Building Champions - Paths to Success in Womens Tennis

Tennis is one of the only sports in which women have consistently played on the same stage as men for the past 50 years, creating their own culture and narrative. Building Champions explores the complex, remarkable stories of winning players from across the globe and asks what this generation can tell us about the future of women's tennis.

About the author

Molly McElwee is a freelance sports journalist writing about women’s sport, football, tennis, Olympic and Paralympic sport. Molly spent more than five years as a sportswriter for the Daily Telegraph, with a key focus on women’s sports and tennis. She has covered major championships at Wimbledon, Roland Garros and in New York as well as the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo and the 2024 Olympics in Paris. In 2024, Molly won the Tom Perrotta Prize, awarded by the International Tennis Writers’ Association (ITWA) to a writer aged 35 or under who shows excellence in tennis journalism.

Summary

Tennis is one of the only sports in which women have consistently played on the same stage as men for the past 50 years, creating their own culture and narrative. Building Champions explores the complex, remarkable stories of winning players from across the globe and asks what this generation can tell us about the future of women’s tennis.

Product details

• Authors: Molly McElwee
• Assisted by: King Billie Jean (Foreword)
• Publisher: BIRLINN LIMITED
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2025
• EAN: 9781913759230
• ISBN: 978-1-913759-23-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Tennis, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, history of sport, Biography: sport, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, SPORTS & RECREATION / Racket Sports / Tennis, SPORTS & RECREATION / Women in Sports