Virtua Tennis (series)

Virtua Tennis is a series of tennis games published by Sega, Hitmaker and Sumo Digital.

Gameplay
All four games allow players to play as real life tennis pros. The first game only allowed Men's division, but starting from Virtua Tennis 2, the women's division became a staple.

All games allow for single and doubles matches and include a World Tour mode where the player starts off as the 300th seed and must work their way up through the ranks by beating opponents and mini games using the mechanics of the game.

These minigames vary greatly from breaking clay plates, to taking on a tank that shoots tennis balls at you to using soccer balls to score goals against cardboard opponents via serving.

Games

 * Virtua Tennis - 1999/2000. Dreamcast, Arcade, Windows
 * Virtua Tennis 2 - 2001. Dreamcast, Arcade, PlayStation 2.
 * Virtua Tennis 3 - 2006/2007. Arcade, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, PlayStation Portable.
 * Virtua Tennis 4 - 2011/2012. Arcade, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Windows, PlayStation Vita.

Spinoffs

 * Virtua Tennis: World Tour - 2005. PlayStation Portable
 * Virtua Tennis 2009 - 2009/2010. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Windows
 * Virtua Tennis Challenge - 2012. Android, IOS

Trivia

 * Tommy Haas is the only real life player to have a perfect Virtua Tennis attendance, excluding Virtua Tennis Challenge which had no licensed players.
 * Venus Williams and Tim Henman appear in five out of seven titles, Williams missing out only in Virtua Tennis as it was men's division only and Henman only being absent from Virtua Tennis 4. Both miss out in Virtua Tennis Challenge however due to no licensed players.
 * Jim Courier is the only player who returned after skipping a title.
 * King is the character with the most appearances across the whole series, serving most often as the final challenge players must face.