Pioneers of the Game: The Evolution of Men's Professional Tennis - Second Edition

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Marshall Happer

Pioneers of the Game

The Evolution of Men's Professional Tennis - Second Edition

Marshall Happer

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Marshall Happer
11 April 2022

Sports & outdoor recreation; Racquet sports

"This is the updated Second Edition of the saga and history of the inside struggles and conflicts of the ""Pioneers of the Game"" of Tennis, a small group of international visionaries and activists responsible for the development of men's professional tennis. The book documents the Pioneers' 40-year competition between amateur and professional tennis, eventual approval of Open Tennis in 1968 and the creation and development of the business, administration and governance of tennis as a professional Sport between 1968 and 1990. Written by Marshall Happer, who was the first and only ""Commissioner"" of men's professional tennis from 1981 to 1989, it documents the role of the International Tennis Federation in the development of men's professional tennis, the 16-year history of the Men's Tennis Council, the founding of the Association of Tennis Professionals in 1972 and its demise as a pure player association in 1990. Also included is what happened between 1990 and the present after governance of the sport was divided. Everyone involved in men's professional tennis today stands on the shoulders of the Pioneers of the Game. This invaluable, historical resource profiles, honors and ranks the Pioneers, featuring the likes of Jack Kramer, Philippe Chatrier, Lamar Hunt, Tony Trabert, Arthur Ashe, Cliff Drysdale, and many others. Also included are the winners and finalists of the Grand Slams from 1919-1967, and the most complete tournament results for the ""golden years"" of 1968-1989, when the leading players were Ken Rosewall, Rod Laver, John Newcombe, Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith, Ilie Nastase, Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl."

By: Marshall Happer
Imprint: Marshall Happer
Edition: 2nd ed.
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 203mm, Spine: 44mm
Weight: 1.692kg
ISBN: 9781938842597
ISBN 10: 1938842596
Pages: 872
Publication Date: 11 April 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Marshall Happer was one of the most influential leaders in professional tennis serving as Chief Operating Officer (""Commissioner"") from 1981-1989 for the Men's Tennis Council, the first and last unified governing body of men's international tennis worldwide and as Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer for the U.S. Tennis Association from 1990 to 1995. A native of Kinston, North Carolina and a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, Happer practiced law in Raleigh, N.C. for many years prior to and after his MTC and USTA careers. Marshall Happer is the former head of the Men's International Professional Tennis Council."

Reviews for Pioneers of the Game: The Evolution of Men's Professional Tennis - Second Edition

"""I was opposed to many of the rules that Marshall held us to and we fought all the time, but looking back he had an impossible job which he tried to manage in the fairest way possible"" -Ivan Lendl, Three-time U.S. Open champion and former world No. 1 ""Marshall Happer's meticulously researched and erudite book - for the very first time - spells out the bloody, bruising and lawsuit filled dawn of the modern tennis era. With more twists and turns than a John Le Carre novel - no one's tennis library is complete without Happer's Pioneers of the Game."" -David Hill, Former Chairman and CEO, Fox Sports Media Group"