People's History of Tennis

***Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2020***

***Financial Times, Best Sports Books of 2020***

Pristine lawns, tennis whites, strawberries and cream, tennis is synonymous with the upper echelons of society, but scratch beneath the surface and you''ll quickly discover a different history, one of untold struggles on and off the courts.

From the birth of modern tennis in Victorian B...