- Hardcover: 96 pages
- Publisher: FACTS, FIGURES & FUN; illustrated edition edition (1 May 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1904332226
- ISBN-13: 978-1904332220
- Product Dimensions: 18.6 x 11.8 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 602,436 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Everyone has heard of Wimbledon, but how many people know that tennis was invented in the 18th century? This elegant little book is packed with facts, figures, records, statistics and fun! it covers the history of the game and the development of modern championships. There are anecdotes and information about many of the great names since the championships began. This is a true little gem for any fan of tennis or Wimbledon
From the Inside Flap
Everyone has heard of Wimbledon but how many people know that the game of lawn tennis was invented in the late 19th Century and was at first called Sphairistike? This elegant little book, written by publisher Cameron Brown, a resident of Wimbledon since 1970, is packed with facts, figures, records and statistics, with space left for you to keep the details up-to-date. It covers the history of the game, starting out with handball in the French monasteries of the middle ages, moving on to Real (or Royal) Tennis at the court of Henry VIII, to the modern game patented in 1874 by Major Walter Wingfield. The book also describes the history of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (Wimbledon’s proper name) and the development of the modern championships. There are anecdotes and information about many of the great names of the 125 years or so since the championships began and, finally, a bit of backgound on the "village" of Wimbledon, where it all happens for 2 weeks a year.
A book for every tennis fan!
Cameron Brown is a book-publisher who has lived in Wimbledon since 1970 with wife, daughter, cats, two dogs and a horse. He is a part-time helper at The Wimbledon Society Museum who will benefit from all royalties earned on sales of this book.
"The Gullikson twins here. An interesting pair, both from Wisconsin." - Dan Maskell
"She comes from a tennis-playing family. Her father's a dentist." - BBC 2
"McEnroe has got to sit down and work out where he stands" - Fred Perry
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Serves up a treat!,
This review is from: WIMBLEDON: Facts, Figures and Fun (Facts, Figures & Fun) (Hardcover)
A great guide to the championships and its history. Thoroughly enjoyable!
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A great racket,
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This review is from: Wimbledon: A Short History of Tennis, The Club, The Championship, The Village: Facts, Figures and Fun (Facts, Figures & Fun) (Kindle Edition)
A great little book packed with all the facts that you could think off and many more that you would not.useful for putting stops to arguments about who won what when,useful for those that compile quizzes.enjoyed the section on wimbledon village.
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Commentators Companion,
By Harvey Bamberg (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Wimbledon: A Short History of Tennis, The Club, The Championship, The Village: Facts, Figures and Fun (Facts, Figures & Fun) (Kindle Edition)
Funny game tennis, so polite, yet basically just two bloodless gladiators axing away at each other across a net.
Sporting academics have written major treatises on the game, but this is the book which, were I a tennis commentator, I would not visit London SW19 without. Packed with tennis history, information, quotations and absurdity, it could fill many a broadcast hour when rain interrupts play. Actually every avid Wimbledon watcher should have one, because there is much entertainment to be found in the bits and pieces we don't already know (such as the derivation of the word "service") which author Cameron Brown has dug out for us. For those who really love Wimbledon fortnight, this is as useful a primer as you're likely to find. More to the point, it's cheap, too.
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