Tennis : a history from American amateurs to global professionals / Greg Ruth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruth, Greg, 1986- author.

Series:

Sport and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tennis--History.

Tennis.

History.

Tennis players.

Women tennis players.

Tennis--Tournaments.

Genre:

History.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 317 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]

Summary:

"The arrival of the Open era in 1968 was a watershed in the history of tennis--the year that marked its advent as a professionalized sport. Merging wide-angle history with individual stories of players and off-the-court figures, Greg Ruth charts tennis's evolution into the game we watch today. His vivid account moves from the cloistered world of nineteenth-century lawn tennis through the longtime amateur-professional divide and the battles over commercialization that raged from the 1920s until 1968. From there, Ruth details the post-1968 expansion of the game as it was transformed by bankable superstars, a popular women's tour, rival governing bodies, and sponsorship money. What emerges is a fascinating history of the economics and politics that made tennis a decisive, if unlikely, force in the creation of modern-day sports entertainment. Comprehensive and engaging, this book tells the interlocking stories of the figures and factors that birthed the professional game"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Amateur Associations along the American Atlantic Coast

2. The West Coast Game

3. The Cause Celebre of the Pioneering Professional

4. Depression-Era Developments in Amateur and Professional Tennis

5. Wartime Southern California Professionals

6. The Cultural Contexts of Mid-Century Women's Tennis

7. The "Kramer Karavan"

8. The World Champion from "The Wrong Side of the Tracks"

9. Tennis Opens

10. The Rise and Demise of World Championship Tennis

11. The Impact of Sports Agents and Agencies on Professional Tennis

12. Women's Professional Tennis in the Early Open Era.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Ruth, Greg, 1986- Tennis

ISBN:

9780252043895

0252043898

9780252085888

0252085884

OCLC:

1193594799

Publisher Number:

99988331330