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Book Synopsis Davis Cup: the Year in Tennis by : Clive White
Download or read book Davis Cup: the Year in Tennis written by Clive White and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With candid text and never-before-published photos taken by the sport's top photographers, this dynamic yearbook captures the dramatic story lines, high quality of play, and enthusiasm of the crowd that characterize the Davis Cup. Launched in 1900 as a match between the United States and Great Britain, Davis Cup has grown into the largest annual team competition in sports. With Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal returning to fight for their home countries, the competition continues to generate heat and excitement in the United States and abroad.
Download or read book Davis Cup written by Mark Hodgkinson and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 2011-01-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the dramatic storylines and high quality of play of the Davis Cup, the largest annual team competition in sports. With never-before-published photos taken by the tennis world’s top photographers, this dynamic yearbook captures the athletic showmanship and enthusiasm of the crowd that characterize the Davis Cup. With Andy Roddick and Rafael Nadal returning to fight for their home countries, the competition continues to generate heat and excitement in the United States and abroad.
Download or read book The Davis Cup written by Richard Evans and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Davis Cup offered me more immediate pleasure than almost anything else I accomplished in my career....I hope you enjoy this detailed history of a unique competition. Whether it is played at Kooyong or Casablanca, a World Group Final or a first round in the African Zone, Davis Cup offers tennis players the rare chance of experiencing the thrill of playing for your teammates and your country."--John McEnroe, from the "Foreword" Back in Boston in 1900, they called it "Dwight's little pot," but very soon it turned out to be much more than that. Dwight Davis's idea of offering a silver bowl as a prize to be fought for each year between tennis-playing nations grew into one of the most recognized and keenly contested annual sporting competitions in the world. Beginning as a match between the United States and the British Isles at the Longwood Cricket Club, the Davis Cup has endured for one hundred years, modifying itself now and again, but essentially remaining what Dwight Davis always intended it to be: a means of nurturing healthy sporting relations between countries all over the globe. In this lavishly illustrated history, Richard Evans, one of the world's leading tennis writers, chronicles not merely the matches that caught the imagination of millions but the extraordinary array of personalities who gave the Cup its luster and whose names are now engraved on its silver panels-- Anthony Wilding, the dashing New Zealander who rode from tournament to tournament on one of the first motorbikes, leaving a trail of broken hearts in his wake; Wilding's Australian colleague Norman Brookes, a taciturn man known as "the Wizard"; or Maurice McLoughlin, dubbed "the Californian Comet."There was Bill Tilden, arrogant, effete, and outrageous, who insisted on playing his own "sweet game" on and off the court and became a world superstar doing it. Or the Four Musketeers who held the Cup for France for six years before a handsome Englishman with the wrong accent-- at least for the snob-ridden 1930s-- came along to snatch it away. Fred Perry won the Cup for Britain three times, and now it has fallen to Greg Rusedski and Tim Henman to try to get it back. The Harry Hopman dynasty, in which the legendary Australian coach produced a conveyer belt of champions-- from Frank Sedgman, Lew Hoad, and Ken Rosewall to Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, and John Newcombe-- was centered around Davis Cup triumph; and the story continues, through the turbulent years of Ilie Nastase and John McEnroe to Yannick Noah's successes for France in the 1990s. The Davis Cup has quite a story to tell. And this book tells that story: an unforgettable sporting and social odyssey covering one hundred years.
Book Synopsis Davis Cup Yearbook 1999 by : Christopher Clarey
Download or read book Davis Cup Yearbook 1999 written by Christopher Clarey and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Centenary year of the Davis Cup was the year of Australia, but it was more than that. It was the year of dramatic reversals of fortune. Todd Martin celebrated in Birmingham and then ended up dizzy and disillusioned one round later in the steamy heat of Boston. Partrick Rafter, the man who beat him in the decisive match, rode the shoulders of his teammates after his decisive victory and then missed the rest of the campaign because of an injury to one of his own shoulders. In his place, the Australian stars were a journeyman (Wayne Arthurs), an inexperienced teenager (Lleyton Hewitt), and a former David Cup outcast (Mark Philippoussis). Though his own country, the United States, did not prosper for long, Dwight Davis would surely have enjoyed most of what transpired in 1999: the story lines, the quality of play, and the enthusiasm of the crowd in Nice that made it difficult for doubles partners to hear each other, even when they were shouting from close range. Davis also would surely have been astonished at the continued growth of the competition he has launched by issuing a transatlantic challenge to the British in 1900. This book, written by International Herald Tribune sports correspondent and longtime New York Times contributor Christopher Clarey, is an extended and thoughtful examination of the matches and personalities that defined this special season. With much of its material gathered form exclusive interviews, it provides a unique perspective on the game's premier team event: an event that has been making tennis heroes and his troy for one hundred years.
Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of Tennis by : John Grasso
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Tennis written by John Grasso and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sport of tennis has been played in one form or another for more than 800 years. It can trace its roots to games played by monks in the 12th century. Through the years the game has evolved from one in which the ball was struck with the hands to the modern game in which rackets are used to propel the ball in excess of 150 miles per hour. From the sport of the elite to the sport played by elite athletes, tennis has grown immensely in the past 135 years and it remains one of the few sporting pastimes thatis played extensively by people of all ages and all nationalities. The Historical Dictionary of Tennis presents a comprehensive history of the game through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, photos, and over 500 cross-referenceddictionary entries on places, teams, terminology, and people, including Arthur Ashe, Björn Borg, Don Budge, Chris Evert, Roger Federer, Billie Jean King, Rod Laver, Suzanne Lenglen, John McEnroe, Rafael Nadal, Martina Navratilova, and Bill Tilden. Appendixes of the members of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, the Major Championships of Tennis, and the Olympic games are included. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about tennis.
Book Synopsis Davis Cup Yearbook 1997 by : Christopher Clarey
Download or read book Davis Cup Yearbook 1997 written by Christopher Clarey and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 1998-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This full-colour volume documents the action and drama of tennis's annual international team competition. Photographs are included of the world's finest men players, with stories of their individual achievements.
Book Synopsis Davis Cup Yearbook 1998 by : Christopher Clarey
Download or read book Davis Cup Yearbook 1998 written by Christopher Clarey and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 1999-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume documents the action and drama of tennis's annual international team competition, with sensational photographs-most never before published-of the world's finest men's players and stories of the individual achievement and national pride that characterize Davis Cup play from the first round to the final. The United States, winner of thiry-one Davis Cup titles, will host Italy in the 1998 semifinals. With Andre Agassi and Jim Courier determined to return the Cup to the United States, the pressure will be on the talented Italians. French Open champion Carlos Moya and finalist Alex Corretja will anchor the sSpanish team in its first semifinal round in more than a decade. To reach the final, they must defeat Sweden, the defending champions.
Download or read book Davis Cup 2009 written by Mark Hodgkinson and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the dramatic storylines and high quality of play that have come to characterize the largest annual team competition in sports. With candid text and never-before-published photos taken by the sport’s top photographers, this dynamic yearbook captures the exciting tennis and enthusiasm of the crowd that characterize Davis Cup. Launched in 1900 as a match between the United States and Great Britain, Davis Cup has grown into the largest annual team competition in sports. With Andy Roddick and Rafael Nadal returning to fight for their home countries, the competition continues to generate heat and excitement in the United States and abroad.
Download or read book Davis Cup written by iMinds and published by iMinds Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the history of the Davis Cup with iMinds insightful knowledge series. The Davis Cup weighs more than 100 kilograms, is over one metre tall, and is the world's oldest sports trophy. It has been filled with champagne in Paris nightclubs, stolen in Peru, and locked in bank vaults during world wars. These days, it is sought after by more than 100 countries every year and known to many as the "holy grail" of men's tennis. The Davis Cup tournament started in 1889 when four Harvard students decided to test their tennis skills against players in Britain. The prize was neither money nor fame, but simply a silver trophy. iMinds brings targeted knowledge to your eReading device with short information segments to whet your mental appetite and broaden your mind.
Book Synopsis Hardcourt Confidential by : Patrick McEnroe
Download or read book Hardcourt Confidential written by Patrick McEnroe and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2010-06-08 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining and unfiltered look at professional tennis as only Patrick McEnroe can offer. Patrick McEnroe has been in the world of professional tennis in one way or another for most of his life. As a player, coach, and ESPN commentator, he's seen it all. The significant tennis books of recent years have all been autobiographies--famous players burnishing their image or attempting to set the record straight within carefully controlled memoirs. No one has been willing to do a book that pulls back the curtain and presents an honest, no-holds-barred look into the ultimate gentleman's sport and the larger-than-life personalities that inhabit it. Patrick McEnroe does just that. Curious to know which marquee player threw a tantrum and bailed early on a tournament? Why Roger Federer, presumably the greatest player of all time, has a losing head-to-head record with Rafael Nadal? Why certain tennis prodigies burned out early? The real role of coaches like Nick Bollettieri? Which player is as much of a diva off the court as on? The greatest match ever played? In Hardcourt Confidential, McEnroe uses his twenty-five-plus years in the trenches of the game to tell true tales and wild stories about the players you think you know (from Sampras to Agassi to Roddick to the Williams sisters), how and why the game has changed since he first swung a racket, and what the future holds in store for American tennis. McEnroe takes an unapologetic look at the men, women, and events of the past three decades, right up to the epic Federer vs. Nadal rivalry that dominates the game today. He's got a lot to say and he's not afraid to say it.
Download or read book Seeing Serena written by Gerald Marzorati and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting, revealing portrait of tennis champion and global icon Serena Williams that combines biography, cultural criticism, and sports writing to offer “a deep, satisfying meditation” (The New York Times) on the most consequential athlete of her time. There has never been an athlete like Serena Williams. She has dominated women’s tennis for two decades, changed the way the game is played, and—by inspiring Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff, and others—changed, too, the racial makeup of the pro game. But Williams’s influence has not been confined to the tennis court. As a powerful Black woman who struggled to achieve and sustain success, she has emerged as a cultural icon, figuring in conversations about body image, working mothers, and more. Seeing Serena chronicles Williams’s return to tennis after giving birth to her daughter—from her controversial 2018 US Open final against Naomi Osaka through a 2020 season that unfolded against a backdrop of a pandemic and protests over the killing of Black men and women by the police. Gerald Marzorati, who writes about tennis for The New Yorker, travels to Wimbledon and to Compton, California, where Serena and her sister Venus learned to play. He talks with former women’s tennis greats, sports and cultural commentators—and Serena herself. He observes Williams from courtside, on the red carpet, in fashion magazines, on social media. He sees her and writes about her prismatically—reflecting on her many, many facets. The result is an “enlightening…keen analysis” (The Washington Post) and energetic narrative that illuminates Serena’s singular status as the greatest women’s tennis player of all time and a Black woman with a global presence like no other.
Book Synopsis Davis Cup 2007 by : Christine Bowers
Download or read book Davis Cup 2007 written by Christine Bowers and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tennis.
Book Synopsis A Terrible Splendor by : Marshall Jon Fisher
Download or read book A Terrible Splendor written by Marshall Jon Fisher and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-04-20 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Federer versus Nadal, before Borg versus McEnroe, the greatest tennis match ever played pitted the dominant Don Budge against the seductively handsome Baron Gottfried von Cramm. This deciding 1937 Davis Cup match, played on the hallowed grounds of Wimbledon, was a battle of titans: the world's number one tennis player against the number two; America against Germany; democracy against fascism. For five superhuman sets, the duo’s brilliant shotmaking kept the Centre Court crowd–and the world–spellbound. But the match’s significance extended well beyond the immaculate grass courts of Wimbledon. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression and the brink of World War II, one man played for the pride of his country while the other played for his life. Budge, the humble hard-working American who would soon become the first man to win all four Grand Slam titles in the same year, vied to keep the Davis Cup out of the hands of the Nazi regime. On the other side of the net, the immensely popular and elegant von Cramm fought Budge point for point knowing that a loss might precipitate his descent into the living hell being constructed behind barbed wire back home. Born into an aristocratic family, von Cramm was admired for his devastating good looks as well as his unparalleled sportsmanship. But he harbored a dark secret, one that put him under increasing Gestapo surveillance. And his situation was made even more perilous by his refusal to join the Nazi Party or defend Hitler. Desperately relying on his athletic achievements and the global spotlight to keep him out of the Gestapo’s clutches, his strategy was to keep traveling and keep winning. A Davis Cup victory would make him the toast of Germany. A loss might be catastrophic. Watching the mesmerizingly intense match from the stands was von Cramm’s mentor and all-time tennis superstar Bill Tilden–a consummate showman whose double life would run in ironic counterpoint to that of his German pupil. Set at a time when sports and politics were inextricably linked, A Terrible Splendor gives readers a courtside seat on that fateful day, moving gracefully between the tennis match for the ages and the dramatic events leading Germany, Britain, and America into global war. A book like no other in its weaving of social significance and athletic spectacle, this soul-stirring account is ultimately a tribute to the strength of the human spirit.
Book Synopsis The Story of the Davis Cup (the International Lawn Tennis Championship) by : Arthur Wallis Myers
Download or read book The Story of the Davis Cup (the International Lawn Tennis Championship) written by Arthur Wallis Myers and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History of Tennis by : Richard Evans
Download or read book The History of Tennis written by Richard Evans and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the passion, drama, and beauty of tennis is captured in this most up-to-date comprehensive history--from its early beginnings as a sport, the greatest matches ever played, to its global star players and personalities of present day. This volume is a must-read for tennis aficionados. Tennis, the much-loved sport, is a game for the ages dating back to sixteenth-century royal court matches played by King Henry VIII. History of Tennis captures the sport's long history, never short of theatrics, rivalries, power plays, political controversies, and inspiring personal stories. Beautiful historic and contemporary images of gripping matches like the unforgettable Bjorn Borg versus John McEnroe tiebreak match in 1980, to behind-the-scenes moments with tennis legends, and never-before-seen shots, grace each page accompanied by Richard Evans's intriguing stories and unique insight detailing the evolution of this majestic sport by decade. Starting as a European royal pastime and gaining popularity in England and France, the sport made its way to America in the late 1870s as the new game of lawn tennis, creating along the centuries legendary tennis superstars such as Bill Tilden, Suzanne Lenglen and the Four Musketeers, Fred Perry, Billie Jean King, John McEnroe, and Steffi Graf. Now one of the most highly watched sports globally with top-billing icons like Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal, and Naomi Osaka, there is no stopping the power of this allenthralling game. This is a must-have volume for lifelong fans and those intrigued by the sporting theater and grand culture of tennis.
Book Synopsis Davis Cup 2006 by : Christine Bowers
Download or read book Davis Cup 2006 written by Christine Bowers and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With candid text and never-before-published photos taken by the sports top photographers, this dynamic yearbook captures the dramatic storylines, high quality of play, and enthusiasm of the crowd that characterize Davis Cup. Launched in 1900 as a match between the United States and Great Britain, the Davis Cup has grown into the largest annual team competition in sports with more than 130 nations entered in the year 2006.
Book Synopsis Davis Cup Contests in Australasia by : Robert Mathew Kidston
Download or read book Davis Cup Contests in Australasia written by Robert Mathew Kidston and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
