The Cruelest Game: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis by Matthew Futterman has an overall rating of Positive based on 4 book reviews.
Publisher
Doubleday Books
Date
August 4, 2026
An exposé of professional tennis by journalist Matthew Futterman.
From the hard, hard courts of professional tennis to the mean screens of social media to the life and times of an iconic indie…
A new book’s search for the elusive codes that separate tennis’s GOATs from its ghosts.
Richard “Pancho” González was a giant of U.S. tennis, just one of many chronicled in a new book exploring the nation's stars down…
“It would be like if, at the Olympics, they didn’t let the actual high jumpers participate, and instead had basketball players…
The German star finally won his first major title at Roland Garros, bringing to light his complicated place in the sport.
Is Steffi Graf’s legacy underrated? Plus, towel talk, fixing Wimbledon court surfaces and more.
