The Olympic Tennis Fact Book

When most people think of Olympic sports, tennis is not one of the first sports that come to mind. However, it should be as tennis is one of the most historic sports in the modern Olympic movement. For starters, it was one of the original sports that were part of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece in 1896. When it returned to the Olympic program in 1988 after a 64-year hiatus, it was the first Olympic sport to feature professional players, making way for the pros to compete at the Olympics in basketball, hockey and others sports. In this book, tennis historian and former U.S. Olympic tennis team press officer Randy Walker shares his notes and documentations in this comprehensive and easy-to-read fact book.