You Cannot Be Serious! The Graphic Guide to Tennis - Mark Hodgkinson

You Cannot Be Serious! The Graphic Guide to Tennis

Grand slams, players and fans, and all the tennis trivia possible

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Buch | Hardcover
192 Seiten
2018
Aurum (Verlag)
978-1-78131-694-8 (ISBN)
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Through stunning infographics, the world of tennis is brought to life. Full of facts and stats, players and personalities, this is tennis as you have never seen it before.
Who moves fastest around the court?
Which tournament awards their champion a silver pear?
Are lefties more successful than right-handed players?
Which player admits to smashing 70 rackets a year during his career?

From detailed portraits of the icons of the sport to astonishing statistics and the champions’ most remarkable records, this collection of superbly entertaining infographics includes everything you need to know about the tennis world.

Whether it is Serena Williams’ record-breaking wins, the tallest and shortest players on the tour, or Sam Groth’s 163.7mph serve, You Cannot Be Serious! has it covered. The eccentric side of the sport is here too, including players’ peculiar training methods, Andy Murray’s and Maria Sharapova’s pet dogs, and the most outlandish fashion to have graced the courts.

Charting the greatest and most iconic moments in tennis, from 17-year-old Boris Becker’s unexpected Wimbledon victory to Roger Federer’s 20th Grand Slam singles title, You Cannot be Serious! is the perfect companion for devoted amateur players and armchair fans alike.
 

Mark Hodgkinson is a tennis author and journalist based in London. His previous books include Fedegraphica, You Cannot Be Serious: The Graphic Guide to Tennis, Game, Set and Match: Secret Weapons of the World's Top Tennis Players, Andy Murray: Wimbledon Champion and Ivan Lendl: The Man Who Made Murray. He has written for ESPN, British GQ, the WTA Tour, the ATP World Tour, and the Daily Telegraph.

Table of Contents includes:

By numbers: Australian Open, French Open, US Open, Wimbledon
Icon profiles: Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Boris Becker, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Billie Jean King, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras, to name a few
Left-handed champions
Black champions
Greatest chokes in tennis history
Comebacks
The origins of tennis nicknames
Superstitions and rituals
Bizarre and unexpected injuries
The rich list
Tennis lingo
Slam stadiums
Tennis tattoos
Greatest rivalries
Spin masters
World Number Ones 

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 92 infographic spreads
Sprache englisch
Maße 190 x 246 mm
Themenwelt Sport Ballsport Tennis
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Lexikon / Chroniken
ISBN-10 1-78131-694-5 / 1781316945
ISBN-13 978-1-78131-694-8 / 9781781316948
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