The 1980s: A Golden Era of Tennis 11
Posted on
October 17, 2009 by
JA Allen
The 1980s were a Golden Era for Professional Tennis.
It was the best of times – Tennis in the Eighties – when the thrill of tense tiebreaks entered everyman’s domicile, highlighted by exotic locales like Paris, Melbourne, London and New York.
The 1980s tennis also ushered in exciting yet exasperating players whose on-court conduct thrilled, engaged and enraged fans across the globe.
The ’80s energized the popularity base and took tennis out of country clubs and landed estates and into public parks and arenas. It became a sport in contrast to an amenable pastime.