A History of the Davis Cup (Book)
The online description was enticing. Based on the title alone, A History of the Davis Cup: Being the Story of the International Lawn Tennis ChampionshipRead More
An engineer overthinks tennis in a daily journal.
The online description was enticing. Based on the title alone, A History of the Davis Cup: Being the Story of the International Lawn Tennis ChampionshipRead More
Herbert Warren Wind was a sportswriter for The New Yorker from 1941 until his retirement in 1990. While his primary sport was golf, he alsoRead More
Gordon Forbes was a tennis player from South Africa who competed during the 1950s and 1960s. He won the French Open Mixed Doubles title inRead More
Li Na is a retired professional tennis player and a trailblazer in the sport. She was the first person from China to win a GrandRead More
Tennis is steeped in tradition. At the same time, there has been considerable evolution in the rules of the sport over the past century. AnyRead More
2 responsesAlice Marble was a prominent American tennis player who competed during the 1930s and 1940s. She left an indelible mark on the sport’s history. UsingRead More
1 responseIn 1988, Billie Jean King, in collaboration with Cynthia Starr, published We Have Come a Long Way: The Story of Women’s Tennis. To celebrate theRead More
Last month, the Wall Street Journal ran a guest column from Madeleine Blais listing the Five Best Books on Women in Tennis. To her credit,Read More
Long before Chris Everet and Martina Navratilova brought rivalry to women’s tennis, there was Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills. Despite the fact that the earlyRead More
Althea Gibson was the first African American to break the color barrier in tennis. She won the French Championships (now French Open) in 1956 andRead More