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The Open Book: Celebrating 40 Years of America's Grand Slam with DVD | 
 enlarge | Author: United States Tennis Association
Creator: Rick Rennert
Publisher: Triumph Books
Category: Book
List Price: $34.95
Buy New: $21.75
You Save: $13.20 (38%)
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 40166
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Har/DVD
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 206
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 10.7 x 0.9
ISBN: 1600781578
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781600781575
ASIN: 1600781578
Publication Date: August 1, 2008
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Product Description
Each year, the US Open brings down the curtain on the Grand Slam Tennis season with its unique blend of sports, celebrity, and entertainment, providing fans the world over with a spectacular showcase for the very best of tennis."The Open Book" is a visually stunning celebration of the sport and spectacle of the US open. On display are champions at their best and brightest - captured in vivid images from some of the world's leading sports photographers - including legendary trailblazers Billie Jean King and Arthur Ashe, fan favourites Jimmi Connors and Andre Agassi, loveable bad-boy John McEnroe, and modern greats Pete Sampras and Roger Federer.
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Book About US OPEN Tennis in NY September 30, 2008
This is a magnificent book about the US Tennis background held in NY every year. The book is large and extremely informative. There are numerous photos of the past players etc. It is well worth reading and keeping in any library.
Wonderful August 25, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a lovely book, which will we will want to own, but also makes a great gift.
Great photos, and more. August 16, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The first thing I did when I opened this book was to look at the pictures; all of them! The photography is so spectacular that I couldn't stop until I saw them all. The Open Book is a history of the US Open Tennis Championships during the 40 years of the "open" (professional) era of tennis. It covers each decade since the beginning of the open era in 1968, using photos, statistics, and articles by famous tennis journalists. The photographs, as mentioned above, are amazing, and lead you through the story of the Open, with a few thrown in "out of order" to make you think about the connections between players of different decades, and to marvel at the way the game of tennis has changed over the years. I found it interesting to read the articles and opinions written during each phase of the change over from the amateur to professional era, through the institution of the tie break, equal prize money for women players, and the birth of the National Tennis Center. The statistics are interesting, but don't make your eyes glaze over if you're not a stats person, and there is also a dvd with information about the players immortalized on the Us Open Court of Champions. This book has so much information, that I expect to find something I "missed the first time", every time I open the book. As an avid tennis player and fan, I highly recommend "The Open Book" to anyone who has an interest in the game.
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