ABSTRACT

Many historical narratives of international tennis fail to recognize the early history of the sport in Latin America. By focusing on the country of Argentina and the contributions of Guillermo Vilas and Gabriela Sabatini in particular, this chapter seeks to correct this ­narrative by utilizing historical sources published primarily in Latin America to sketch the early ­history of the sport that elite British expats in Argentina called “El Deporte Blanco” [“The White Sport”].