The right set : a tennis anthology /
The right set : a tennis anthology /
edited and with an introduction by Caryl Phillips.
- xiii, 327 pages ; 21 cm
"A Vintage original"--T.p. verso. Includes index.
I. The history of the game: Lawn tennis, the sturdy bastard / Heiner Gillmeister --
The first Wimbledon / A. Wallis Myers --
Lawn tennis in America / Heiner Gillmeister --
The first American championships / Richard D. Sears. II. The great match: The goddess and the American girl / Larry Engelmann --
Lenglen, Wills match at Cannes / James Thurber --
My match against Mlle Lenglen / Helen Wills --
Two queens / Ferdinand Tuohy. III. The old guard: Tilden, the American mountain / Ted Tinling --
Lacoste defeats Tilden in US final / Allison Danzig --
My matches against Helen Wills Moody / Helen Jacobs --
The finest athlete I ever saw / George Lott --
A little bit of luck / Fred Perry. IV. Money and tennis: The show on the road / Fred Perry --
The lowdown on amateur tennis / Pancho Gonzalez --
Pancho and the challenge / Lew Hoad --
Grooming Monica / Nick Bollettieri. V. Race and nationality: Cernik and I choose exile / Jaroslav Drobny --
Levels of the game / John McPhee --
The Davis Cup / Arthur Ashe --
The commuter / Martina Navratilova --
States / Martina Navratilova --
Venus, the great experiment / David Higdon --
The burden of race / Arthur Ashe. VI. Women and tennis: Tennis for the ladies / Heiner Gillmeister --
Always on the cusp / Billie Jean King --
Ladies of the evening / Martina Navratilova --
The forbidden zone / Michael Mewshaw. VII. Artistry and psychology: Footwork and the preservation of rhythm and balance / Suzanne Lenglen --
Winning / Althea Gibson --
The style of Rod Laver / Julius D. Heldman --
Levels of the game / John McPhee --
The mental aspects of tennis / Martina Navratilova. VIII. The modern personalities: You've come a long way, Billie / Grace Lichtenstein --
Chris Evert, the cold and absolute fire / Peter Bodo --
Jimmy Connors / Rich Koster --
Becker / Gordon Burn --
Educating Andre / Martha Sherrill. IX. Tradition and the game: Lawn tennis / Robert D. Osborn --
Etiquette / Helen Wills --
Court manners and etiquette / Rod Laver --
'You cannot be serious' / John Feinstein --
Tennis personalities / Martin Amis --
My life with Gabriela Sabatini / Alistair Cooke.
0375706461
99017240
Tennis.
Tennis--History.
796.342 / R.
"A Vintage original"--T.p. verso. Includes index.
I. The history of the game: Lawn tennis, the sturdy bastard / Heiner Gillmeister --
The first Wimbledon / A. Wallis Myers --
Lawn tennis in America / Heiner Gillmeister --
The first American championships / Richard D. Sears. II. The great match: The goddess and the American girl / Larry Engelmann --
Lenglen, Wills match at Cannes / James Thurber --
My match against Mlle Lenglen / Helen Wills --
Two queens / Ferdinand Tuohy. III. The old guard: Tilden, the American mountain / Ted Tinling --
Lacoste defeats Tilden in US final / Allison Danzig --
My matches against Helen Wills Moody / Helen Jacobs --
The finest athlete I ever saw / George Lott --
A little bit of luck / Fred Perry. IV. Money and tennis: The show on the road / Fred Perry --
The lowdown on amateur tennis / Pancho Gonzalez --
Pancho and the challenge / Lew Hoad --
Grooming Monica / Nick Bollettieri. V. Race and nationality: Cernik and I choose exile / Jaroslav Drobny --
Levels of the game / John McPhee --
The Davis Cup / Arthur Ashe --
The commuter / Martina Navratilova --
States / Martina Navratilova --
Venus, the great experiment / David Higdon --
The burden of race / Arthur Ashe. VI. Women and tennis: Tennis for the ladies / Heiner Gillmeister --
Always on the cusp / Billie Jean King --
Ladies of the evening / Martina Navratilova --
The forbidden zone / Michael Mewshaw. VII. Artistry and psychology: Footwork and the preservation of rhythm and balance / Suzanne Lenglen --
Winning / Althea Gibson --
The style of Rod Laver / Julius D. Heldman --
Levels of the game / John McPhee --
The mental aspects of tennis / Martina Navratilova. VIII. The modern personalities: You've come a long way, Billie / Grace Lichtenstein --
Chris Evert, the cold and absolute fire / Peter Bodo --
Jimmy Connors / Rich Koster --
Becker / Gordon Burn --
Educating Andre / Martha Sherrill. IX. Tradition and the game: Lawn tennis / Robert D. Osborn --
Etiquette / Helen Wills --
Court manners and etiquette / Rod Laver --
'You cannot be serious' / John Feinstein --
Tennis personalities / Martin Amis --
My life with Gabriela Sabatini / Alistair Cooke.
0375706461
99017240
Tennis.
Tennis--History.
796.342 / R.