Since the turn of the century, women’s tennis has established itself as one of the world’s most unpredictable sports. With 36 different Grand Slam champions from 2000 to 2024, upsets have become the norm and underdog triumphs are almost guaranteed. This book maps out the complex, remarkable blueprints followed by champions from across the globe, as told by those in their inner circle, and explores what this generation of women can tell us about the future of the game.
Molly McElwee is a freelance sports journalist writing about women’s sport, football, tennis, Olympic and Paralympic sport. Molly spent more than five years as a sportswriter for the Daily Telegraph, with a key focus on women’s sports and tennis. She has covered major championships at Wimbledon, Roland Garros and in New York as well as the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo and the 2024 Olympics in Paris. In 2024, Molly won the Tom Perrotta Prize, awarded by the International Tennis Writers’ Association (ITWA) to a writer aged 35 or under who shows excellence in tennis journalism.
