Tennis For Dummies

About the Authors Patrick McEnroe is a top-ranking ATP tour singles and doubles player. He has earned 16 career titles, was selected to the Davis Cup team three times, and has competed in every Grand Slam tournament. When he's not playing professional tennis, McEnroe is a tennis commentator for ESPN and CBS. Peter Bodo is a senior writer for Tennis magazine and has covered professional tennis for more than 20 years. As an award-winning journalist, he has written two books about the sport and is an "Outdoors" columnist for the New York Times.

Introduction. PART I: Tennis Anyone? Chapter 1: What Is Tennis? Chapter 2: Meet Me on the Grass, Clay, or Hard Courts. Chapter 3: The Well-Equipped Tennis Player. Chapter 4: Scoring in Tennis: Love Means Nothing. Chapter 5: Knowing All the Rules and Regulations. Chapter 6: Tennis Etiquette: Do You Really Want to Throw That Racquet? PART II: Playing the Game. Chapter 7: Mastering Your Tennis Fundamentals. Chapter 8: The Forehand: Your Bread and Butter. Chapter 9: Your Backhand: Use It or Lose It! Chapter 10: The Volley: An Exclamation Point. Chapter 11: The Serve: It's Entirely in Your Hands. Chapter 12: Completing the Arsenal: Lobs, Overheads, and Drop Shots. Chapter 13: Winning Strategies and Tactics. PART III: Taking Your Game to the Next Level. Chapter 14: Enjoying Your Amateur Status. Chapter 15: Practice: The "P" Word. Chapter 16: Physical Conditioning for Tennis. Chapter 17: When the Machine Breaks Down: Common Tennis Injuries. Chapter 18: Improving Your Game with Lessons. PART IV: Tennis Aficionados Only. Chapter 19: The Pro Game. Chapter 20: I'll Take Four Grand Slams and a Cup, Please. Chapter 21: Tennis from the Stands and on TV. PART V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 22: Ten Tennis Tips. Chapter 23: The Ten Best Men Players of the Open Era. Chapter 24: The Ten Best Women Players of the Open Era. Chapter 25: The Ten Greatest Matches of the Open Era. Index. Book Registration Information.