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New. Analyzing how tennis turned pro 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, Tennis tells the interlocking stories of the figures and factors that birthed the professional game.
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- Title Tennis: A History from American Amateurs to Global Professionals
- Author Greg Ruth
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Illinois Press
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780252085888 / 0252085884
- Weight 1.28 lbs (0.58 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.22 x 1.02 in (23.39 x 15.80 x 2.59 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Tennis - History, Tennis players
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2020056076
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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