Product Description

Considered the "bible" of the tennis world, Bud Collins' Tennis Encyclopedia provides thorough statistics and presents a history of the sport, from its country club beginnings in 1876 to the billion-dollar industry it is today. The latest edition includes biographies of the best players, rules of the game, Hall of Fame facts, world rankings since 1991, and more. 230 photos.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1846726 in Books
• Published on: 1997-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 698 pages

Customer Reviews

For tennis freaks
This book is huge and is not to read for enjoyment. It is a book filled with stats, rules, and tons of information on tennis. Why would a normal person want to know all of this? He won't. Who would want to buy this? A tennis freak. What exactly is a tennis freak? He would be someone that plays tennis almost everyday if not every weekend at the very least. Someone who would play rain, snow, sleet, or shine. Someone who would tape all the best matches on TV and then analyze them frame-by-frame later. Someone whose conversation goes something like this: "Remember the lob Edberg threw over Becker on the last set, eigth game at the 1990 Wimbledon? My God, that was the turning point of the entire match!"

A real tribute to the game of tennis
I have no doubt in considering Bud as the top tennis writer in the world. His passion and imense knowledge for the game of tennis is well ilustrated in this masterpiece. Any fan of tennis will take pride in owning a copy of this encyclopedia which provides the most complete information about tennis.

Enjoyable read!
I enjoy Bud, despite his preference for Becker over Edberg, but all in all, a very good tennis reference. I have something called The World Encylopaedia of Tennis, but this is more comprehensive and more current. A must for anyone interested in the history of tennis.