Download or read book The Anthology of Australian Tennis Players written by Matthew Geddes and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1905, the precursor to Tennis Australia was established to oversee the Australasian Championships (now known as the Australian Open), and Australia's first entry into the Davis Cup. More than one hundred years later, tennis remains a sport played and supported by millions of Australians.Tennis has produced many national heroes; such as Rod Laver, Evonne Goolagong, Margaret Court, Ken Rosewall, Lew Hoad, John Newcombe; and more recently Pat Cash, Pat Rafter, Lleyton Hewitt, Samantha Stosur, and Ashleigh Barty.The Anthology of Australian Tennis Players profiles 150 of the greatest players; from Grand Slam winners to Davis Cup and Federation Cup legends; as well as the new generation who are the custodians of the past.Relive every moment; every triumph and heartache of those we have celebrated and commiserated with for over a century. As Australian tennis undergoes a rejuvenation, this is a must for tennis fans everywhere.

Download or read book The Golden Era written by Rod Laver and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1950s to the 1970s, Australia was the world's tennis superpower, producing players who dominated amateur grand slam tournaments, the Davis Cup and the professional circuit, and none was more successful, famous or influential than Rod Laver, whose two singles Grand Slams - winning the Australian, French, Wimbledon and United States championships in a calendar year - have never been equalled. The Golden Era is Rod's deeply personal account of those great years. As a participant and eye-witness, he captures the excitement and drama of the great wins, and gives us genuine insight into the band of supremely talented Australian champions who balanced playing hard with a legendary sportsmanship. Written with all of Rod's peerless tennis knowledge, and including key interviews with Frank Sedgman, Ken Rosewall, the late Lew Hoad, Neale Fraser, Mal Anderson, Ashley Cooper, Roy Emerson, Fred Stolle, John Newcombe and Margaret Court, The Golden Era is the definitive story of the two decades of Australian tennis domination that will almost certainly never be repeated.

Download or read book Rod Laver written by Rod Laver and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rod Laver's memoir is the inspiring story of how a diminutive, left-handed, red-headed country boy from Rockhampton, Australia became one of sports' greatest champions. Rod was a dominant force in world tennis for almost two decades, playing and defeating some of the greatest players of the twentieth century. In 1962, Rod became the second man to win the Grand Slam - that is, winning the Australian, French, Wimbledon and US titles in a single calendar year. In 1969, he won it again, becoming the only player ever to win the Grand Slam twice. Laver's book is a wonderfully nostalgic journey into Laver's path to stardom, from the early days of growing up in a Queensland country town in the 1950s, to breaking into the amateur circuit, to the extraordinary highs of Grand Slam victories. Away from on-court triumphs, Rod also movingly writes about the life-changing stroke he suffered in 1998, and of his beloved wife of more than 40 years, Mary, who died in 2012 after a long illness. Filled with anecdotes about the great players and great matches, set against the backdrop of a tennis world changing from rigid amateurism to the professional game we recognize today, Rod's book is a warm, insightful and fascinating account of one of tennis's all-time greats.

Download or read book The Golden Era written by Rod Laver and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 859 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rod Laver's fascinating account of the extraordinary two decades when Australia ruled the tennis world. From the 1950s to the 1970s, Australia was the world's tennis superpower, producing players who dominated amateur grand slam tournaments, the Davis Cup and the professional circuit, and none was more successful, famous or influential than Rod Laver, whose two singles Grand Slams - winning the Australian, French, Wimbledon and United States championships in a calendar year - have never been equalled. The Golden Era is Rod's deeply personal account of those great years. As a participant and eye-witness, he captures the excitement and drama of the great wins, and gives us genuine insight into the band of supremely talented Australian champions who balanced playing hard with a legendary sportsmanship. Written with all of Rod's peerless tennis knowledge, and including key interviews with Frank Sedgman, Ken Rosewall, the late Lew Hoad, Neale Fraser, Mal Anderson, Ashley Cooper, Roy Emerson, Fred Stolle, John Newcombe and Margaret Court, The Golden Era is the definitive story of the two decades of Australian tennis domination that will almost certainly never be repeated." --

Download or read book Good Strokes For Senior Folks written by David J Staniford and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Education should be an evolving continuum--one should endeavor to learn something every day. Being educated means knowing "who you are" and where you want to go. Being a good teacher means offering a "feel good" experience for both the teacher and pupil, proceeding towards defined goals with a purpose. Knowing who you are is an evolving process. Everyone needs someone to love, something to do, having a passion for whatever you do, and also something to look forward to." - David Staniford Dr David Staniford has been a professor, administrator, college coach, and tennis professional for more than forty years. A native of Sydney, Australia, he began his teaching career in the Australian outback. Coached by the legendary Australian Davis Cup coach, Harry Hopman, David was a former number one player at the University of Oregon, where he earned his masters and doctorate. An outstanding Australian junior tennis player he studied at Sydney Teacher's College, University of New South Wales, Oregon, and the University of London. An expert in movement analysis, he has taught and coached players at every level. He has taught and coached at the University of Oregon, Illinois State University, Brock University in Ontario, Canada, Newberry College and Marquette University. His course, 'A Movement Approach to Sports Skills' has been taught in many countries. He teaches and consults with players, teams and coaches on movement and skills technique, in addition to conducting tennis clinics and camps around the world. Several of his players have played Davis Cup for their countries and have made it to the top thirty junior and world rankings. Presently he is the Tennis Professional at Savannah Lakes Village in McCormick, South Carolina. His books include Natural Movement for Children; Kendall Hunt, and Natural Tennis, second Edition; Stipes, with John Boaz. He has written many professional articles, a monthly newspaper column named 'Good Strokes for Senior Folks', and Frozen in Time, a memoire. This book is an anthology of many of his articles and writings.

Download or read book The Golden Era written by Rod Laver and Larry Writer and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1950s to the 1970s, Australia was the world's tennis superpower, producing players who dominated amateur grand slam tournaments, the Davis Cup and the professional circuit, and none was more successful, famous or influential than Rod Laver, whose two singles Grand Slams - winning the Australian, French, Wimbledon and United States championships in a calendar year - have never been equalled. The Golden Era is Rod's deeply personal account of those great years. As a participant and eye-witness, he captures the excitement and drama of the great wins, and gives us genuine insight into the band of supremely talented Australian champions who balanced playing hard with a legendary sportsmanship. Written with all of Rod's peerless tennis knowledge, and including key interviews with Frank Sedgman, Ken Rosewall, the late Lew Hoad, Neale Fraser, Mal Anderson, Ashley Cooper, Roy Emerson, Fred Stolle, John Newcombe and Margaret Court, The Golden Era is the definitive story of the two decades of Australian tennis domination that will almost certainly never be repeated.

Download or read book Great Players of Australian Tennis written by Paul Metzler and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tennis People from South Australia written by Source Wikipedia and published by Booksllc.Net. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Adrian Quist, Alicia Molik, Barry Phillips-Moore, Broderick Dyke, Colin Ebelthite, Darren Cahill, Ian Fletcher (tennis), John Fitzgerald (tennis), John James (tennis), Jordan Kerr, Lleyton Hewitt, Mark Woodforde, Paul Baccanello, Peter Oatey, Roger Rasheed, Samantha Stosur, Todd Perry, Tom Warhurst, Sr., Wayne Arthurs (tennis). Excerpt: Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (; born 24 February 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player and former world no. 1. Hewitt is the youngest male ever to be ranked no. 1, at the age of 20. His career achievements include winning the 2000 US Open men's doubles, the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon men's singles, and back-to-back Tennis Masters Cup (now called the ATP World Tour Finals) titles (2001 and 2002). In 2005, TENNIS Magazine put Hewitt in 34th place on its list of the 40 greatest tennis players since 1965. Hewitt might well have followed in the footsteps of his Australian rules football-playing father Glynn. Instead, he became one of the youngest winners of an Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament when, as an almost unknown youngster, he won the 1998 Next Generation Adelaide International, defeating Andre Agassi in the semifinals. Only Aaron Krickstein winning Tel Aviv in 1983 and Michael Chang winning San Francisco in 1988 were younger when claiming their first ATP title. Hewitt then left Immanuel College to concentrate on his tennis career. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. As a junior Hewitt posted a 44-19 record in singles and reached as high as No. 17 in the world in 1997 (and No. 13 in doubles). Junior Slam results - Singles: Australian Open: QF (1997)French Open: 3R (1997)Wimbledon: 3R (1997)US Open: 3R (1997) Hewitt and fellow Australian Mark Philippoussis confer during a doubles match at the 2005 Queen's Club Championships. In...

Download or read book The Anthology Of Colonial Australian Romance Fiction written by Ken Gelder and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anthology of Colonial Australian Romance Fiction collects captivating stories of love and passion, longing and regret. In these tales women arriving in the New World make decisions about relationships and marriage, social conventions, finances and career—and even the future of the nation itself. The 'slim and graceful' Australian girl becomes a new character type: independent, self-possessed and full of promise. These stories also show women gaining experience about the world, and the men, around them. They are put to the test by a new life and a new place. And not every relationship works out well. The best of colonial Australian romance fiction is collected in this anthology, from writers such as Ada Cambridge, Rosa Praed, Francis Adams, Henry Lawson, Mura Leigh and many others.

Download or read book Newk Life on and off the court written by John Newcombe and published by Momentum. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extraordinary stories from both on and off the court... John Newcombe has always been more than a tennis legend. He is an Australian icon. As a player, he was the world number one, a multiple Wimbledon, US and Australian Champion, a fighter who would push himself to the limit and beyond to win. Yet he never (or almost never) lost his sense of humour or fun. When Newk was on court, even in to-the-death battles with John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Connors, you could tell he loved playing the game, and that made watching him all the more enjoyable. He's friends with US presidents and media tycoons (George Bush once famously described him as a 'black-belt beer drinker', his son George W. had one too many with Newk on the night he was arrested for drink driving, Rupert Murdoch bought Ansett and Channel 10 between sets of tennis with him), yet he's also at home in the pub having a beer or three with his mates. He's a larrikin, but he's also a hugely successful businessman in his own right. He's always enjoyed a party, but cares passionately about his family and his country. In a sport where individualism, not to say outright self-centredness, is the norm, he believes that playing in, or captaining in the Davis Cup is the greatest thing a tennis player can achieve. And as a mentor and inspiration to players such as Pat Rafter and Lleyton Hewitt, he has been a crucial influence on the next generation of Australian champions. Above all he is a brilliant raconteur, and his memoirs are simply unputdownable, filled with gripping tennis drama, deep insights into life, and above all a humour and warmth that Newk's millions of fans will instantly recognise.

Download or read book The Wizard written by Richard Naughton and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legendary tennis player Norman Brookes was the first non-British competitor to win the All England Championships at Wimbledon in 1907, with a second incredible victory seven years later at the age of 36. Born in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda on 14 November 1877, this sporting biography charts not only Norman Brookes' life but also the evolution of tennis - including a fascinating glimpse into Edwardian-era Wimbledon and a look at key international players of the time. From his involvement in the family paper mill business and marriage to Mabel Emmerton - later proclaimed the "principal society doyenne" of Melbourne-in 1910, to early success on Australian courts and Wimbledon victories, The Wizard offers an unparalleled insight into the life and times of one of our greatest sporting heroes. Even when he laid down his racket, Brookes' presidency of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia (1926-1955) was not without media interest, due to controversies and disputes with fellow tennis administrators, presented through the minute books of the LTAA Council.

Download or read book Aussie Journeyman written by Alvin Gardiner and published by Greenslade Creations. This book was released on 2017-01-11 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the rugged Australian bush to the posh highlife of Newport Beach, California, Aussie Journeyman tells the story of a young Australian boy with dreams of becoming a professional tennis star. It was the early 1970s, fresh out of high school when Alvin Gardiner set off to take on the international tennis tour. From this humble beginning it was hard to foresee what crazy and at times life-risking twists and turns his life would take. With Open tennis no longer an amateur sport, the professional tour was only one year old. Alvin played his way through some 65 countries around the globe on six continents, making it on the big stages at Wimbledon, the Australian and US Opens. Even though it was an adventurous journey, it wasn't always smooth traveling. There were many weeks on the road, especially in Europe, when pockets were empty with no prospects or plans of the next meal ticket. Alvin played against some of the biggest stars of that era including Borg, Conners, Nastase and Vilas. He also battled the precocious John McEnroe, in John's very first Grand Slam singles match at the 1977 French Open. Dubbed by Mac himself as the "Aussie Journeyman." After his twelve years of battling it out on the circuit and living the gypsy life, he settled in one of the most exclusive cities in America. Alvin then went on to coaching and continued his career on the senior tour becoming World Champion and #1 in the over 35 singles division.

Download or read book Rod Laver written by Rod Laver and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rod Laver's memoir is the inspiring story of how a diminutive, left-handed, red-headed country boy from Rockhampton became one of Australia's greatest every sporting champions. Rod was a dominant force in world tennis for almost two decades, playing and defeating some of the greatest players of the twentieth century. In 1962, Rod became the second man to win the Grand Slam - that is, winning the Australian, French, Wimbledon and US titles in a single calendar year. In 1969 he won it again, becoming the only player ever to win the Grand Slam twice. His book is a wonderfully nostalgic journey into Australia's sporting past, from the early days of growing up in a Queensland country town in the 1950s, to breaking into the amateur circuit, to the extraordinary highs of Grand Slam victories. Away from on-court triumphs, Rod also movingly writes about the life-changing stroke he suffered in 1998, and of his beloved wife of more than 40 years, Mary, who died in 2012 after a long illness. Filled with anecdotes about the great players and great matches, set against the backdrop of a tennis world changing from rigid amateurism to the professional game we recognize today, Rod's book is a warm, insightful and fascinating account of a great sportsman and a great Australian.

Download or read book Best Tennis Players of All Time written by Marty Gitlin and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title will introduce you to Billie Jean King, John McEnroe, Rafael Nadal, and more of the all-time greatest players in tennis. Complete with action-packed stories of their most memorable moments, spotlight stats, information boxes, a glossary, additional resources and more. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Download or read book The Right Set written by Caryl Phillips and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-04-28 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From stately lawns and gentlemen players to Andre Agassi and Venus Williams: 65 great writings on tennis that chronicle the transformation of the sport. Since its inception, tennis has embraced traditions more patrician than plebeian. But times--and tennis--have changed. The game once reserved for royalty has moved from estate lawns to the concrete courts of the city. Old guard amateurs have given way to prodigies plastered with corporate logos. And while barriers of gender, race, and class have been shattered, the modern plagues of self-promotion, the paparazzi, and challengers of ever-escalating talent loom large. In The Right Set, award-winning novelist and editor Caryl Phillips presents a collection of writings on the remarkable evolution of a gentleman's pastime into a sport of jet-set players of athletic and psychological genius. Here are the stories of champions, from the Renshaw twins to "ghetto Cinderella" Venus Williams. Here, too, are volleys between tradition and innovation--debates on everything from etiquette and earnings to André Agassi's rejection of the customary tennis whites. Insightful, informative, wonderfully entertaining, The Right Set is as colorful and surprising as the game itself. John McPhee on Ashe vs. Graebner David Higdon on Venus Williams James Thurber on Helen Wills Martina Navratilova on Bad Losers Martin Amis on Smashing the Rackets and more

Download or read book Unbreakable written by Jelena Dokic and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2019-01-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of Jelena Dokic's survival. How she survived as a refugee, twice. How she survived on the tennis court to become world No. 4. But, most importantly, how she survived her father, Damir Dokic, the tennis dad from hell. Jelena was a prodigious talent, heralded as Australia's greatest tennis hope since Evonne Goolagong. She had exceptional skills, a steely nerve and an extraordinary ability to fight on the court. Off it she endured huge challenges; being an 'outsider' in her new country, poverty and racism. Still she starred on the tennis court. By 18, she was in the world's top 10. By 19, she was No. 4. The world was charmed by her and her story - a refugee whose family had made Australia home when she was eleven years old. Jelena has not told a soul her incredible, explosive story in full - until now. From war-torn Yugoslavia to Sydney to Wimbledon, she narrates her hellish ascent to becoming one of the best tennis players in the women's game, and her heart-breaking fall from the top. Her gutsy honesty will leave you in awe. Her fight back from darkness will uplift you. Most of all, Jelena's will to survive will inspire you.

Download or read book Grand Slam an Anthology of Tennis Champions written by Matthew Geddes and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-02 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over one hundred years, the pinnacle of achievement in the game of tennis is to win one of the four annual Grand Slam events - Wimbledon, the French, US and Australian Open events.Grand Slam profiles all 264 players, both men and women, who have prevailed at the highest level tennis has to offer. Featuring career highlights and statistical information, this is a must for tennis fans all over the world.