Spring Fever is a 1982 film directed by Joseph L. Scanlan, set in the world of competitive tennis.
[2] It was produced by Amulet Pictures with the participation of the Canadian Film Development Corporation and Famous Players Limited.
The film follows a Las Vegas teen (Carling Bassett) as she participates in the National Junior Tennis Championship in Tampa, Florida with her showgirl mother (Susan Anton).
enters a local tournament, she encounters hostility and snobbery from the tennis crowd due to her mother's profession.
Roger Ebert gave the film one-and-half of four possible stars in his March 17, 1983 review in the Chicago Sun-Times.