tennis players

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tennis players

Chris Evert

1976
A biography of Chris Evert, a young American tennis player who won the Wimbledon championship in 1974.

Jennifer Capriati

rising star
1993
Traces the life of the young woman who entered professional tennis at the age of thirteen and won a gold medal in the 1992 Olympics.

Venus Williams

2001
Examines the life and career of Venus Williams, a world championship tennis player, and includes photographs, career statistics, and a glossary.

Martina Navratilova

1985
A biography of the tennis player, originally from Czechoslovakia, who was ranked as the top woman tennis player in the world in 1978, 1979, 1982, and 1983, and has become the highest-paid woman athlete in history.

Bud Collins' modern encyclopedia of tennis

1994
Traces the history of tennis, lists the annual results of major tournaments, and discusses the Hall of Fame, official rules, equipment, and tennis officials. Black and white photographs show some of the players in action.

Jennifer Capriati, teenage tennis star

1993
Traces the tennis career of the young American player who made her professional debut at age thirteen.

Tracy Austin, teen tennis champion

1980
A biography of the tennis player who won the 98th annual U.S. Open Tennis Championship in 1979.

Martina Navratilova, tennis power

1986
A biography emphasizing the childhood and youth of the women's tennis champion who defected from Czechoslovakia in 1975.

Andre Agassi

reaching the top--again
1997
A biography of the talented and colorful tennis player who won the Wimbledon championship in 1992 and earned the number one ranking in 1995.

Monica Seles

the comeback kid
1997
Follows the life of the tennis star who became the youngest winner of a Grand Slam title in over 100 years, from her childhood in Yugoslavia through the traumatic attack during at a match in Germany in 1993 to her comeback in 1995.

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