Tennis Emoji

Activities

A bright yellow-green felt-covered ball with distinct white curved seams. It is the definitive representation of a tennis ball, recognized globally for its role in professional matches and casual rallies.

Usage Context

Used to discuss tennis matches, invite friends to play a game, or signal an interest in sports. It is frequently sent alongside the 🏸 for badminton or the 🏆 to celebrate a tournament victory.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of a push to include more recreational equipment in digital messaging. The design draws directly from the standardized size and texture specifications used by the International Tennis Federation, ensuring it remains recognizable across different platforms.

Details

Glyph

🎾

Unicode

U+1F3BE

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3be:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFBE;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Activities

Subcategory sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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