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| Tennis and the Olympic Games |
Tennis and the Olympic Games is the complete story of the history of tennis in the Olympic movement from 1896 to 2008.
The 176-page publication describes tennis’s role within the Olympics and explains the patterns of play at each of the tournaments over the years. Tennis made its first appearance in 1896, when only nine sports were represented in Athens. However, in 1924 the sport was side-lined over the issue of amateurism and didn’t re-appear for 64 yeas, until 1988, when it was re-installed at Seoul, Korea.
The publication has a large section containing detailed scores of all the matches that have ever taken place and includes tables summarizing the events. These are accompanied by fantastic photos and images, illustrating the fashions and styles of the different eras.
The author of the book is Alan Little, the Honorary Librarian of the All England Club, who has established and developed the most comprehensive tennis library in the world at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum.
For more information, visit www.wimbledon.org/museum.
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