Ultimate Encyclopedia Of Tennis

This authoritative illustrated reference provides a full account of top tennis players and the Grand Slam tournaments, the great matches, famous tennis courts, the business of tennis, and tennis scandals and controversies that will interest fans of the game.

The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Tennis is the pre-eminent single volume illustrated work of tennis reference, tracing the game from its relaxed beginnings as a pastime of the 1800s through to what has become the high energy global sport of the 21st century. John Parsons' celebrated book includes comprehensive chapters profiling the legends of the game and more than 150 top players; analysis of tennis's greatest matches; world famous tournaments and global development; as a well as extensive features on the politics, controversies and oddities of the game. Packed with around 240 photographs and complete with a record of all Grand Slam winners, every player, every tournament and every issue of importance in the game of tennis is highlighted in detail in the book. Written by two of the game's leading authorities and fully revised, updated and expanded to include all the stories of 2017, The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Tennis is the definitive work on world tennis, with every page an information-packed celebration of one of the world's most exhilarating sports.

This authoritative illustrated reference provides a full account of top tennis players and the Grand Slam tournaments, the great matches, famous tennis courts, the business of tennis, and tennis scandals and controversies that will interest fans of the game.

High energy, non-stop action and serves searing across the net in excess of 140 mph combine to keep millions of tennis fans on the edge of their seats. This is an illustrated work of reference on the most popular racquet sport.

The Tennis Book is the pre-eminent single volume illustrated work of tennis reference, tracing the game from its relaxed beginnings as a pastime of the 1800s through to what has become the high energy, all-action global sport of the 21st century. This new and fully updated edition includes comprehensive chapters profiling the legends of the game and more than 150 top players, analysis of tennis's greatest matches, world famous tournaments and global development, as a well as extensive features on the politics, controversies and oddities of the game. Packed with more than 200 photographs and complete with a record of all Grand Slam winners, every player, every tournament and every issue of importance in the game of tennis is highlighted in detail in the book. Written by two of the game's leading authorities, The Tennis Book is the definitive work on world tennis, with every page an information packed celebration of one of the world's most exhilarating sports.

This is the fourth book in the successful series of Total Encyclopedias.

Given the presumed dominance of American sport, many fans throughout the hemisphere find it difficult to envision the role of sport beyond the confines of their own continent. And yet, world sport consists of so much more than the games Americans play and so much more than the stereotype of cricket for the elite and football for the working class. As worldwide sport continues to gain in popularity, we also see parallels to many aspects visible in North American sport, particularly celebrity and all its trappings and pitfalls. The success of athletes from other countries in basketball and ice hockey, and the proliferation of stars imported and now exported to and from North America, provides some better examples of sport's international power. It also creates a very new kind of sport celebrity, albeit one that often shows a rather limited reach beyond that star's own country or continent. Thus, rather than focusing on the Western Hemisphere, this collection of some of world sport's most heralded celebrities (including stars of Motocross, surfing, distance running, and more) serves as a sort of passport to many places that make up our global sporting environment.