Tennis' Greatest Stars

Tennis' Greatest Stars features the 50 greatest and most influencial players of the modern game and, in turn, presents an historical narrative where athletic greatness, popular culture and social responsibilty collide. The top champions of the sport have influenced trends and even incited cultural revolution. Tennis was the first sport to have openly gay athletes, it is the only major sport where women and men make equal amounts of money, and it was a leader in race and sex relations in the 1960s and 1970s. Packed with more than 190 photographs, as well as essays covering such topics as the birth of modern tennis, the majors, international play, surfaces and technology, Tennis Greatest Stars offers a compelling history of a great game.