, and TehShadzify, the last tennis competition to feature {{imoutofideas1}}, {{ZACHTOMCAT}} and {{rapskallionxyz}}, and the only tennis competition to feature theregularmaster, TugCoat, poppop17, OldFashionedLizard, InLivingTuna, ThemOldaBoys, Alfonzopancakes, {{NationOfOranges696}}, INTERGALACTICDEATHRAPE, thewoof, and Luiginati512.
+It was the first tennis competition to feature Nineroe, {{Razerek}}, JammeKamme, ravinrabbid123, Peskeh, NataliaHTTPS, {{PCB}}, {{theadventuretimefan}}, {{ThirtyTwelve}}, {{Soucisse Verte}}, laromande, {{Brick}}, and TehShadzify, the last tennis competition to feature {{imoutofideas1}}, {{ZACHTOMCAT}}, {{Jowlhog4}} and {{rapskallionxyz}}, and the only tennis competition to feature theregularmaster, TugCoat, poppop17, OldFashionedLizard, InLivingTuna, ThemOldaBoys, Alfonzopancakes, {{NationOfOranges696}}, INTERGALACTICDEATHRAPE, thewoof, and Luiginati512.
 It also included the participation of HardcoreMormonFuckingMachine, a prank account run in secret by {{TheChutley}}, {{MycroProcessor}}, InLivingTuna and others during the course of the league, playing 4 complete matches. None of the participants of the [[Tennis League 3]] returned, as virtually everyone who participated in it had long since retired. However, {{GameBop}} participated as the only remaining player to have been a part of the [[Tennis League 2]].