Tennis

History

Albarran, Pierre et Henri Cochet. Histoire du tennis. Paris: A. Fayard, 1960. C-11 6475.

Baltzell, E. Digby. Sporting gentlemen: men's tennis from the age of honor to the cult of the superstar. NY: Free Press, 1995. JFE 95-8908.

Feinstein, John. Hard courts. NY: Villard Books, 1991. JFE 91-7330.

Gillmeister, Heiner. Kulturgeschichte des Tennis. Munchen, Germany: Fink, 1990. JFE 91-3401. The history of tennis in Europe; includes bibliographical references and index.

Henderson, Robert W. "How old is the game of racquets?" New York Public Library Bulletin. Vol. 40, No. 5 (May 1936), p. 403-410. *HND (NYPL). An article tracing the game back to 1529.

Kendrick, Martyn. Advantage Canada: a tennis centenary. Toronto [Ont.], Canada: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1990. JFF 91-995.

King, Billie Jean. We have come a long way: the story of women's tennis. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1988. JFF 89-115.

Lumpkin, Angela. Women's tennis, a historical documentary of the players and their game. Troy, NY: Whitson Pub. Co., 1981. JFE 82-2820.

Merkel, Max. Man muss auch verlieren konnen: vom Tennis und anderen Argernissen. Munchen, Germany: F. Herbig, 1990. JFD 90-7717. A German history of the game.

Minton, Robert. Forest Hills: an illustrated history. Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1975. JFF 76-937.

Noel, Evan B. History of tennis. London: Oxford University Press, 1924. MVFD. A two-volume British history of the game.

Potter, Jeremy. Tennis and Oxford. Oxford, England: Oxford Unicorn Press, 1994. JFE 96-493. History of the game at the British University.

Sharnik, John. Remembrance of games past: on tour with the tennis grand masters. NY: Macmillan, 1986. JFE 86-5469.

Tingay, Lance. Tennis: a pictorial history. Glasgow, Scotland: Collins, 1977. JFF 78-531.

Talbert, William F. Tennis observed; the USLTA men's singles champions, 1881-1966. Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1967. G-10 2268.

Tinling, Ted. Love and faults: personalities who have changed the history of tennis in my lifetime. NY: Crown Publishers, 1979. JFE 80-138.

Whitington, Richard S. An illustrated history of Australian tennis. South Melbourne, Vic., Australia: Macmillan, 1975. JFF 76-772.