02919oam 2200529 450 991082661160332120231220225543.00-252-05279-X(CKB)5510000000041443(MiAaPQ)EBC6688480(Au-PeEL)EBL6688480(StDuBDS)EDZ0002605313(EXLCZ)99551000000004144320210823d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTennis a history from American amateurs to global professionals /Greg RuthUrbana :University of Illinois Press,2021.1 online resource (xii, 317 pages)Sport and society ;138Illinois scholarship onlineAlso issued in print: 2021.0-252-04389-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Tennis amateurs and tennis professionals -- Amateur Associations along the American Atlantic Coast -- The West Coast game -- The cause célèbre of the pioneering professional -- Depression-Era developments in amateur and professional tennis -- Wartime Southern California professionals -- The cultural contexts of mid-century women's tennis -- The "Kramer Karavan" -- The world champion from "The Wrong Side of the Tracks" -- Tennis Opens -- The rise and demise of world championship tennis -- The impact of sports agents and agencies on professional tennis -- Women's professional tennis in the early Open era -- Conclusion: Professional tennis as global entertainment.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.Sport and society ;138.Illinois scholarship online.TennisHistoryTennis playersWomen tennis playersTennisTournamentsTennisHistory.Tennis players.Women tennis players.TennisTournaments.796.342Ruth Greg1986-1642617StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910826611603321Tennis3987412UNINA