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Catching up with one of the most influential leaders in professional tennis, who headed the Men's Tennis Council and later became USTA Executive Director.
Published Sep 30, 2022
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"It took a number of years for tennis to mature as a professional sport and in lots of ways it is still maturing as it competes with all the other sports for talented athletes and fans," writes Happer (pictured above at the 1987 French Open) in his preface. At over 800 pages in length, the book is a must for a tennis historian.
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Happer's magnum opus chronicles the growth of men's tennis through the perspectives, achievements and tribulations of the Pioneers of the Game—"the relatively small number of people who created the format and governance for the development of men's professional tennis from 1926 to 1989." He also ranks the Pioneers, and while "every time I look at my list, I change my ranking numbers," he writes, there is an undisputed No. 1: Jack Kramer. (Pictured at left, with Happer.) "Jack is without doubt the most important person and contributor in the history of men’s professional tennis," writes Happer.