Blacks at the net: Black achievement in the history of tennis

v.1: The American Tennis Association and the early years

Althea Gibson: "the Jackie Robinson of Tennis"?

Arthur Ashe: citizen of the world

A new horizon

The Houston triumvirate

The "Post-Soul Era"

The additional burden of the professional Black player

Racism in tennis

USTA minority participation

Conclusion

Appendixes: A: ATA championship singles

B: World rankings of Black players, 1979-1992

C: USTA circuit winners and runners-up

D: Some of the best matches by Black players, 1957-2001

E: The results of the First Annual Southern Tennis Championships, July 9-11, 1930

v.2: Yannick Noah: "Saga Africa"

Africa above the Kalahari

South Africa

Evonne Goolagong: emerging from down under

The Caribbean and South America

Ronald Agenor: making a career on his own

Image and style: is image everything?

Advertising and the Black tennis professional: reaching Madison Avenue

Racial identity: "Black and what!"

Obstacles to Blacks in tennis

Conclusion: visions of hope.