Wimbledon
a personal history
$61.95
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
6 June 2024
Summary
Wimbledon: A Half Century on Centre Court
Former Grand Slam winner, BBC TV’s face of Wimbledon for three decades and Sunday Times bestselling author, Sue Barker’s story-driven narrative, drawing on personal connections and memories, intimately captures the drama and magic of the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament.
Sue Barker first walked through those famous wrought-iron gates aged 13 in 1969 to play in the National Schools event. What Sue didn’t know then, was that …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529927399 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529927390 |
| Author: | Sue Barker |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Spotlight |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 6 June 2024 |
| Weight: | 561g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 161mm x 31mm |
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About The Author
Sue Barker
Sue Barker CBE is an award-winning broadcaster and former professional tennis player. During her tennis career she won fifteen WTA singles titles, including a Grand Slam - the French Open in 1976, aged 20. At her career height she was Britain’s No 1 player, with a world ranking of No 3.
As a broadcaster, in 2001 she became the first woman to win the Royal Television Society’s best sports presenter award. She led the BBC’s reporting on the Olympics for over a decade, including London 2012. She anchored SPOTY for 19 years, was quizmaster on A Question of Sport for 24 years and fronted coverage of Wimbledon for three decades.
In 2020, she won The Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award. Wimbledon- A personal history is her second Sunday Times bestselling book, following her autobiography, Calling the Shots, published in 2022. Sue lives in the Cotswolds with her husband Lance.
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