| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 317 pages). |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Sport and society |
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Sport and society.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Tennis amateurs and tennis professionals -- Amateur Associations along the American Atlantic Coast -- The West Coast game -- The cause célèbre of the pioneering professional -- Depression-Era developments in amateur and professional tennis -- Wartime Southern California professionals -- The cultural contexts of mid-century women's tennis -- The "Kramer Karavan" -- The world champion from "The Wrong Side of the Tracks" -- Tennis Opens -- The rise and demise of world championship tennis -- The impact of sports agents and agencies on professional tennis -- Women's professional tennis in the early Open era -- Conclusion: Professional tennis as global entertainment. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 18, 2021). |
| Subject |
Tennis -- History.
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Tennis players.
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Women tennis players.
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Tennis -- Tournaments.
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SPORTS & RECREATION / General
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Tennis. (OCoLC)fst01147615
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Tennis players. (OCoLC)fst01147686
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Tennis -- Tournaments.
(OCoLC)fst01147642
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Women tennis players. (OCoLC)fst01178615
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ruth, Greg, 1986- Tennis Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021] 9780252043895 (DLC) 2020056076 |
| ISBN |
9780252052798 electronic book |
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025205279X electronic book |
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