World Tennis

Sports magazine

World TennisCategories| Sports magazine

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Publisher| Randy Walker
First issue| May 1953
Company| New Chapter Media
Country| USA
Based in| New York, NY
Language| English
Website| worldtennismagazine.com

World Tennis[1] is a US online magazine that covers tennis. A highly influential publication,[2] it was founded by Gladys Heldman as a printed magazine, and was first published in May 1953.[3] It was originally co produced with Gardnar Mulloy,[4] and it's offices were based in New York City. The magazine was usually published twelve times a year. In 1975 it was sold to CBS Publishing.[5] It remained in print up to 1991 then stopped. Since 2009 the magazine exists as a website and media company, World Tennis Magazine.com. and is currently owned by Randy Walker of New Chapter Media.

## Contributors

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* Cliff Richey
* Bob Stockton
* Chris Nicholson
* Bob Greene
* Charlie Bricker
* Justin Cohen
* Tom Swick
* Blair Henley
* Cynthia Lum

## Former Contributors

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* Art Larsen
* Bill Talbert
* Dorothy Head Knode
* Hal Burrows
* Ham Richardson
* Joe McCauley
* Ned Potter
* Vinnie Richards
* Wilmer Allison

## Former Article Writers

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* Barbara Scofield Davidson
* Bill Tilden
* Don Budge
* Fred Perry
* Harry Hopman
* Karol Fageros
* L.D. Simmons
* Tony Mottram
* Tony Trabert
* Susie Herr

## Former International Writers

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* Thelma Coyne Long (Australia)
* Betty Rosenquest Pratt (British West Indies)
* Eric Williams (Cuba)
* Charles Khouri (Egypt)
* J.A. Downey (Ireland)
* Gloria Butler (Europe)
* Francisco Lona (Mexico)
* William Lufler (Scandinavia)
* Sissy Leach (South Africa)

## Former US Writers

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* Andrew Stern (Eastern)
* Harry James (Intermountain)
* Hal Burrows (Middle Atlantic)
* Grant Golden (Midwest)
* Midge Buck (New England)
* Bobby Platt (Southern)
* Bobby Wertheimer (Texas)
* Andy Ross Dilley (Tournaments)
* Wilma Smith (West Coast)

## References

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1. ^ Grasso, John (2011) Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated. Lanham, Maryland. United States. ISBN 9780810872370. page.132.
2. ^ Bobby Riggs & George McGann (1973) Court hustler. J. B. Lippincott & Co. Philadelphia, United States. ISBN 9780397008933. page.122.
3. ^ Jewish Women's Archive. This Weeks in History: Gladys Heldman launches "World Tennis Magazine" May 13, 1953. Newton. MA. United States. Websource: https://jwa.org/thisweek/may/13/1953/gladys-heldman.
4. ^ Heldman, Gladys and Mulloy, Gardnar (July 1953) World Tennis. Volume 1, Issue 2. Publishers & Editors. New York City, NY, United States. page.5.
5. ^ Jewish Women's Archive.

## Official site

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* https://worldtennismagazine.com/

## External links

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* World Tennis at Internet Archive