Keywords
Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Tennis, U.S. Open (Tennis tournament), Television, Popularity, 1970's
Subjects
Tennis; History; Television; Money; Recreation; United States; Popular culture; Nineteen seventies
Introduction
The U.S. Open Tennis Championships began its two-week run in New York on Monday. Most of the big names of the past two decades are gone. On the women's side Martina Navratolova is in semi-retirement, Monica Seles has never come back from the knifing of a year and a half ago, and earlier stars like Chris Everet and Billie Jean King are long since departed. On the men's side Jimmy Connors, the long-time mainstay of New York bad-manners-tennis has packed it in, while the great McEnroe-Connors, and McEnroe-Borg rivalries are history while Johnny Mac is now doing TV commentary.
Publication Date
8-31-1994
Document Type
Commentary
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Source Title
Sport and Society for Arete
Language
English
Collection
Publication Version
Author's version
Copyright Status
Author retained
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
History
Creator (Linked Data)
Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)
Recommended Citation
Crepeau, Richard C., "Tennis in Decline in the 90's" (1994). On Sport and Society. 249.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/onsportandsociety/249
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