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Tennis: A History from American Amateurs to Global Professionals
By (author) Greg Ruth
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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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Publisher | University of Illinois Press
Published date | 27 Jul 2021
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 368
Dimensions | 235 x 156 x 41mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 567g
ISBN | 978-0-2520-8588-8
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BISAC | sports & recreation / general
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