The Education of a Tennis Player - Softcover

Rod Laver

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9780671215330: The Education of a Tennis Player

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671215337 ISBN 13: 9780671215330

Publisher: Fireside, 1973

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Book by Rod Laver

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Rod Laver is the only tennis player in history to twice achieve a Grand Slam sweep of all four major titles—Wimbledon, U.S., French, and Australian championships—within a single calendar year. He has won 11 major singles titles and nearly 200 singles titles while also guiding Australia to five Davis Cup titles. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1981. He lives in Carlsbad, California. Bud Collins is a world-famous tennis journalist and historian, a longtime columnist for the Boston Globe, and a television broadcaster for CBS Sports, NBC Sports, ESPN, and the Tennis Channel. A 1994 inductee into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, he is the coauthor of The Education of a Tennis Player and Evonne! On the Move and the author of The Bud Collins History of Tennis and My Life with the Pros. He lives in Boston.

Review:

"Great guy . . . great player . . . great read!" —Tom Tebbutt, Toronto Globe and Mail

"Rod was the most respected player I've known. His game was marvelous, and he revolutionized the backhand for left-handers." —Richard Evans, TennisWeek.com

"It was watching Rod Laver that gave me my first understanding of what greatness means. Who better than Bud to tell the tale?" —Simon Barnes, Times of London

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