King, Billie Jean.

We have come a long way : the story of women's tennis / Billie Jean King and Cynthia Starr. - New York : McGraw Hill Education, c1988 - viii, 196 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1. Early times -- Chapter 2. The incomparable years -- Chapter 3. The war years -- Chapter 4. The achievers -- Chapter 5. Open tennis arrives -- Chapter 6. Birth of a tour -- Chapter 7. Growing pleasures, growing pains -- Chapter 8. Brave new athlete.

There is no one more qualified to write a complete book on the evolution of women's tennis than Billie Jean King, one of the most famous and celebrated players in tennis history. From her unique vantage point, King tells how women's tennis has developed into the major international sport it is today

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TENNIS -- WOMENS

GV 992 .K56 1988