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* ''The Game, My 40 Years in Tennis'' , (1979), Jack Kramer with Frank Deford (ISBN 0-399-12336-9)
 
* ''The History of Professional Tennis'' , (2003), Joe McCauley
*''The Official Encyclopedia of Tennis'' of the [[United States Tennis Association]] (formerly the United States Lawn Tennis Association), edited by Bill Shannon, Harper & Row, New York, 1981, ISBN 0-06-014896-9
* ''Tennis: Its History, People, and Events'', (1971), Will Grimsley
 
*''The Tennis Book'', edited by Michael Bartlett and Bob Gillen, Arbor House, New York, 1981, ISBN 0-87795-344-9. An anthology of 30 short pieces about various aspects of tennis from various magazines and books.
 
*''Total Tennis: The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia'', edited by [[Bud Collins]], Sport Media Publishing, Toronto, Canada, 2004, ISBN 0-9731443-4-3
 
*''The History of Professional Tennis'', by Joe McCauley, Short Run Book Company, Windsor, Berkshire, England, 2003, with no ISBN shown.  This is a year-by-year account of the professional tours and tournaments between 1926 and 1968, then has 80 additional pages of year-by-year results of as many tournaments, tours, and head-to-head matches as the author, a long-time writer for ''World Tennis'', could find.
 
* ''The Game, My 40 Years in Tennis'', Jack Kramer with Frank Deford, G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1979, ISBN 0-399-12336-9
 
*''History of the Pro Tennis Wars'', by Ray Bowers, is a Website associated with the '''Tennis Server''' site.  In twelve chapters, Bowers gives a very detailed account of the first sixteen years of professional tennis, from its modest beginnings in 1926 on through 1942.
** [http://www.tennisserver.com/lines/lines_99_10_31.html Chapter I: Suzanne Lenglen and the First Pro Tour]
** [http://www.tennisserver.com/lines/lines_01_03_01.html Chapter II, Part 1: The eminence of Karel Kozeluh and Vincent Richards 1927-1928]
** [http://www.tennisserver.com/lines/lines_01_04_01.html Chapter II, Part 2: Deja vu 1929-1930]
** [http://www.tennisserver.com/lines/lines_02_03_03.html Chapter III: Tilden's Year of Triumph in 1931]
** [http://www.tennisserver.com/lines/lines_02_10_05.html Chapter IV: Tilden and Nusslein, 1932-1933]
** [http://www.tennisserver.com/lines/lines_03_03_01.html Chapter V: The Early Ascendancy of Vines, 1934]
** [http://www.tennisserver.com/lines/lines_03_12_01.html Chapter VI: Vines's Second Year: 1935]
** [http://www.tennisserver.com/lines/lines_04_07_25.html Chapter VII: Awaiting Perry, 1936]
** [http://www.tennisserver.com/lines/lines_04_12_03.html Chapter VIII: Perry and Vines, 1937]
** [http://www.tennisserver.com/lines/lines_05_07_30.html Chapter IX: Readying for Budge, 1938]
** [http://www.tennisserver.com/lines/lines_05_11_22.html Chapter X: Budge's Great Pro Year, 1939]
** [http://www.tennisserver.com/lines/lines_06_10_01.html Chapter XI: America, 1940-1941]
** [http://www.tennisserver.com/lines/lines_07_03_19.html Chapter XII: America, 1942]

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  • The Tennis Book, edited by Michael Bartlett and Bob Gillen, Arbor House, New York, 1981, ISBN 0-87795-344-9. An anthology of 30 short pieces about various aspects of tennis from various magazines and books.
  • The History of Professional Tennis, by Joe McCauley, Short Run Book Company, Windsor, Berkshire, England, 2003, with no ISBN shown. This is a year-by-year account of the professional tours and tournaments between 1926 and 1968, then has 80 additional pages of year-by-year results of as many tournaments, tours, and head-to-head matches as the author, a long-time writer for World Tennis, could find.
  • The Game, My 40 Years in Tennis, Jack Kramer with Frank Deford, G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1979, ISBN 0-399-12336-9