The Tennis Book

John Parsons (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2016
Carlton Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78097-838-3 (ISBN)

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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.

Writer and broadcaster John Parsons covered tennis for more than 30 years. He wrote The Official Wimbledon Annual for 20 years and was awarded the Ron Bookman Media Excellence Award for his writing in 1998. Henry Wancke, a personal friend and former colleague of John's, is the editor of Tennis Today magazine and the Secretary of the Association of British Tennis Writers.

Erscheinungsdatum	06.10.2016
Co-Autor	Henry Wancke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	236 x 286 mm
Themenwelt	Sport ► Ballsport ► Tennis
ISBN-10	1-78097-838-3 / 1780978383
ISBN-13	978-1-78097-838-3 / 9781780978383
Zustand	Neuware