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The article offers information on the life and works of tennis player Robert Larimore Riggs in the U.S. Riggs was spotted by Dr. Esther Bartosh, a university anatomy instructor and the third ranking woman player in Los Angeles, California, when he was just 12 years old and swinging a racket for the first time. He became a steady winner during his teens, but he was never completely accepted by the tennis establishment. He settled down with his wife, Priscilla Riggs, on Long Island, sinking uneasily in the corporate life and obscurity.

The article features tennis player Althea Gibson, the first African American athlete invited for the national championships of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association (U.S.L.T.A.). It mentions that Gibson had already won various tournaments in different places, in which her first big-time victory was when she won the French championships. It says that the Gibson's first failure was during the women's singles of the American Tennis Association (A.T.A.).

The article speculates on the outcome of a tennis match between Dick Savitt and Art Larsen at the West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills, New York City. Although Larsen is a champion in the U.S., Savitt is seeded the leading tennis player in the tournament. An overview of the tennis career of Savitt is provided. According to the author, Savitt is expected to bring the Davis Cup back from Australia whether he wins or loses the Forest Hills tournament.

Features tennis play Stan Smith. Highlights on his career as a professional tennis player; Achievements of Smith; His views on the sport; Information on some of his most memorable games.

The article describes the game pelote and profiles tennis player Pierre Etchebaster who held the World Open Court Tennis Championship title for twenty-six years before he retired, undefeated in 1954. Etchebaster continues to teach court tennis and lawn tennis in 1974. His sport is also known as pelote and is very popular in the Pays Basque. The game has variations known to locals, they include mains-nues, grand chister, petit chistera, pasaka, pala ancha and many others.

The article features tennis player John Newcombe and cites the success of his athletic career in 1974. It states that the performance of Newcombe contributed to the success of the Australian Davis Cup challenge that was held in 1973. Newcombe is married to German Angie Newcombe, who was also recognized as a tennis player in Germany.

The article discusses the World Team Tennis (WTT), an American coed professional tennis league. It is cited as being unique, unprofessional and strange, highlighting much of the drama that goes on among players between matches. The WTT is composed of five sets of matches, each made up of different tennis sets, such as men's singles, men's doubles, and women's singles. Various games and notable players are cited, including Bob Hewitt, Iggy Geneva and Raz Reid.

The article discusses various issues related to sports in June 1974. It says that a reason why the U.S. is going to lose in track and field is the foreigners who are receiving expert training in the U.S. According to the author, Kenyan Ben Jipcho has been mistaken by a woman for his more famous countryman Kip Keino while inside the office of British Airways at Fifth Avenue in New York. The decision of the French Lawn Tennis Federation to ban tennis players Jimmy Connors and Evonne Goolagong from the French Open tournament is also discussed.

The article reports that Australian tennis player John Newcombe has won the World Championship Tennis tournament held in Dallas, Texas. Newcombe won the WTC title after defeating Swede Bjorn Borg in four sets. Other players who participated in the tournament were point leaders Rod Laver, Arthur Ashe and Stan Smith. The tournament also saw the introduction of the electronic service linesman which determines whether a serve is fault or good and whether the ball has hit the line.

The article features tennis player Jimmy Connors of Belleville, Illinois. It says that the appearances of Connors on the tennis court are both awkward and polished, which are the result of an odyssey that he is taking on the quaint indoor circuit of the U.S. National Lawn Tennis Association (USNLTA). The author claims that Connors is mentally tough because he has studied tennis thoroughly. He also mentions how Connors bypassed rudimentary etiquette by clowning around and blasting winners prior to his match with Roy Emerson at the Pacific Southwest.

The article discusses the latest developments in sports as of December 24, 1973. The South African government moved on the request by tennis player Arthur Ashe that African American players should be allowed to participate in all tournaments and not just the annual South African Open in the country. New Orleans city councilman James A. Moreau recommended to the Baltimore folks not to build a domed stadium if the private business sector will not support it. Japan's Mizushima Kikaku Co. has created an electric horse named Gallop.

Profiles tennis player Frank Kovacs. Cheerfulness of the tennis player; Information on a game between Kovacs and title holder Bobby Riggs; Relationship of Kovacs with his manager George Hudson.

Profiles tennis player William Franklin Talbert III. Information on his appointment as captain for the Davis Cup 1953 Challenge Round; Contribution of Talbert to the victory of the U.S. in the Davis Cup; Views of Talbert on his attitude towards tennis-playing.

Focuses on the performance of former tennis player champion Jack Kramer in the U.S. Achievements and awards; Family background of Kramer; Tournaments won.

This article focuses on the chances that Alex Olmedo, the United States' lend-lease Davis Cup representative from Peru, holds of winning Wimbledon tennis tournament. Olmedo cut down Australia's top stars, Wimbledon champion Ashley Cooper and Malcolm Anderson, who were rated the No. 1 and No. 2 amateur players in the world. He also teamed with Ham Richardson to win the doubles. Thus he had a role in all three of the victories needed to bring the Davis Cup back to the United States. The transformation of this lackadaisical youth into a poised and determined champion was the result of a thorough and painstaking psychological build-up job.

Presents an article about the author's experience as a tennis player. Success in winning a women's single in a national tournament organized by the American Tennis Association in the summer of 1948; Inability of the author to win against player Nancy Chaffee during a National Indoor Championship; Acceptance of her scholarship application at Florida A and M University in Tallahassee.

The article discusses the author's experiences as an amateur tennis player in Australia. Donald Ferguson, president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia, criticized him for accepting the professional contract offered by promoter Jack Kramer. Tennis captain Harry Hopman supported his marriage at Saint Mary's Church in France. The discipline employed in amateur tennis in Australia enhanced the abilities of tennis players.

The article presents the author's view on the condition of amateur tennis players in the United States. According to him, amateur tennis is not just a mean to earn bread and butter for oneself. He has a heart full of good will for everyone connected with it. He mentions that he is not conscious of being a failure in tennis. He had always tried to prove his sense of indebtedness in a very practical way. The reason he did not turn professional in tennis was due to his feeling of great obligation to amateur tennis. He believes that the tennis associations should change their rules to permit boys who give maximum of their time to the game. This will help them to support themselves by writing current reports of tournaments for the newspaper to pay and making radio broadcasts.

Features the life of Jean Borotra, a French veteran tennis athlete and businessman. Tennis tournaments won by the athlete; Activities of Borotra in keeping with business and sports; Performance level of the player in all Davis Cup matches.

Profiles Cliff and Nancy Richey, tennis players who are being coached by their father, George. Features of their practice; Career background of Cliff and Nancy; Attitude of Cliff toward defeat.

Discusses various aspects related to tennis. Success of tennis player Ellsworth Vines; Strokes and tactics in playing tennis; Execution of the dink shot.

Focuses on the policy of Davis Cup tennis tournament. Challenges faced by the U.S. players in the tournament committee; Tennis players that comprised the U.S. team in 1914, including Maurice E. McLoughlin; Withdrawal of the resignation of tennis player Vincent Richards from the Davis Cup team.

Presents an article dealing with the life of a woman tennis player. Similarity of tennis and childhood game; Rules in playing tennis; Experiences of playing in a tennis tournament.

Presents the short story "Money Player," by Lucian Cary.

The author relates her experiences as a tennis player. She won at the U.S. Women's National Championship in 1945, beating tennis player Pauline Betz who won the championship cup for three consecutive years beginning in 1942. Before winning at the tournament, she was famous for becoming the constant runner-up. Husband tennis player Elwood Cooke had influenced her to improve her abilities as an athlete.

The article presents the short story "Semifinal," by Joel Reeve.

The article focuses on tennis champions produced by Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Popular tennis players of the school include Shirley Fry and Lillian Lopaus. Doctor Hamilton Holt, president of the college, elaborated the Rollins theory of specialized higher education. The weather is one of the factors that attract established players to go to Rollins.

The article discusses the disruptions and troubles in the tennis sport. The International Lawn Tennis Federation (I.L.T.F.) has made a declaration that the players under contract to World Championship Tennis would not be allowed to join the tournaments conducted by the I.L.T.F. Another issue discussed regarding the sport is the lower prize money that women tennis players get as compared to men players.

The article focuses on the history of tennis. Lewis Carroll was the inventor of the sport. THe largest prize money in tennis was won by Rod Laver when he defeated Ken Rosewall during the Champions' Classic. The U.S. team was able to retain the Davis Cup crown. Tennis coach Harry Hopman was appointed to train young American tennis players.

The article discusses the triumph of Rodney George Laver, the red headed Australian tennis player. Rodney George Laver is known for its spectacle playing in tennis that made him the second man to complete a grand slam of the four major championships. Everybody was impressed with his triumph at the Forest Hill that in his young age was at least as good as any of the celebrated professional stars.

The article relates the tennis match between tennis players Arthur Ashe and Clark Graebner during the semi-finals of the first U.S. Open Championships at Forest Hills in New York City. It presents a background on the characteristics of the players and their style of playing. Graebner has named Ashe and another tennis player Charlie Pasarell as his friends. Graebner and Ashe both belong to the U.S. Davis Cup Team.

The article focuses on developments in professional tennis in the United States during the 1960s citing the Davis Cup Challenge Round match for the men's division in Forest Hills, New York. Popular male tennis players include Puerto Rican Charles Pasarell, Australian aces Roy Emerson and Fred Stolle, American player Clark Graebner and Cliff Richey, among others.

Reflects on the highlights of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Championships at Forest Hills in New York City in 1966. Overview of the current state of the game; Reasons for the lack of interest in tennis; Performance of defending champion Roy Emerson at Wimbledon.

News briefs about sports are presented. The U.S. government's efforts to reduce sex and violence in dramatic television programs are seen as potentially beneficial for televised sports. Boxer Joe Frazier did not show up to face Muhammad Ali's challenge to a fight at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rod Laver took first place in the 1969 world tennis rankings announced by the British newspaper "The Daily Telegraph."

The article profiles South African Owen Williams, a former tennis player and tournament director for the 1969 U.S. Open tennis championships. During his playing years, Williams reached the quarterfinals of the doubles in Wimbledon in 1954 and was the seventh foreign player seed at the U.S. Open in the same year. He retired from competitive tennis in 1959 after failing to win titles. He later worked as a tennis promoter and chief of the South African national amateur championships event.

The article focuses on Pancho Gonzales who beat American tennis champion Charlie Pasarell and became the hero of center court of the All England Club at Wimbledon, England. Forty-one-year-old Gonzales has only played twice at Wimbledon and then joined the George McCall's National Tennis League. With instinct, Gonzales was able to force U.S. No. 1 ranking Pasarell into three errors for a deuce to win the game.

The article focuses on tennis wear designer Teddy Tinling who dressed players with lace panties, pink petticoats and peekaboo dresses. Women tennis players at Wimbledon who have been fitted, zipped and buttoned into the clothes of Tinling include Julie Heldman, Peaches Bartkowicz and Virginia Wade but Billie Jean King would not wear his designs. It notes that the success of Tinling as a designer was due to his being a tennis player once who have played in the Wimbledon doubles four times.

This section offers sports-related news briefs in the U.S., as of May 1969. It reports the problem with the realignment issue on professional football caused by the hold out on the signing of top draft choices like O. J. Simpson. Alex Hannum, basketball coach of the Oakland Oaks team, has introduced the idea of "Super Hoops," an equivalent of Super Bowl in football, to be applied in basketball. It cites several imported college tennis players of Oral Roberts University of Tulsa, Oklahoma and the University of Corpus Christi in Texas.

The article profiles Danish tennis player Torben Ulrich. Individuals from the world of tennis as well as fans describe Ulrich's personality and eccentricities. Anecdotes about him are presented, such as when he was mistaken by several people as Jesus Christ when he walked into a revival meeting in Macon, Georgia. He is seen by some to be instrumental in attracting the masses to tennis because of his court behavior, such as when he walked out in the middle of a match in protest to allegedly inhumane scheduling.

This section offers news briefs on sports in 1968. The application filed by Olympic equestrienne Kathy Kusner for a jockey's license was turned down by the Maryland State Racing Commission, but the Prince Georges County Circuit Court Judge Ernest A. Loveless overturned the decision. Australian Davis Cup tennis stars of the 1950s and early 1960s, including Neale Fraser, Rod Laver, Mervyn Rose, Ashley Cooper and Mal Anderson, have taken up golf. Sportscaster Howard Cosell is going to the Olympics to cover any Olympic-related demonstrations or disorders.

The article reports that Australian tennis player Rod Laver will compete at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships to be held in Forest Hills, New York City. Laver was 21 years-old when he won his first major title, the Australian Open in 1960. He won his first Wimbledon trophy in 1961. He won the 1964 professional championship at Wembley, England and the U.S. title.

This section offers news briefs on sports related issues as of October 1967. The World Boxing Association and the New York Athletic Commission have both stripped Mohammad Ali of his title as he is attempting to avoid military service. Billie Jean King, who lost a semifinal match at Wimbledon, England in 1966, retired from professional tennis, but plans to return to the sport in November. U Mya Aye, a Burmese professional golfer who speaks no English, finished 24th among 11 golf trainees during a 144-hole tournament, and qualifies for a U.S. tour in 1968.