What does 🎾 Tennis mean?
A fuzzy yellow-green tennis ball. It is used for matches, lessons, Grand Slam tournaments like Wimbledon and casual hits with friends, and padel players often borrow it too. Beyond sport, it can stand for “the ball’s in your court” – your turn to reply or decide. During Wimbledon it often appears next to 🍓 for the classic strawberries and cream.
🎾 Tennis is an emoji from the Activities category (sports equipment), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about ball, racquet and sport.
Example messages
🎾 Tennis on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Tennis looks on each platform.
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Tennis emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Tennis emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🎾 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :tennis:.
When was the Tennis emoji added?
🎾 Tennis was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🎾 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Tennis. The underlying code (U+1F3BE) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.