The Greatest Tennis Matches of All Time and Pete Sampras: Greatness Revisited by Steve Flink, a 2017 inductee into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, highlights many offerings of New Chapter Press tennis books that make great gift ideas this holiday season.
The books are published by New Chapter Press, the world’s leading publisher of tennis books. Go to www.NewChapterMedia.com
The Greatest Tennis Matches of All Time features profiles and rankings of the greatest matches of all time from the 1920s with Bill Tilden and Suzanne Lenglen to the modern era of tennis with contemporary stars Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova. Flink breaks down, analyzes and places the sport’s most memorable games in historical context, giving readers a seat right on the sidelines of these most famous and significant duels. Flink also includes a fascinating “Greatest Shots of All Time” section, in which he rates and describes the players who have best executed all of the game’s major shots over the years.
The hardcover book, which serves as a centerpiece on a coffee table or at your local tennis club, is $28.95 and can be purchased here on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/dp/0942257936/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_x_Qj-rybVBRK7ZW or at www.NewChapterMedia.com and wherever books are sold.
For sale and download here on amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1937559947/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_x_UeesFbJQPME51 “Pete Sampras: Greatness Revisited” looks at the career and legacy of Sampras, who, when he announced his retirement in 2003, was the most successful with a record 14 majors Men’s tennis player of all time was singles title. However, the Sampras’ career and legacy were quickly overshadowed by the rise of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, all of whom surpassed the Sampras mark in just over 16 years. Published to mark the 30th anniversary of the historic first major singles title for Sampras at the 1990 US Open, Flink’s book reexamines the Sampras era and reminds readers of his dominance and excellence, focusing primarily on each major singles victory.
Flink, one of the game’s most respected writers and observers, is currently a columnist for TennisChannel.com. He lives in Katonah, New York and is a former editor of World Tennis magazine and former senior columnist for Tennis Week. The book received high praise from some of the sport’s most respected names, including Chris Evert, who won 18 major singles titles in her career and wrote the foreword to the book. Seven-time Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras said: “Steve Flink has been there and covered almost every big match I’ve played in my career. He’s seen all the great players over the last 45 years. I encourage you to read this book because Steve is one of the most insightful writers on the game I know and he really knows tennis.”
Other books for sale from New Chapter Press are as follows…
“The Secrets of Spanish Tennis 2.0” (on sale here for $19.95 https://a.co/d/1kNvqah) by Chris Lewit, an elite tennis instructor from Vermont, is the culmination of years of study of the Spanish style of training by Lewit, who attended many of the top Spanish academies and studied and interviewed some of the leading coaches in Spain to identify and distill this unique and special training method.
“The Greatest Jewish Tennis Players of All Time” ($19.95 for sale here https://www.amazon.com/dp/193755936X/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_WKUjAbQJMXVJG) by tennis journalist Sandra Harwitt is unique among other tennis books in that it is a guide to the best and most influential Jewish tennis players in the history of the sport. It contains features and biographies of the greatest players, stories of breakthrough success and anti-Semitism. This story also discusses the ways in which Jewish people behind the scenes were instrumental in making tennis one of the most popular sports in the world.
The Wimbledon Final That Never Was ($19.95 for sale here https://www.amazon.com/dp/0942257847/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_6LUjAb1CNQJSG) chronicles one of the most dramatic and unusual episodes in tennis history, narrated by 1931 Wimbledon champion Sidney Wood. The volume also contains stories from a bygone era of sport and society in a compilation of short stories that provide fascinating anecdotes from the 1930s and provide a distinctive document of the game and styles of 20th century tennis legends.
Titanic: The Tennis Story ($19.95 for sale here https://www.amazon.com/dp/1937559041/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_FNUjAbV8X1V9K) by Lindsay Gibbs is the stirring and remarkable historical novel that tells the story of the intertwined lives of Dick Williams and Karl Behr, survivors of the Titanic sinking and later Hall of Famers founded famous tennis careers. Two years after both shockingly escaped the famous disaster, the two met in the quarterfinals of today’s US Open. An emotional and touching work, this novel brings one of the most extraordinary sports stories to life in literary form. This real-life account – whose ending seems straight out of a Hollywood script – weaves together themes of love, tragedy, history, sport and endurance.
On This Day In Tennis History ($19.95, 528 pages, for sale here https://www.amazon.com/dp/0942257421/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_HOUjAbD91C0SF) is an entertaining and fact-filled compilation of anniversaries, summaries and anecdotes of events in the world of tennis for each day of the calendar year, written by Randy Walker. Presented in a daily format, entries in this mini-encyclopedia include dates of important tournament victories, summaries of the greatest games ever played, trivia and statistics, and little-known and bizarre events.
Macci Magic: Extracting Greatness From Yourself And Others by Rick Macci ($19.95 for sale here https://www.amazon.com/dp/1937559254/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_XPUjAbS7M86V5) offers the secrets to success on and off the court from master coach and motivator Rick Macci, who coached tennis superstars Venus and Serena trained, among others, Williams, Jennifer Capriati, Andy Roddick and Maria Sharapova. Using anecdotes and more than 100 sayings that illustrate his teaching philosophy, this inspiring guide will help pave the way to great success not only in tennis, but also in business and life.
Founded in 1987, New Chapter Press (www.NewChapterMedia.com) is also the publisher of Andy Murray, Wimbledon Champion: The Full Extraordinary Story by Mark Hodgkinson, The Bud Collins History of Tennis by Bud Collins, Sport of a Lifetime by Judy Aydelott, Macci Magic: Extracting Greatness From Yourself And Others by Rick Macci with Jim Martz, and How To Permanently Erase Negative Self Talk So You Can Be.” Extraordinary” by Emily Filloramo, “Acing Depression: A Tennis Champion’s Toughest Match” by PrimeNewsDesk and Hilaire Richey Kallendorf, “Your Playbook For Beating Depression” by PrimeNewsDesk and Mary Garrison, “The Education of a Tennis Player” by Rod Laver with Bud Collins, “On This Day In Roger Federer History” by Randy Walker, “Jan Kodes: A Journey To Glor From Behind The Iron Curtain” by Jan Kodes with Peter Kolar, “Tennis Made Easy” by Kelly Gunterman, “On This Day In Tennis History” by Randy Walker, “A Player’s Guide To USTA League Tennis” by Tony Serksnis, “Court Confidential: Inside The World Of Tennis” by Neil Harman, “A Backhanded Gift” by Marshall Jon Fisher, “Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games” by Tom Caraccioli and Jerry Caraccioli (www.Boycott1980.com), “Internet Dating 101: It’s Complicated, But It Don’t Have to Be” by Laura Schreffler, “How To Sell Your Screenplay” by Carl Sautter, “The Lennon Prophecy: A New Examination of the Death Clues of the Beatles” by Joe Niezgoda, “Bone Appetit: Gourmet Cooking For Your Dog” by Suzan Anson, “The Rules of Neighborhood Poker.” Hoyle” by Stewart Wolpin among others.