Tenniswhich is a sport branch forcing technical, tactical, physiological andpsychological capabilities of human is one of the best sports branches. “SportsInjuries” is referred to every kind of damage occurring during sportiveactivities. Several factors are involved in sports injuries including age,quality of the material used, weather, lighting, court, hall, component,physical condition of the athlete etc. In addition, psychological factor havealso been stated to play a role in sports injuries. The study was performedwith a questionnaire conducted on 86 elite male tennis players who were playingin Ankara, Konya and Istanbul regions at 1990-1991 season of Turkey TennisClassification League. In study, 47 players have exposed to injury, while 39have not. Rates of injuries were found to be higher in the shoulder, elbow,knee and ankle regions compared to the other parts of the body. In conclusion,in this study we found that the incidence of injury was 54.65 among maletennis player. In addition, our findings indicated that stressful eventsexperienced by the tennis players were also effective on injuries.Türk Spor ve Egzersiz Dergisi Turkish Journal of Sport and Exercis
