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Game, Set, Match: Non-fiction tennis titles

These books go beyond tennis strategies. Check out these books about tennis personalities and the complex history of the sport.

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  • Changeover

    a Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis

    Nathan, Giri,
    For more than two decades, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and Roger Federer dominated men's tennis so thoroughly that it became difficult to imagine how the game would keep its shine once they retired. Then came 2024--the first year since 2002 that…
    Book, 2025New York : Gallery Books, 2025. — 796.342 NATHAN
  • Lucky Loser

    Adventures in Tennis & Comedy

    Kosta, Michael,
    Before Michael Kosta was performing stand-up comedy specials and hosting The Daily Show, he was a professional tennis "star," reaching the lofty heights of the #864 ranked men's singles player in the world. Stop laughing. That's better than your…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Harper Influence, [2025] — B KOSTA
  • Strive

    8 Steps to Find Your Awesome

    Williams, Venus, 1980-
    An inspiring and innovative guide towards living your best life--made easy--from Venus Williams, one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Throughout Venus Williams' incredible career in tennis, she's been asked almost every question…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — 613.7 WILLIAMS
  • Queen of the Court

    the Many Lives of Tennis Legend Alice Marble

    Blais, Madeleine,
    From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Madeleine Blais, the dramatic and colorful story of legendary tennis star and international celebrity, Alice Marble In August 1939, Alice Marble graced the cover of Life magazine, photographed by the famed…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2023. — B MARBLE
  • Althea

    the Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson

    Jacobs, Sally H., 1957-
    In 1950, three years after Jackie Robinson first walked onto the diamond at Ebbets Field, the all-white, upper-crust US Lawn Tennis Association opened its door just a crack to receive a powerhouse player who would integrate "the game of royalty."…
    Book, 2023New York : St. Martin's Press, 2023. — B GIBSON
  • There has never been an athlete like Serena Williams. She has dominated women's tennis for two decades, changed the way the game is played, and--by inspiring Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff, and others--changed, too, the racial makeup of the pro game. But…
    Book, 2021New York : Scribner, [2021] — 796.342092 WILLIAMS
  • Own the Arena

    Getting Ahead, Making a Difference, and Succeeding as the Only One

    Adams, Katrina, 1968-
    From the former President and CEO of the United States Tennis Association--the first black woman and youngest person ever to hold the position--comes a behind-the-scenes look at the leadership skills involved in hosting the U.S. Open, the largest…
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021] — 796.342092 ADAMS
  • The first comprehensive, authoritative biography of American icon Arthur Ashe--the Jackie Robinson of men's tennis--a pioneering athlete who, after breaking the color barrier, went on to become an influential civil rights activist and public…
    Book, 2018New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018. — 796.342092 ASHE
  • The Outsider is a no-holds-barred memoir by the original bad boy of tennis, Jimmy Connors. Connors ignited the tennis boom in the 1970s with his aggressive style of play, turning his matches with John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, and Ivan Lendl into…
    Book, 2013New York : Harper, c2013. — B CONNORS
  • The Match

    Althea Gibson and Angela Buxton

    Schoenfeld, Bruce
    The incredible story of what happened when two outsiders--one an emerging champion who happens to be Jewish, the other, the first black player to win Wimbledon--pair up not only to form a winning team, but also an enduring friendship. Althea Gibson…
    Book, 2004New York : Amistad, c2004. — 796.342092 SCHOENFELD