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Lưới quần vợt
Quần vợt (tiếng Anh: tennis) là môn thể thao chơi giữa 2 người (đánh đơn) hay 2 đội mỗi đội 2 người (đánh đôi). Người chơi sử dụng vợt lưới để đánh một quả bóng bằng làm bằng cao su bọc nỉ rỗng gọi là bóng tennis về phía sân đối phương. Quần vợt hiện nay là một môn thể thao rất phổ biến ở nhiều nước và được thi đấu tại các kỳ Olympic. Trên thế giới có hàng triệu người chơi quần vợt và hàng triệu người hâm mộ. Hàng năm có rất nhiều các giải quần vợt chuyên nghiệp được tổ chức khắp nơi trên thế giới trong đó có 4 giải đấu lớn và danh giá nhất (gọi là các giải Grand Slam) bao gồm giải Úc mở rộng (Australian Open), Wimbledon, Pháp mở rộng (French Open) và Mỹ mở rộng (US Open).
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[sửa] Cách thức chơi
[sửa] Sân
Quần vợt chơi trên sân hình chữ nhật, bề mặt phẳng, thường là bằng cỏ, đất sét, hay sân cứng làm bằng bê tông hoặc/và nhựa đường. Chiều dài sân là 78 feet (23.77 m), và chiều rộng là 27 feet (8.23 m) với trận đơn và 36 feet (10.97 m) cho trận đôi. Không gian thêm xung quanh sân là cần thiết để cầu thủ đón được bóng bay quá tầm. Lưới được căng ngang dọc chiều rộng sân, song song với đương biên, chia đều 2 bên. Chiều cao lưới 3 feet 6 inches (1.07 m) ở 2 bên, và 3 feet (914 mm) ở giữa.
[sửa] Loại sân
Có 3 loại sân chính. Tùy vào nguyên liệu làm bề mặt sân, mỗi bề mặt sẽ cho tốc độ và độ nẩy khác nhau của banh, từ đó ảnh hưởng đến người chơi:
- Sân đất nện
- Sân cỏ
- Sân cứng
Sân cứng gồm nhiều bề mặt sân khác nhau từ kiểu bê tông truyền thống đến sân phủ nhựa đường, hay mặt gỗ, hay đến cỏ nhân tạo.
Sân đất nện còn gọi là "chậm", vì banh dội giảm tốc độ khi chạm sân và sau đó nẩy lên cao, làm cho người chơi khó đánh trả.
Sân cứng và cỏ là những bề mặt "nhanh".
Với các giải Grand Slam, các bề mặt sân khác nhau được dùng: Giải Mỹ Mở rộng và Úc Mở rộng dùng sân xi măng, giải Pháp Mở rộng dùng sân đất nệm, và Wimbledon thì dùng sân cỏ.
[sửa] Chơi được điểm đơn
- Main article: Chơi được điểm đơn
Bên phát banh đứng sau đường biên, giữa điểm trung tâm và đường biên dọc. Bên nhận có thể đứng ở đâu bên phía mình.
Phát banh hợp lệ, banh đi qua lưới (không chạm) và vào phần phát banh chéo ở phía bên kia. Nếu banh chạm lưới mà không chạm đất ở phần phát banh, gọi là let service, không tính trái này và phải phát banh lại. Nếu phát banh bị lỗi lần một: đi quá dài hay không qua lưới, người phát banh được phát lại lần 2, nhận lỗi 1. Nếu lần phát 2 cũng lỗi, nhận lỗi 2 và bên kia được điểm. Nếu lần 2 phát hợp lệ thì không sao.
[sửa] Ghi điểm
- Main article: Tennis score
A tennis match usually comprises one to five sets. A set consists of a number of games, and games, in turn, consist of points.
Matches consist of an odd number of multiple sets, the match winner being the player who wins more than half of the sets. The match ends as soon as this winning condition is met. Some matches may consist of five sets (the winner being the first to win three sets), while most matches are three sets (the winner being the first to win two sets).
A set consists of a sequence of games played with service alternating between games, ending when the count of games won meets certain criteria. Typically, a player wins a set when he wins at least six games and at least two games more than his opponent. It has become common, however, to play a "twelve-point tiebreak" or "tiebreaker" when each player has won six games. A tiebreaker, played under a separate set of rules, allows one player to win one more game and thus the set, to give a final set score of 7-6. (See Tennis score for a description of both tiebreak scoring and its history.)
A game consists of a sequence of points played with the same player serving, and is won by the first player to have won at least four points and at least two points more than his opponent. The running score of each game is described in a manner particular to tennis: scores of zero to three points are described as "love" or "zero", "fifteen", "thirty", and "forty" respectively. When at least three points have been scored by each side and the players have the same number of points, the score is "deuce". When at least three points have been scored by each side and a player has one more point than his opponent, the score of the game is "advantage" for the winning player. During informal games, "advantage" can also be called "ad in" or "ad out", depending on whether the serving player or receiving player, respectively, is ahead. (See Tennis score for further explanation of how to score a game.)
A game point occurs in tennis whenever the player who is in the lead in the game (the smallest unit of play) needs only one more point to win the game. The terminology is extended to sets (set point), matches (match point), and even championships (championship point). For example, if the player who is serving has a score of 40-love, he has a triple game point (triple set point, etc.).
A break point occurs if the receiver, not the server, has a game point. It is of importance in professional tennis, since service breaks happen less frequently with professional players. It may happen that the player who is in the lead in the game has more than one chance to score the winning point, even if his opponent should take the next point(s). For example, if the player who is serving has a score of 15-40, the receiver has a double break point. Should the player in the lead take any one of the next two points, he wins the game.
For two years before the Open Era, in 1955 and 1956, the United States Pro Championship in Cleveland, Ohio was played by the Van Alen Streamlined Scoring System (VASSS) rules, created by James Van Alen, who later invented the tie-breaker. The scoring was the same as that in table tennis, with sets played to 21 points and players alternating 5 services, with no second service. The rules were partially created in order to limit the effectiveness of the powerful service of the reigning professional champion, Pancho Gonzales. Even with the new rules, however, Gonzales beat Pancho Segura in the finals of both tournaments. Even though the 1955 match went to 5 sets, with Gonzales barely holding on to win the last one 21-19, apparently it took only 47 minutes to play.[1] The fans attending the matches preferred the traditional rules, however, and in 1957 the tournament reverted to the old method of scoring.
[sửa] Officials
In serious play there is an officiating chair umpire (usually referred to as the umpire), who sits in a raised chair to one side of the court. The umpire has absolute authority to determine matters of fact. The chair umpire may be assisted by line judges, who determine whether the ball has landed within the required part of the court and who also call foot faults. There may also be a net judge who determines whether the ball has touched the net during service. In some open-tournament matches, players are allowed to challenge a limited number of close calls by means of instant replay in order to have the call overturned. The U.S. Open, U.S. Open Series and World Team Tennis use a "challenge" system similar to the one used in the NFL, where a player gets a limited number of instant-replay challenges per match/set. In clay-court matches, a call may be questioned by reference to the mark left by the ball's impact on the court surface.
Referee, who is is usually located off the court, is the final authority when it comes to the tennis rules. When called to the court by player or team captain, he can overule chair umpire's decision if tennis rules were violated (Question of Law), but he can't change chair umpire's call on the fact (Question of Facts).
Ball boys or girls (who are usually children) may be employed to retrieve balls, pass them to the players, and hand players their towels. They have no adjudicative role. In rare events (if they were hurt, if they have caused hindrance, etc) chair umpire can ask them for statement what actually happened in event they where envolved in. He can use the statement, and base his decision on it.
In some leagues players will make their own calls, trusting each other to be honest. This is the case for many school and university level matches. However, referee or referee asistant can be called on court by the player's request and they have authority to change the fact on the court.
[sửa] Miscellaneous
A tennis match is intended to be continuous. Stamina is a relevant factor, so arbitrary delays are not permitted. In most cases, service is required to occur no more than 20 (ITF events) or 25 (ATP/WTA events) seconds after the end of the previous point. This is increased to 90 seconds when the players change ends (every two games), and a 120 second break is permitted between sets. Other than this, breaks are permitted only when forced by events beyond the players' control, such as rain, damaged footwear, or the need to chase an errant ball.
Balls wear out quickly in serious play, and therefore are changed after every nine games. The first such change occurs after only seven games, because the first set of balls is also used for the pre-match warm-up. Continuity of the balls' condition is considered part of the game, so if a re-warm-up is required after an extended break in play (usually due to rain) then the re-warm-up is done using a separate set of balls, and use of the match balls is resumed only when play resumes.
Wheelchair tennis can be played by able-bodied players as well as people who require a wheelchair for mobility. The use of legs or feet is then prohibited, and the player is required to remain seated in the wheelchair. There is an exception for those who are only able to propel themselves using a foot. In wheelchair tennis, in which the players move in wheelchairs instead of using legs, an extra bounce is permitted. This rule makes it possible to have mixed wheelchair and able-bodied matches. It is possible for a doubles team to consist of a wheelchair player and an able-bodied player (referred to as "one-up, one-down"), or for a wheelchair player to play against an able-bodied player; in such cases, the extra bounce is permitted for the wheelchair users only.
Another, informal, tennis format is called "Canadian doubles" (also referred to as "American Doubles" in Australia, and "Australian Doubles" in Canada). This involves three players, with one person playing against a doubles team. For the single player, singles-court rules apply (such that the ball must be within the singles-court lines) but on the side of the doubles team, doubles-court rules apply (the alleys are considered in). The scoring is the same as a regular game. This format is not sanctioned by any official body and is only played when a fourth player is not available for normal doubles.
Lastly, there is a tennis formation called "Australian doubles" in which both players on the same team line up on the same side of the court, with one player at the net and one in the backcourt. The one in back will generally move to the vacant side of the court after the point begins, which forces the opposing player to hit the ball down the line. This formation also allows the player at the net to poach more easily.
[sửa] Other rules of play used in American college tennis
As of 1999, in Division I tennis at the college level, a let service is considered playable. This rule change was made to prevent receivers from falsely claiming a valid service to be a let, which is a call that cannot be overruled. Thus, a service that hits the net before landing in the service box is a playable shot, and must be returned by the receiver. Otherwise, the receiver loses the point.
If the player is injured on the court, it is an automatic loss for them, and the opposing player is declared winner.
[sửa] Other rules of play used in American high school tennis
During high school tennis team matches players may have to follow a few different rules:
Pro set: Instead of playing best out of three sets, players may play one pro set. A pro set is first to 8 games instead of 6. All other rules apply.
Super tie-break: This is played sometimes after players split sets (Each wins one set). It decides who wins instead of a third set. This is played like a regular tie-break but the winner must attain ten points instead of seven.
No-ad: The players play through the match without any ads. When the game is at deuce the receiving player has the option to choose what side of court (either the deuce side or the ad side) they want to receive the serve for the final game-deciding point. The first player or team to four points wins the game.
[sửa] Shots
A competent tennis player has eight basic shots in his or her repertoire: the serve, forehand, backhand, volley, half-volley, overhead smash, drop shot, and lob.
[sửa] Serve
- Main article: Serve
A serve (or, more formally, a "service") in tennis is a shot to start a point. The serve is initiated by tossing the ball into the air and hitting it (usually near the apex of its trajectory) into the diagonally opposite service box without touching the net. The serve may be hit under- or overhand.
Experienced players strive to master the conventional overhand serve to maximize its power and placement. The server may employ different types of serve:
- Flat Serve
- Topspin Serve (Sometimes called a "Kick/Kicker" serve. Often confused with the "American Twist" serve, since both types of serves are called "Kick/Kicker" serves.)
- American Twist/Twist Serve (Also, sometimes called a "Kick/Kicker" serve, which can confuse people, since "Topspin" serves are also called the same thing. Furthermore, this serve is often confused with the "Topspin-Slice" serve.)
- Slice/Slider/Sidespin Serve
- Topspin-Slice Serve (Often mistakenly identified as the American Twist/Twist. The serves are very different from one another.)
- Reverse Slice/Reverse Slider/Reverse Sidespin Serve
- Reverse Twist/Reverse American Twist Serve
- Reverse Topspin-Slice Serve
A reverse type of spin serve is hit in a manner that spins the ball opposite the natural spin of the server, the spin direction depending upon right- or left-handedness.
Some servers are content to use the serve simply to initiate the point; advanced players often try to hit a winning shot with their serve. A winning serve that is not touched by the opponent is called an ace; if the receiver manages to touch it but fails to successfully return it, it is called a service winner.
[sửa] Forehand
- Main article: Forehand
For a right-handed player, the forehand is a stroke that begins on the right side of his body, continues across his body as contact is made with the ball, and ends on the left side of his body. There are various grips for executing the forehand and their popularity has fluctuated over the years. The most important ones are the continental, the eastern, "semi-western" and the western. For a number of years the small, apparently frail 1920s player Bill Johnston was considered by many to have had the best forehand of all time, a stroke that he hit shoulder-high using a western grip. Few top players used the western grip after the 1920s, but in the latter part of the 20th century, as shot-making techniques and equipment changed radically, the western forehand made a strong comeback and is now used by many modern players. No matter which grip is used, most forehands are generally executed with one hand holding the racquet, but there have been fine players with two-handed forehands. In the 1940s and 50s the Ecuadorian/American player Pancho Segura used a two-handed forehand to devastating effect against larger, more powerful players, and many females and young players use the two-handed grips today.
[sửa] Backhand
- Main article: Backhand
For right-handed players, the backhand is a stroke that begins on the left side of their body, continues across their body as contact is made with the ball, and ends on the right side of their body. It can be executed with either one hand or with both and is generally considered more difficult to master than the forehand. For most of the 20th Century it was performed with one hand, using either an eastern or a continental grip. The first notable players to use two hands were the 1930s Australians Vivian McGrath and John Bromwich, but they were lonely exceptions. The two-handed grip gained popularity in the 1970s as Björn Borg, Chris Evert, Jimmy Connors, and later Mats Wilander used it to great effect, and it is now used by a large number of the world's best players, including Andre Agassi. Andy Roddick uses the "extreme western" grip to create massive amounts of top spin. It is difficult to do this and also causes injuries when done incorrectly. Two hands give the player more power, while one hand can generate a slice shot, applying backspin on the ball to produce a low trajectory bounce. The player long considered to have had the best backhand of all time, Don Budge, had a very powerful one-handed stroke in the 1930s and '40s that imparted topspin onto the ball. Ken Rosewall, another player noted for his one-handed backhand, used a deadly accurate slice backhand with underspin through the 1950s and '60s. A small number of players, notably Monica Seles, use two hands on both the backhand and forehand sides.
[sửa] Other shots
A volley is made in the air before the ball bounces, generally near the net, and is usually made with a stiff-wristed punching motion to hit the ball into an open area of the opponent's court. The half volley is made by hitting the ball on the rise just after it has bounced, once again generally in the vicinity of the net. From a poor defensive position on the baseline, the lob can be used as either an offensive or defensive weapon, hitting the ball high and deep into the opponent's court to either enable the lobber to get into better defensive position or to win the point outright by hitting it over the opponent's head. If the lob is not hit deeply enough into the other court, however, the opponent may then hit an overhead smash, a hard, serve-like shot, to try to end the point. Finally, if an opponent is deep in his court, a player may suddenly employ an unexpected drop shot, softly tapping the ball just over the net so that the opponent is unable to run in fast enough to retrieve it.
[sửa] History
Tennis can be traced as far back as the ancient Greek game of sphairistike (Greek: Σφαιριστική). Major Walter Wingfield borrowed the name of this Greek game, in order to name the recreation he patented in 1874. It was soon converted into a three-syllable word rhyming with “pike” and afterwards abbreviated either to sticky or the mock-French stické, before being finally called "lawn tennis", which was a second name patented by Wingfield for the game.
Its establishment as the modern sport can be dated to two separate roots. In 1856, Alex Ryden, a solicitor, and his friend Batista Pereira, a Portuguese merchant, who both lived in Birmingham, England played a game they named "pelota", after a Spanish ball game. The game was played on a lawn in Edgbaston. In 1872 both men moved to Leamington Spa, and with two doctors from the Warneford Hospital, played pelota on the lawn behind the Manor House Hotel (now residential apartments). Pereira joined with Dr. Frederick Haynes and Dr. A. Wellesley Tomkins to found the first lawn tennis club in the world, and played the game on nearby lawns. In 1874 they formed the Leamington Tennis Club, setting out the original rules of the game. The Courier of 23 July 1884 recorded one of the first tennis tournaments, held in the grounds of Shrubland Hall (demolished 1948).
In December 1873, Major Walter Clopton Wingfield devised a similar game for the amusement of his guests at a garden party on his estate at Nantclwyd, Wales. He based the game on the older sport of indoor tennis or real tennis ("royal tennis"), which had been invented in 12th century France and was played by French aristocrats down to the time of the French Revolution.
According to most tennis historians, modern tennis terminology also derives from this period, as Wingfield borrowed both the name and much of the French vocabulary of royal tennis and applied them to his new game:
- Tennis comes from the French tenez, the imperative form of the verb tenir, to hold: This was a cry used by the player serving in royal tennis, meaning "I am about to serve!" (rather like the cry "Fore!" in golf).
- Racquet comes from raquette, which derives from the Arabic rakhat, meaning the palm of the hand.
- Deuce comes from à deux le jeu, meaning "to both is the game" (that is, the two players have equal scores).
- Love may come from l'œuf, the egg, a reference to the egg-shaped zero symbol; however, since "un œuf" is more commonly used, the etymology remains in question.
- The convention of numbering scores "15", "30" and "40" comes from quinze, trente and quarante, which to French ears makes a euphonious sequence, or from the quarters of a clock (15, 30, 45) with 45 simplified to 40.
Seeing the commercial potential of the game, Wingfield patented it in 1874, but never succeeded in enforcing his patent. Tennis spread rapidly among the leisured classes in Britain and the United States. It was first played in the U.S. at the home of Mary Ewing Outerbridge on Staten Island, New York in 1874.
In 1881 the desire to play tennis competitively led to the establishment of tennis clubs. The first championships at Wimbledon, in London were played in 1877. In 1881 the United States National Lawn Tennis Association (now the United States Tennis Association) was formed to standardize the rules and organize competitions. The comprehensive I.L.T.F. rules promulgated in 1924 have remained remarkably stable in the ensuing eighty years, the one major change being the addition of the tie-breaker system designed by James Van Alen. U.S. National Men's Singles Championship, now the U.S. Open, was first held in 1881 at Newport, Rhode Island. The U.S. National Women's Singles Championships were first held in 1887. The Davis Cup, an annual competition between national teams, dates to 1900.
Tennis was for many years predominantly a sport of the English-speaking world, dominated by the United States, Britain and Australia. It was also popular in France, where the French Open dates to 1891. Thus Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, the French Open and the Australian Open (dating to 1905) became and have remained the most prestigious events in tennis. Together these four events are called the Grand Slam (a term borrowed from bridge). Winning the Grand Slam, by capturing these four titles in one calendar year, is the highest ambition of most tennis players.
In 1926 promoter C.C. ("Cash and Carry") Pyle established the first professional tennis tour with a group of American and French tennis players playing exhibition matches to paying audiences. The most notable of these early professionals were the American Vinnie Richards and the Frenchwoman Suzanne Lenglen. For 42 years professional and amateur tennis remained strictly separate. Once a player turned pro he or she could not compete in the major (amateur) tournaments. In 1968, commercial pressures led to the abandonment of this distinction, inaugurating the Open era, in which all players could compete in all tournaments, and top players were able to make their living from tennis.
With the beginning of the Open era, the establishment of an international professional tennis circuit, and revenues from the sale of television rights, tennis has spread all over the world and has lost its upper-class English-speaking image. Since the 1970s great champions have emerged from Germany (Boris Becker and Steffi Graf), the former Czechoslovakia (Ivan Lendl, Martina Navrátilová, and Hana Mandlíková), Sweden (Björn Borg, Stefan Edberg and Mats Wilander), Brazil (Gustavo Kuerten), Argentina (Gabriela Sabatini and Gastón Gaudio), Russia (Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Marat Safin, Maria Sharapova, Anastasia Myskina, and Svetlana Kuznetsova), Belgium (Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne), France (Amélie Mauresmo, Yannick Noah and Mary Pierce), Spain (Juan Carlos Ferrero, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Carlos Moya, Conchita Martinez, and Rafael Nadal), Switzerland (Martina Hingis and Roger Federer) and from many other countries.
In America, the game has seen a seismic shift from a sport that the "country-club set" played to one that is an activity for anyone. Successes by players from all stripes, from the working-class Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe to great African-American stars Arthur Ashe and the Williams sisters Venus and Serena have firmly established tennis as a game for all in the States, having changed its main home from the country clubs to courts at parks and schools. This is perhaps best embodied in the fact that in the 1970s, when popularity of the game was at a peak, the USTA decided to move the U.S. Open from the posh West Side Tennis Club to a public park (the USTA National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows Park) that is accessible to anyone with the "greens fees" (currently $17). About the same time, the ruling body's name was also changed from United States Lawn Tennis Association to United States Tennis Association.
In 1954 James Van Alen founded the International Tennis Hall of Fame, a non-profit museum in Newport, Rhode Island. The building contains a large collection of tennis memorabilia as well as a hall of fame honoring prominent members and tennis players from all over the world. Each year, a grass-court tournament is hosted on the grounds that are home to the Tennis Hall of Fame, as well as an induction ceremony honoring new Hall of Fame members.
[sửa] The great doubles players
Doubles is no longer as important to spectator tennis as it was in the first half of the 20th Century, when its attraction, particularly in Davis Cup rounds, was nearly equal to that of singles. George Lott, who himself won 5 U.S. doubles titles as well as 2 at Wimbledon, wrote an article in the May, 1973, issue of Tennis Magazine in which he ranked the great doubles teams and the great players. The teams, in descending order, were:
- John Newcombe and Tony Roche
- R. Norris Williams and Vinnie Richards
- Bill Talbert and Gardnar Mulloy
- Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor
- Adrian Quist and John Bromwich
- Roy Emerson and Rod Laver
- Bill Tilden and Vinnie Richards
- Jacques Brugnon and Henri Cochet
- Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn
- Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall
Other great teams would include George Lott and Les Stoefen, Bob Lutz and Stan Smith, John McEnroe and Peter Fleming, and The Woodies (Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde).
Lott also wrote: "It is frequently said that a doubles team is as good as its weakest link.... I believe a really great doubles player can solidify that weak link." His list of the greatest doubles players is:
- John Bromwich, Jack Kramer, and Don Budge, tied for 1st
- Frank Sedgman, Adrian Quist, and Roy Emerson tied for 4th
- Vinnie Richards
- Jacques Brugnon
- Marty Riessen, Bill Talbert, and Gardnar Mulloy tied for 10th
[sửa] See also
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[sửa] Tennis in general
- Tennis terminology
- Tennis strategy
[sửa] Professional circuit
- Professional Tennis Championships (1927-1999)
- World No. 1 Tennis Player Pre-ATP Rankings (1913-1972; also ATP rankings through 2002)
- List of ATP number 1 ranked players (1973-2006)
- List of WTA number 1 ranked players (1975-2006)
- International Tennis Federation
- Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)
- Women's Tennis Association (WTA)
- List of male tennis players
- List of female tennis players
- Tennis statistics
[sửa] Tournaments
- Grand Slam in tennis
- Australian Open
- French Open
- Wimbledon championships
- U.S. Open
- Tennis Masters Series
- Cincinnati Masters tại Cincinnati, Ohio
- Satellite tournaments
- Davis Cup
- Fed Cup (formerly known as Federation Cup)
- Hopman Cup
- World Team Cup
[sửa] Miscellaneous
- Paddle tennis
- Platform tennis
- The Prince of Tennis
- List of tennis courts
- Dakete (a quickfire version of tennis)
- Tennis players with most singles titles (Open Era)
[sửa] Notes
[sửa] Liên kết ngoài
[sửa] Tổng quan chung
- The International Tennis Hall of Fame
- The International Tennis Federation
- ATP The official site for men's professional tennis
- WTA The official site for women's professional tennis
- ATP Tennis Ranking and Results
- United States Tennis Association
- ESPN Tennis
[sửa] Lịch sử
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
- BBC's "History of Tennis"
- Planet Tennis-"The History of Tennis"
- History of the Pro Tennis Wars
- Chapter I: Suzanne Lenglen and the First Pro Tour
- Chapter II, Part 1: The eminence of Karel Kozeluh and Vincent Richards 1927-1928
- Chapter II, Part 2: Deja vu 1929-1930
- Chapter III: Tilden's Year of Triumph in 1931
- Chapter IV: Tilden and Nusslein, 1932-1933
- Chapter V: The Early Ascendancy of Vines, 1934
- Chapter VI: Vines's Second Year: 1935
- Chapter VII: Awaiting Perry, 1936
- Chapter VIII: Perry and Vines, 1937
