Full Description
From forehands to fashions, this book covers the careers of 35 champions who made significant contributions to the sport both on and off the court. Suzanne Lenglen, Helen Wills Moody, Maureen Connolly, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Venus and Serena Williams, and others are listed chronologically. Photographs, statistics and records of each player are included, as well as results of all the Grand Slams and the Fed Cup, Olympic Games, Wightman Cup, and Hopman Cup competitions.
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Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Bud Collins
Preface
I—Profiles of Champions
Charlotte Dod
Dorothea Katherine Douglass Lambert Chambers
Anna Margarethe Bjurstedt Mallory
May Godfray Sutton Bundy
Hazel Virginia Hotchkiss Wightman
Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen
Helen Newington Wills Moody Roark
Helen Hull Jacobs
Alice Marble
Margaret Evelyn Osborne duPont
Pauline May Betz Addie
Althea Louise Brough Clapp
Doris Jane Hart
Shirley June Fry Irvin
Althea Gibson
Maureen Catherine Connolly Brinker
Darlene Ruth Hard
Maria Ester Andion Bueno
Margaret Smith Court
Billie Jean Moffitt King
Sarah Virginia Wade
Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley
Christine Marie Evert
Martina Navratilova
Hana Mandlikova
Tracy Austin
Jana Novotna
Steffi Graf
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Monica Seles
Lindsay Davenport
Venus Williams
Martina Hingis
Serena Williams
Justine Henin
II—Records
The Grand Slams
The Australian Championships
The French Championships
The Wimbledon Championships
The United States Championships
The Fed Cup
The Olympic Games
The Wightman Cup
The Hopman Cup
III—Rankings
USTA Top 10 Women's Singles Rankings
WTA Season-Ending Top 10 Singles Rankings
World Rankings
Appendices:
A. Career Earnings of Women Tennis Stars
B. Open Era Player Records of Women Tennis Stars
C. Chronolog y of Women Tennis Stars by Year of Birth
D. ITF World Champions
E. Women Tennis Stars Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame by Year
F. A Brief History of Women's Tennis Fashion
Index
