WTT play, 313–15
See also specific players and tournaments
Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), 394, 396, 406, 407, 507–8, 524–26, 578
Wood, James, 520
Wood, Sidney B., Jr., 246
Wooden, John, 85, 95, 124–25
Woodland Cemetery, Richmond, 610, 613
Woods, Sam, 20, 59, 161
Woods, W. Harcourt, 118, 356
Woolridge, Keith, 235
World AIDS Day, 597
World Boxing Association, 167
World Championship of Tennis, of 1971, 271
World Championship Tennis (WCT), 205, 218, 219, 223, 233, 234, 239, 242, 246, 257, 271–73, 284, 300, 304, 345, 347, 348, 354, 396, 402, 424, 433, 441
Ashe’s contract with, 271–73, 278–79, 303–4
Green Group tournament, 367
ILTF vs., 271–72, 276–77, 284–85, 296–98
January-through-May format, 303
1972 London agreement, 297–98
1973 Masters tournament, 303, 304
1973 season, 303–4
1975 Masters tournament, 367, 369–70
1975 tour, 367–70
1976 Masters tournament, 403
1976 tour, 400–404
split-tour format, 303, 402
Tour A, 303
Tour B, 303–4
World Cup, 269–70
of 1970, 269–70
World Doubles Championship, 368
World Team Tennis (WTT), 313–15, 348, 394, 404
Connors lawsuit, 351–52, 354, 355, 372, 384–86
1974 controversy, 348, 349, 351–52, 354, 355, 363, 384–86
World Tennis magazine, 56, 111, 173, 253, 320, 379, 388, 394, 399, 475, 496
World War I, 22, 69, 274
World War II, 9, 23, 88, 92, 165, 395
Wright, Ken, 53
WTA Tour Championships, 526
Yale University, 496–98, 597, 613
Kiphuth Fellowship, 496–98
Yang, C. K., 85
Yaoundé, 288
Yardley, Jonathan, 575
Yom Kippur War, 318
Young, A. S., Negro Firsts in Sports, 488
Young, Andrew, 211, 280, 296, 322, 358, 359, 360–62, 408, 418, 420, 422, 431, 455, 464, 465, 533, 559, 569, 603, 509, 613, 684n7, 685n7
Young, Brian, 326, 327, 367
Young, Coleman, 318
Young, Leonidas, 619, 621
Young, Whitney, 244
Youth Tennis Foundation of Princeton, 343
Yugoslavia, 309–10, 348
Yugoslav Tennis Federation, 309
Zaire, 399
Zambia, 274
Zen Buddhism, 560
Zimbabwe, 465
Zuleta, Eduardo, 68, 215
Zulus, 323, 338, 360, 690n34
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