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John McEnroe enjoyed tremendous success at all levels of tennis, and he owns 77 career singles titles, including 7 Grand Slams. He joined the circuit in 1978 and it took him only three years to attain the No. 1 ranking. The 1980 Wimbledon final, between McEnroe and Bjorn Borg, is considered by many tennis experts to be the best match ever, a five-set thriller which McEnroe avenged the following year for his first Wimbledon title.
In doubles, McEnroe is recognised as the best player of all time. He was ranked No. 1 for a record 257 weeks and captured a total of 74 titles, including 8 Grand Slams. Still an active player, McEnroe is now an outstanding tennis commentator and broadcaster for the BBC and other national networks. This autobiography, his first, covers an awesome tennis career, marriage to movie star Tatum O'Neal and where arguably the greatest tennis player of all time goes from here.
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For Tennis, for life, for being in this world
There was a time in the world of tennis when people brought more than just a sportsman/woman to court. There was a time when a tennis personality meant everything from a particular way to hit the ball, a way of behaving in and out of it, a way of dressing in it, to an entire philosophy of being. A duel of that time was a challenge between existential positions; between real people. You had to stay true to your principles, and go with those as far as they could bring you.
To be able to delve into the inner implications of one of such individual quests; into his down-to-earth life long tales; his life after tennis; and his adventures as a "star" in and out of stardom, is not only passionately amusing but an ultimate reflection about our own times; a moment in history somewhat much fuller on the surface, but in essence flirting with vain emptiness all to often...