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The word 'tennis' is a noun. When a noun is used to describe another noun, it's called an attributive noun (or noun adjunct).

The term 'tennis court' is a compound noun.

Why some nouns are also adjective and some are not, even though they are used as an adjective, is a mystery. The word 'tennis' is designated as a noun only in the five dictionaries that I consulted for this answer.

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