For a city where the snow still sometimes flies, St. Louis has had an unusually deep connection to tennis.

When the game was in its infancy in the US, Dwight Davis helped it grow up — and across — the country’s public parks.

When it was time to teach the country how to play, it was two St. Louisans who made it happen.

And when it was time to build a pro game that would amass a global audience, Butch Buchholz and the rest of the Armory-trained champions made that happen, too. Come explore how it all happened, from the town where much of it began.