NC Sports Annotated Topical Bibliography
TENNIS

Biracree, T. Althea Gibson.
A juvenile book which follows the life of the first black woman to win the tennis competition at Wimbledon. New York: Chelsea House, 1989. ISBN 1-55546-654-0

Lewis, Carlyle. North Carolina Tennis History.
Begins with the first state championship organized at Pinehurst in 1911 through 1978. Lists all state champions in singles, doubles and mixed doubles and profiles all the inductees in the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame, including UNC coach John Kenfield, the father of tennis in North Carolina. Excellent tennis history book. Greensboro, N.C.: North Carolina Tennis Association.

Lumpkin, Angela. A Guide to the Literature of Tennis.
Annotated list of books on tennis published in the English language. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985. ISBN 0-313-24492-8

Lumpkin, Angela. Women's Tennis, A Historical Documentary of the Players and Their Game.
History of American women's tennis between 1874-1974. Includes championship lists. Troy, N.Y.: Whitston, 1981. ISBN 0-87875-189-0



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