The United States Tennis Association

Klappentext Warren F. Kimball is the Robert Treat Professor Emeritus of History at Rutgers University. He is the author of a number of books, including Forged in War: Roosevelt, Churchill, and the Second World War. He was a member of the U.S. Tennis Association's board of directors for four years. Zusammenfassung Offers an in-depth look at the history of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and how this sports organisation has helped cultivate and organise tennis in the United States over the past 135 years. 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.

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Warren F. Kimball is the Robert Treat Professor Emeritus of History at Rutgers University. He is the author of a number of books, including Forged in War: Roosevelt, Churchill, and the Second World War. He was a member of the U.S. Tennis Association’s board of directors for four years.

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Offers an in-depth look at the history of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and how this sports organisation has helped cultivate and organise tennis in the United States over the past 135 years. 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.

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List of Illustrations
Foreword by Dave Haggerty
Preface
Note on Citations

1. Origins: The Major and the Ladies
2. The Founding Gentlemen, 1877–1913
3. Evolutionary Revolution, 1913–1922
4. The Money: The Twenties and Thirties
5. Marking Time, 1941–1968
6. Open Tennis, 1968–1990
7. Who Decides? 1990–2002
   Appendix 1. “The Founding Myth” by E. H. Outerbridge
   Appendix 2. USNLTA Original Constitution and Bylaws
   Appendix 3. The ATA and Holcombe Ward, 1947
   Appendix 4. Membership Statistics, 1958–1992
   Appendix 5. USTA Senior Staff List, 1916 to Present
   Notes
   Research Guide
   Bibliography
   Index