Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tennis
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
American Lawn Tennis
Author: Lawn Tennis in America
Author: Valentine Gill HallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tennis
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
American Lawn Tennis
Author: American Lawn Tennis; Volume 2
Author: United States Lawn Tennis AssociationPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781018186269
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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The United States Tennis Association
Author: Warren F. KimballPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 149620462X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
The United States Tennis Association is an in-depth look at the history of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and how this sports organization has helped cultivate and organize tennis in the United States over the past 135 years. Starting as a group of elite white men from country clubs in the Northeast, the organization has become the largest tennis association in the world, with women in top leadership positions and an annual revenue of well over $300 million. The USTA was key in establishing the Open Era in tennis in 1968, when professionals began competing with amateurs in Grand Slam events; for expanding the game in the United States during the 1970s tennis boom; and for establishing the U.S. Open as one of the most prestigious and largest-attended sports events in the world. Unique among sports-governing bodies, the USTA is a mostly volunteer-run organization that, along with a paid professional staff, manages and governs tennis at the local level across the United States and owns and operates the U.S. Open. The association participates directly in the International Tennis Federation, manages U.S. participation in international tennis competitions (Fed Cup and Davis Cup), and interacts with professional tennis within the United States. The story of how tennis is managed by the nation's largest cadre of volunteers in any sport is one of sports' best untold stories. With access to the private records of the USTA, Warren F. Kimball tells an engaging and rich history of how tennis has been managed and governed in the United States.
Lawn Tennis in America
Author: Valentine G. HallPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265722305
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Excerpt from Lawn Tennis in America: Biographical Sketches From boyhood - not so very many years ago - I have taken great delight in the game Of lawn tennis. I have Observed with great interest the rapid progress which the game has made in popular favor. It has been my pleasure to attend many Of the tournaments referred to in the following pages, and to meet the leading players who are described therein. My notes have gradually accumulated, and have given me some busy, pleasant hours. It has occurred to me that many Of the large and growing numbers Of both sexes with Whom tennis is popular might find these pages Of some interest, and not without value. It has not been my purpose to write a history Of tennis, or to attempt to instruct play ers - my knowledge is not sufficient for such things. If lovers Of tennis find my pages Of interest for pleasant reminiscence, or for reference, or for comparison with the work at the net, I shall be satisfied. I have de voted the first part of the book to biographical sketches of six of the most prominent players in America, to gether with accounts Of all the important tournaments in this country held during 1885 to 1887, inclusive. Following this is an account Of the Renshaw broth ers, together with a description Of the championship matches and principal tournaments Of Europe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
American Lawn Tennis
Author: The Art of Lawn Tennis
Author: William T. TildenPublisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN: 9781589633322
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Tennis is at once an art and a science. The game as played by such men as Norman E. Brookes, the late Anthony Wilding, William M. Johnston, and R.N. Williams is art. Yet like all true art, it has its basis in scientific methods that must be learned and learned thoroughly for a foundation before the artistic structure of a great tennis game can be constructed.
Tennis:Cultural History
Author: Heiner GillmeisterPublisher: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN: 9780718501952
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is a comprehensive history of tennis and arguably, the first truly scholarly history of any individual sport. The author amasses a range of linguistic and documentary evidence to chart the growth of this popular sport.
United States Lawn Tennis Association and the World War
Author: Paul Benjamin WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
