Books on Tennis (fiction and nonfiction)

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Open
Open 4.32 avg rating — 139,802 ratings
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Rafa
Rafa 4.06 avg rating — 12,186 ratings
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The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance 4.19 avg rating — 25,736 ratings
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A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis
A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis 3.65 avg rating — 2,169 ratings
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You Cannot Be Serious
You Cannot Be Serious 3.76 avg rating — 3,304 ratings
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Winning Ugly: Mental Warfare in Tennis--Lessons from a Master
Winning Ugly: Mental Warfare in Tennis--Lessons from a Master 4.19 avg rating — 4,205 ratings
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Days of Grace: A Memoir
Days of Grace: A Memoir 4.07 avg rating — 1,248 ratings
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Use your head in tennis,
Use your head in tennis, 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played
Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played 4.17 avg rating — 1,625 ratings
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The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book
The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Vic Braden's Mental Tennis
Vic Braden's Mental Tennis 3.68 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Arthur Ashe: Portrait in Motion
Arthur Ashe: Portrait in Motion 3.86 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Vic Braden's Quick Fixes: Expert Cures for Common Tennis Problems
Vic Braden's Quick Fixes: Expert Cures for Common Tennis Problems 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings
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I Remember Arthur Ashe: Memories of a True Tennis Pioneer and Champion of Social Causes by the People Who Knew Him
I Remember Arthur Ashe: Memories of a True Tennis Pioneer and Champion of Social Causes by the People Who Knew Him 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Quick Tennis
Quick Tennis 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Rivals: Chris Evert vs. Martina Navratilova Their Epic Duels and Extraordinary Friendship
The Rivals: Chris Evert vs. Martina Navratilova Their Epic Duels and Extraordinary Friendship 4.03 avg rating — 374 ratings
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BREAKING BACK
BREAKING BACK 3.85 avg rating — 1,113 ratings
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The Education of a Tennis Player
The Education of a Tennis Player
by: Rod Laver
4.15 avg rating — 61 ratings
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High Strung: Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, and the Untold Story of Tennis's Fiercest Rivalry
High Strung: Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, and the Untold Story of Tennis's Fiercest Rivalry 3.90 avg rating — 450 ratings
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The Match: Two Outsiders Forged a Friendship and Made Sports History―An Inspiring Tale of Overcoming Prejudice and Triumph on the Tennis Court―Get Lost in the Pages of This Captivating Summer Read
The Match: Two Outsiders Forged a Friendship and Made Sports History―An Inspiring Tale of Overcoming Prejudice and Triumph on the Tennis Court―Get Lost in the Pages of This Captivating Summer Read 3.69 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating — 98,659 ratings
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Tennis Shoes (Shoes, #2)
Tennis Shoes (Shoes, #2) 3.67 avg rating — 807 ratings
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The Tennis Partner
The Tennis Partner 4.02 avg rating — 14,075 ratings
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Vic Braden's Laugh and Win at Doubles
Vic Braden's Laugh and Win at Doubles 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
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On the Line
On the Line 3.67 avg rating — 543 ratings
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Venus Envy: A Sensational Season Inside the Women's Tennis Tour
Venus Envy: A Sensational Season Inside the Women's Tennis Tour 3.80 avg rating — 210 ratings
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Getting a Grip: On My Body, My Mind, My Self
Getting a Grip: On My Body, My Mind, My Self 3.88 avg rating — 742 ratings
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String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis
String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis 4.16 avg rating — 5,502 ratings
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The Roger Federer Story: Quest for Perfection
The Roger Federer Story: Quest for Perfection 3.89 avg rating — 1,035 ratings
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Snoopy Features as The Tennis Ace
Snoopy Features as The Tennis Ace 4.33 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Arthur Ashe: A Life
Arthur Ashe: A Life 4.16 avg rating — 424 ratings
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The Art Of Lawn Tennis
The Art Of Lawn Tennis 3.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Arthur Ashe On Tennis: Strokes, Strategy, Traditions, Players, Psychology, and Wisdom
Arthur Ashe On Tennis: Strokes, Strategy, Traditions, Players, Psychology, and Wisdom 3.71 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Total Tennis: The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia
Total Tennis: The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings
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A Game to Love: In Celebration of Tennis
A Game to Love: In Celebration of Tennis 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings
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A Necessary Spectacle: Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs, and the Tennis Match That Leveled the Game
A Necessary Spectacle: Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs, and the Tennis Match That Leveled the Game 3.55 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Coming of Age
Coming of Age 3.88 avg rating — 162 ratings
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Championship Tennis
Championship Tennis 4.32 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Game of Edges
Game of Edges 4.24 avg rating — 111 ratings
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Trophy Son
Trophy Son 3.51 avg rating — 953 ratings
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Carrie Soto Is Back
Carrie Soto Is Back 4.20 avg rating — 665,536 ratings
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Elite Tennis: A Guide
Elite Tennis: A Guide 3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Andy Murray: Seventy-Seven: My Road to Wimbledon Glory
Andy Murray: Seventy-Seven: My Road to Wimbledon Glory 3.81 avg rating — 438 ratings
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Crooked Little Heart
Crooked Little Heart 3.61 avg rating — 5,484 ratings
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Hardcourt Confidential: Tales from Twenty Years in the Pro Tennis Trenches
Hardcourt Confidential: Tales from Twenty Years in the Pro Tennis Trenches 3.46 avg rating — 277 ratings
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Roger Federer: Spirit of a Champion
Roger Federer: Spirit of a Champion 4.09 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Double Fault
Double Fault 3.23 avg rating — 2,692 ratings
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Unstoppable: My Life So Far
Unstoppable: My Life So Far 4.04 avg rating — 4,701 ratings
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A Terrible Splendor: Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played
A Terrible Splendor: Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played 4.03 avg rating — 536 ratings
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The Tennis Trophy Mystery (Cam Jansen Mysteries, #23)
The Tennis Trophy Mystery (Cam Jansen Mysteries, #23) 3.97 avg rating — 341 ratings
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Björn Borg and the Super-Swedes: Stefan Edberg, Mats Wilander, and the Golden Era of Tennis
Björn Borg and the Super-Swedes: Stefan Edberg, Mats Wilander, and the Golden Era of Tennis
by: Mats Holm
4.21 avg rating — 34 ratings
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The Player: The Autobiography
The Player: The Autobiography 3.34 avg rating — 225 ratings
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Tennis For Dummies
Tennis For Dummies 3.70 avg rating — 93 ratings
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Game, Set, Match: Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women's Sports
Game, Set, Match: Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women's Sports 3.59 avg rating — 99 ratings
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Courting Danger: My Adventures in World-Class Tennis, Golden-Age Hollywood, and High-Stakes Spying
Courting Danger: My Adventures in World-Class Tennis, Golden-Age Hollywood, and High-Stakes Spying 4.23 avg rating — 202 ratings
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Play Better Tennis in Two Hours
Play Better Tennis in Two Hours 3.76 avg rating — 42 ratings
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The Best Tennis of Your Life: 50 Mental Strategies for Fearless Performance
The Best Tennis of Your Life: 50 Mental Strategies for Fearless Performance 4.07 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Tennis and Philosophy: What the Racket is All About
Tennis and Philosophy: What the Racket is All About liked it 3.00 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Love Stories: A Literary Companion to Tennis
Love Stories: A Literary Companion to Tennis 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Think to Win: Strategic Dimension of Tennis, The
Think to Win: Strategic Dimension of Tennis, The
by: Allen Fox
3.76 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Tennis Confidential: Today's Greatest Players, Matches, and Controversies
Tennis Confidential: Today's Greatest Players, Matches, and Controversies
by: Paul Fein
3.60 avg rating — 25 ratings
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The Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath 4.03 avg rating — 668 ratings
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Towards Zero (Superintendent Battle, #5)
Towards Zero (Superintendent Battle, #5) 3.95 avg rating — 28,328 ratings
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Hanging On To My Dreams: Bouncing Back From All Rejections
Hanging On To My Dreams: Bouncing Back From All Rejections 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Maximum Tennis:10 Keys to Unleashing Your On-Court Potential
Maximum Tennis:10 Keys to Unleashing Your On-Court Potential 4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings
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I've Got Your Back
I've Got Your Back 3.53 avg rating — 106 ratings
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Too Soon to Panic: A Tennis Memoir
Too Soon to Panic: A Tennis Memoir 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings
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After Wimbledon
After Wimbledon 3.63 avg rating — 386 ratings
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Hard Courts: Real Life on the Professional Tennis Tours
Hard Courts: Real Life on the Professional Tennis Tours 3.98 avg rating — 332 ratings
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Four Days
Four Days 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Game of Love
Game of Love 4.46 avg rating — 178 ratings
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Beautiful Country
Beautiful Country 3.63 avg rating — 734 ratings
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The Quest: Novak Djokovic's decade of chasing at Roland-Garros came to an end, unlocking history
The Quest: Novak Djokovic's decade of chasing at Roland-Garros came to an end, unlocking history 3.73 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Elite Tennis: A Guide
Elite Tennis: A Guide 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Driven: A Daughter's Odyssey
Driven: A Daughter's Odyssey 4.16 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Ace
Ace it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Sudden Death
Sudden Death 3.76 avg rating — 3,593 ratings
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In Security: A Novel
In Security: A Novel 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Misconduct
Misconduct 3.88 avg rating — 41,867 ratings
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Meridian File (The Rider Files #1)
Meridian File (The Rider Files #1) 3.99 avg rating — 373 ratings
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Pam Plays Doubles
Pam Plays Doubles it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Zwischen Ruhm und Ehre liegt die Nacht
Zwischen Ruhm und Ehre liegt die Nacht 4.19 avg rating — 965 ratings
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All In: An Autobiography
All In: An Autobiography 4.32 avg rating — 5,155 ratings
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Sole of a Legend - The Sneaker History of Roger Federer
Sole of a Legend - The Sneaker History of Roger Federer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Venus and Serena Williams: A Biography
Venus and Serena Williams: A Biography 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Zen of Tennis: A Winning Way of Life
The Zen of Tennis: A Winning Way of Life liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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A Handful of Summers
A Handful of Summers 4.04 avg rating — 227 ratings
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The Tennis Parent's Bible
The Tennis Parent's Bible it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Agassi Story
The Agassi Story 3.75 avg rating — 69 ratings
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Nick Bollettieri's Tennis Handbook
Nick Bollettieri's Tennis Handbook 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings
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VENUS & SERENA WILLIAMS
VENUS & SERENA WILLIAMS 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Courts of Babylon: Tales of Greed and Glory in The Harsh New World of Professional Tennis
Courts of Babylon: Tales of Greed and Glory in The Harsh New World of Professional Tennis 3.58 avg rating — 76 ratings
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International Player Evaluation (The Mental Emotional Tennis Workbook Series)
International Player Evaluation (The Mental Emotional Tennis Workbook Series) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Holding Serve Persevering On And Off The Court
Holding Serve Persevering On And Off The Court 3.67 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Unbreakable
Unbreakable 4.18 avg rating — 4,040 ratings
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Tracy Austin
Tracy Austin 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson
Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson 3.94 avg rating — 216 ratings
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Titanic: The Tennis Story
Titanic: The Tennis Story 3.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Match Day Preparation (The Mental Emotional Tennis Workbook Series)
Match Day Preparation (The Mental Emotional Tennis Workbook Series) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Master
The Master 4.19 avg rating — 3,790 ratings
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