Tennis

"""Ruth's work is an excellent source for a history of sexism in tennis, while highlighting some of the biggest names on and off the court, who ushered tennis into a profitable sport in the postmodern era."" --Journal of American History ""This well-researched volume will be a valuable addition to any sports history collection."" --Choice ""This book is for tennis pros, serious amateurs, hackers, lovers of the game, and anyone interested in sport history. Greg Ruth shows us how tennis evolved from England’s royal court to L.A.'s public courts to the U.S. Open's billionaire courts. Featuring big personalities and terrific storytelling, Tennis shows us how and why the game evolved over the years. This is excellent sport history.""--Elliott J. Gorn, coauthor of A Brief History of American Sports, Second Edition “Tennis finally has its long-awaited master narrative. Based on prodigious research, Greg Ruth’s well-written, analytical history of the game stands alone. Neither followers of tennis history nor students of the role of sports in modern times can be without this superb book.”--Benjamin G. Rader, author of Baseball: A History of America's Game, Fourth Edition ""Tennis will be the standard work on tennis in America for many years to come. It is a splendid example of sports scholarship and also an important and compelling exploration of what has generally been a little known or appreciated aspect of American History."" --Australasian Journal of American Studies"