An informative but accessible text brings tennis to life. It offers an indepth look at the sport, from its history and beginnings to the modern game, and explains how it's played, who plays it and the rules that govern it. Packed with facts, stats and full-colour photographs, this is the essential guide.

 

This book is part of a book series called Inside Sport .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Hachette Children's Group .

Clive Gifford is a writer and editor of many bestselling quiz books.

This book has the following chapters: Introduction Tennis then and now Aim of the game Game, set and match Different strokes On court The umpire and officials Doubles and mixed doubles Techniques and tactics Serving success Returning serve Baseline play At the net Hitting winners Doubles play The big competitions The Australian Open The French Open Wimbledon The US Open Grand Slam legends Glossary Websites Index