Warren F. Kimball is the Robert Treat Professor Emeritus of History at Rutgers University. He is the author of a number of books, including Forged in War: Roosevelt, Churchill, and the Second World War. He was a member of the U.S. Tennis Association’s board of directors for four years.

“Warren Kimball has created as comprehensive a look as you will ever see of the USTA and its innermost workings. A tremendous accomplishment and great fun for tennis insiders. I loved it.”-Patrick McEnroe, ESPN commentator“As a distinguished historian of diplomacy, Warren Kimball has long shaped the way we think about the leaders and legacy of World War II. Now he has turned his formidable skills to chronicling the leaders and legacy of the United States Tennis Association and of the sport of tennis itself, charting the history and meaning of a noble and challenging pastime. This is an engaging and illuminating book.”-Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

• List of IllustrationsForeword by Dave HaggertyPrefaceNote on Citations1. Origins: The Major and the Ladies 2. The Founding Gentlemen, 1877–1913 3. Evolutionary Revolution, 1913–19224. The Money: The Twenties and Thirties5. Marking Time, 1941–1968 6. Open Tennis, 1968–19907. Who Decides? 1990–2002Appendix 1. “The Founding Myth” by E. H. Outerbridge Appendix 2. USNLTA Original Constitution and BylawsAppendix 3. The ATA and Holcombe Ward, 1947Appendix 4. Membership Statistics, 1958–1992 Appendix 5. USTA Senior Staff List, 1916 to PresentNotesResearch Guide Bibliography Index

Warren F. Kimball is the Robert Treat Professor Emeritus of History at Rutgers University. He is the author of a number of books, including Forged in War: Roosevelt, Churchill, and the Second World War. He was a member of the U.S. Tennis Association’s board of directors for four years.

“Warren Kimball has created as comprehensive a look as you will ever see of the USTA and its innermost workings. A tremendous accomplishment and great fun for tennis insiders. I loved it.”-Patrick McEnroe, ESPN commentator“As a distinguished historian of diplomacy, Warren Kimball has long shaped the way we think about the leaders and legacy of World War II. Now he has turned his formidable skills to chronicling the leaders and legacy of the United States Tennis Association and of the sport of tennis itself, charting the history and meaning of a noble and challenging pastime. This is an engaging and illuminating book.”-Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

• List of IllustrationsForeword by Dave HaggertyPrefaceNote on Citations1. Origins: The Major and the Ladies 2. The Founding Gentlemen, 1877–1913 3. Evolutionary Revolution, 1913–19224. The Money: The Twenties and Thirties5. Marking Time, 1941–1968 6. Open Tennis, 1968–19907. Who Decides? 1990–2002Appendix 1. “The Founding Myth” by E. H. Outerbridge Appendix 2. USNLTA Original Constitution and BylawsAppendix 3. The ATA and Holcombe Ward, 1947Appendix 4. Membership Statistics, 1958–1992 Appendix 5. USTA Senior Staff List, 1916 to PresentNotesResearch Guide Bibliography Index

Warren F. Kimball is the Robert Treat Professor Emeritus of History at Rutgers University. He is the author of a number of books, including Forged in War: Roosevelt, Churchill, and the Second World War. He was a member of the U.S. Tennis Association’s board of directors for four years.

“Warren Kimball has created as comprehensive a look as you will ever see of the USTA and its innermost workings. A tremendous accomplishment and great fun for tennis insiders. I loved it.”-Patrick McEnroe, ESPN commentator“As a distinguished historian of diplomacy, Warren Kimball has long shaped the way we think about the leaders and legacy of World War II. Now he has turned his formidable skills to chronicling the leaders and legacy of the United States Tennis Association and of the sport of tennis itself, charting the history and meaning of a noble and challenging pastime. This is an engaging and illuminating book.”-Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

• List of IllustrationsForeword by Dave HaggertyPrefaceNote on Citations1. Origins: The Major and the Ladies 2. The Founding Gentlemen, 1877–1913 3. Evolutionary Revolution, 1913–19224. The Money: The Twenties and Thirties5. Marking Time, 1941–1968 6. Open Tennis, 1968–19907. Who Decides? 1990–2002Appendix 1. “The Founding Myth” by E. H. Outerbridge Appendix 2. USNLTA Original Constitution and BylawsAppendix 3. The ATA and Holcombe Ward, 1947Appendix 4. Membership Statistics, 1958–1992 Appendix 5. USTA Senior Staff List, 1916 to PresentNotesResearch Guide Bibliography Index