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Author:   Dennis J. Phillips ,  Bud Collins
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780786469291

ISBN 10:   0786469293
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   04 May 2012
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of 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     

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highly recommended--Booklist/RBB; long overdue...a welcome addition...easily recommended --ARBA; this useful volume will find eager readers in high school, public and academic libraries --John R.M. Lawrence, Reference Reviews

highly recommended --Booklist; long overdue...a welcome addition...easily recommended --ARBA; this useful volume will find eager readers in high school, public and academic libraries --John R.M. Lawrence, Reference Reviews.

highly recommended --<i>Booklist</i>; long overdue...a welcome addition...easily recommended --<i>ARBA</i>; this useful volume will find eager readers in high school, public and academic libraries --John R.M. Lawrence, <i>Reference Reviews.</i>

Author Information

Dennis J. Phillips is a member of the library faculty at Pennsylvania State University and the library director at Penn State Lehigh Valley. He is the author of other books about tennis and golf.

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