A candid memoir describes the personal and professional life of the outstanding tennis player who, in 1990, became the first African- American woman in thirty-two years to reach the singles final at Wimbledon. Original. 25,000 first printing.

This book provides an inside look at race, professionalism, sexism and competition in women's professional tennis in the 1990s. Tennis writer Doug Smith shows us the world of black tennis star Zina Garrison in a first person biography that reveals what a young black tennis hopeful from Texas encountered in the world of professional women's tennis. Garrison is forthcoming and open about her battles with bulimia, a difficult marriage and the enormous pressure to win.