The right set
Subtitle: a tennis anthology
By: edited and with an introduction by Caryl Phillips
Contributors: Phillips, Caryl
Publisher: Vintage Books; Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Tennis; Tennis -- History
Notes: "A Vintage original"--T.p. verso

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