World of Tennis 1997 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0002187140 ISBN 13: 9780002187145

Publisher: HarperCollinsWillow, 1997

Synopsis

Published in association with the International Tennis Federation and listing Grand Slam and other major competition results, this 30th anniversary edition also contains top-60 player profiles, national association contacts and feature articles. It is richly illustrated with a new 16 page colour section.

About this title

Product Description:

London, Harper Collins, 1997, 8vo brossura con copertina illustrata a colori, pp. 512 con illustrazioni fotografiche nel testo.

Review:

The 33rd edition of the International Tennis Federation's annual World of Tennis, edited by Financial Times and BBC journalist John Barrett, aims to be both a comprehensive review of the previous season and a taster for the year ahead. Assessments of the stars and their exploits are all underpinned by an authoritative statistical record.

2000 was a vintage year in tennis; a hugely popular, record-breaking triumph by perhaps the outstanding player of the last century--a seventh Wimbledon for Pete Sampras. New titans emerged, in the shape of Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten and the remarkable Venus Williams, whose US Open win and doubles/singles clean sweep at both Wimbledon and the Olympics may have ushered in a reign to equal that of Martina Navratilova.

In many ways, it was a case of Venus Williams first, the rest nowhere. I know the [ranking] computer thinks otherwise and computers never lie, do they? But ... she put together a winning streak of 35 matches that stamped her as one of the greatest athletes ever to pick up a racket.

World of Tennis draws on the expertise of some of the game's top journalists and commentators to put the year's events in context and it's the quality of these features--and a generous helping of colour photography--that lifts the book out of the ordinary. With over five hundred pages of small type, a comprehensive results database, profiles of all today's significant players and the all-time greats, this is a genuine treasure trove for tennis fans. Time will tell if it is worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as Wisden's cricket annuals--as yet it lacks that publication's fierce independence of spirit--but it possesses a similar scope and love for its sport. --Alex Hankin

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollinsWillow
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0002187140
• ISBN 13: 9780002187145
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Barrett John