Building Champions
Paths to Success in Women’s Tennis
$38.48
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2025
Summary
Tennis is one of the only worldwide sports in which women have consistently played on the same stage as men for the past 50 years. The environment has allowed the women’s game to create its own culture and narrative. While the men’s headlines have been grabbed by the Big Three of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, on the women’s side shocks have emerged regularly and variety has reigned. Once the game was defined by heavyweight rivalries from Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913759230 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1913759237 |
| Author: | Molly McElwee, Billie Jean King |
| Publisher: | Birlinn General |
| Imprint: | Arena Sport |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 285g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm x 20mm |
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‘This book helps us gain a greater understandings of the way champions were molded by their culture, community and tennis, and are now shaping the sport themselves’
– Billie Jean KingAbout The Author
Molly McElwee
Molly McElwee is a freelance sports journalist writing about women’s sport, football, tennis, Olympic and Paralympic sport. Molly spent more than five years as a sportswriter for the Daily Telegraph. In 2024, Molly won the Tom Perrotta Prize, awarded by the International Tennis Writers’ Association (ITWA) to a writer aged 35 or under who shows excellence in tennis journalism. She lives in Surrey.
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