TheboiledEgg,

is this the only place to get this guide, coz it cost $20 just to ship and I was wondering whether there are cheaper places for overseas?

 

If you want it now this is the only place for it.

But in time it may be available in your local area but it could be around May/June


there are other on line sports shops but those won't have it as yet.

Guess the people in the US are a bit luckier.

 

Thanks TheboiledEgg, I guess I may try and get someone in US to buy it for me and then mail it to me.

 

For ppl in Melbourne, u can get the Sanex Player Guide at Melbourne Sports Books in Flinders St! Dont know how much it is tho...They have heaps of tennis books there, also many new ones.

 

Thanks Eggy!!

 

For anyone in the UK, a good place to try is Sportspages on Charing Cross Road, they usually get a few copies in fairly early in the year. Any sign of ITFs World of Tennis yet?

 

World of Tennis is no more

but ITF will do another similar version and it should be available soon

 

JonBcn, thanks for that info!

 

You´re welcome!

 

So, what's in this book?

 

WTA Player Biographies (like on the Sanex Site but updated)

Past Player records of #1 and slam champs
Career Stats

Last yrs SLAMS

Has WTA records of finals from 80's

and other stuff

 

Sounds great!! I shall attempt to get a copy

 

The ITF Year is already available from the ITF. E-mail address at the site and order details may already be up. I have ordered mine. It is 12.50 in the UK including postage and packing.

 

If you live in UK

you can also get the WTA and ATP guides from here

Credit/Debit Card Line 020 8715 8866

The Tennis Gallery
114 Arthur Road
Wimbledon Park
LONDON
SW19 8AA

LTA members gets a 10% discount

Cost are £20 each (they've added P+P)


You can also pre-order Indian Wells book £12, will be available in March
and lots of other stuff

 

ITF Year 2001 can be bought from here


To order the book, please send a stirling cheque made payable to 'ITF'
to
the following address:

Communications Department
ITF
Bank Lane
Roehampton
London
SW15 5XZ
UK

Price of book (P+P)

To UK address: £12.50
To Europe address: £13.00
To Rest of World address: £16.00.

 

Thanks TheBoiledEgg

this is great now I can order WTA guide at 20 quid which is reasonable priced

 

Just got mine

It literally just came in the mail. At a preliminary glance, they really beefed it up. In addition to the previous bio info, they've added some other tidbits.

Some returning bits of info:
Player background (place and date of birth, place of residence, height, weight, etc.)
Career finishes at grand slams and Tour Championships
Career W/L
Year end singles rankings
highest singles ranking
career highlights
personal info

Tour singles and doubles finals scores for WTA tourneys from mid-80's up (about '83)

Some added stuff:
Singles and doubles finals scores from tour and non-tour events all the way back through 1971

On player pages-
highest doubles rank
career singles W/L at each slam (and tour chps.)
"career in review" broken down by year
seperate section for awards/accomplishments

Plus they've got some photos now for players in the 126-200 section.

Looks like there's some extra info to go through.

 

Plus this yr they've put in the the last 16 onwards of the SLAM since it went Open in 1968.

ITF Book is not upto scratch, but It should improve in time.

 

I received mine about 2-3 weeks ago and was very impressed by the improved content compared to 2001. However, I love the spiral bound better, so TBE or anybody else, do you know if there is a spiral bound 2002 available?

 

I know what you mean about the spiral binding, VSF..etc. My copy of the 2000 guide is spiral bound, and it lays open very nicely on whatever page. It would be great if we had the choice of binding. It would even be worth a couple of $ more.

 

Not sure where they are on sale from (probably only US)

Spiral ones are pretty great.

 

Is it a quality publication yet?!

I still look at my 1996 copy and cringe. I hope they've hired proofreaders! A fan could make a better guide (more passionate, less stale)!

 

I've been getting them for a decade, and the 2002 edition is the best yet. There is still the odd mistake here and there, but overall it's a goldmine of info.

By contrast, the 1996 edition was, by far, the worst. It was a one-off (way off) bare bones edition, only half the size of each of the others. Player bios were trimmed to a single page, and only covered the main players. There were no singles and doubles draws from the slams and Chase, as there are in the other editions. Plus, a lot of other stuff was trimmed out.

Fortunately, that 1996 edition was the only one like that recently. But, still, how many potential customers decided to buy a guide for the first time that year, and wound up being put off by the lower-quality publication? It even got a derisive mention in Tennis Magazine ("the incredible shrinking player guide"), yet they didn't mention anything about when the guide returned to normal the following year, or when features were added in subsequent editions. Thus, anyone relying solely on Tennis Magazine for news would think the guide is still that bad.

 

Thank you!

Now I feel awful for taking a potshot at the media guide.

Alrighty then. If they've redeemed themselves, I'll give them a second chance.

 

Sounds like a waste of money. Seems like it contains information that you can readily find on the internet. Has anybody checked out www.tenniscorner.net ? That's an excellent site for tennis information, and doesn't cost $20!