Breaking News: Bud Collins updates ‘The Bud Collins History of Tennis’ for Christmas
For tennis fans and followers, Bud Collins is a household name. The tennis analyst and pundit is considered to be the “walking encyclopaedia of tennis”. It is good news for tennis enthusiasts that now, Bud Collins has a new, updated
second edition of his encyclopaedia and record book, The Bud Collins History of Tennis.
Bud Collins is a long-time journalist for the Boston Globe. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in the year 1994, and his up close and personal relationships with major tennis players equip him with insights
and knowledge, which no one else in the tennis world is privy to.
This second edition is 816 pages long, and is considered the most comprehensive collection of facts, records, information, and player profiles ever written on the subject of tennis. It is thought to be the last word in historical
tennis knowledge; the book also holds year-to-year recaps of each tennis season and biographical profiles of every significant personality in tennis. It also lists records, statistics and championship winners for every major event in the world of tennis.
The Bud Collins History of Tennis is dedicated to John Isner, Nicolas Mahut and match umpire Mohamed Lahyani. The two Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) players and the umpire are survivors of the longest match in tennis
history, which took place this year at the Wimbledon Championship. The match lasted for eleven hours and five minutes, and ended with Isner defeating Mahut 6-4, 2-6, 6-7(7), 7-6(3), 7-68. John Isner also fired off a record-breaking 113 aces during the match.
Bud Collins also co-wrote the memoir of tennis legend Rod Laver, titled “The Education of a Tennis Player”. It is a firsthand account of Laver’s tennis career, as well as his 1969 Grand Slam run. It also gives details of his epic
US Open final against Australian pro Tony Roche, who is now ATP pro Lleyton Hewitt’s coach. In addition to this, Laver and Collins wrote about the player’s childhood and his starting days in tennis, as well as his 1962 Grand Slam. The duo also provides tennis
tips and ways to improve playing styles. The book was originally published in 1971, but Collins and Laver have recently updated it with information about the 1973 Davis Cup victory and Laver’s almost-fatal stroke in 1998.
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