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"""The Tennis Court gives fans new and old a way into (and onto) some of the most exceptional arenas of play around the globe. Detailing the remote and far removed to legendary courts that have hosted the most storied events in tennis history, Nick Pachelli's gorgeous book lends us a lens to encounter the world.""--Caitlin Thompson, founder of Racquet magazine ""The Tennis Court is a richly researched and evocatively photographed book. I'll be returning to these pages anytime I need to lose myself amid the soaring roar of a grand slam final, or find solace in the soothing hush of a faraway court.""--Will Taylor, author and creative consultant ""A labor of love that is a pure pleasure to read and peruse.""--Christopher Clarey, New York Times bestselling author of The Master ""A stunning celebration of tennis. A tennis court book about much more than tennis courts, this story speaks to the heart of anyone with a passion for a pastime.""--Tom Coyne, New York Times bestselling author ""From Kent to Kenya, Marrakech to Melbourne. Surfaced differently. Indoors, outdoors. Seaside and underground. Pachelli captures the magic in this masterful book, which celebrates not just tennis, and not just its variegated venues . . . but this topspinning orb we call planet Earth.""--Jon Wertheim, New York Times bestselling author and correspondent for 60 Minutes ""Gorgeous portraiture, fascinating breadth, emotional in all the specificity. The Tennis Court is a luscious Lonely Planet for tennis addicts.""--Rosecrans Baldwin, author of Everything Now ""How had I been so blind? I'd seen a tennis court as an arrangement of lines, neat boxes, a net. This book reveals so much more: spaces within spaces, quirks and surfaces, shadows and light, communities--the communities most of all. What a gift. I won't look at the game the same way again.""--Louisa Thomas, staff writer, The New Yorker ""I leafed through this lovely volume with one hand clenched in a forehand grip on a phantom racquet. I was imagining what it would be like to play on the scores of courts around the world that Pachelli tracked down: the one surfaced with sea-drenched sand on Spain's Asturian coast; that wisteria-walled one in Tasmania . . . If tennis is your passion, you too will be transported.""--Gerald Marzorati, author and writer at The New Yorker and Racquet magazine ""I've been around tennis all over the world, and this book truly speaks to the beauty and importance of tennis courts, whether at tennis academies or remote public courts. Every tennis player and fan will enjoy this book.""--Patrick Mouratoglou, world-renowned tennis coach and founder of Mouratoglou Academy ""This book contains hundreds of beautifully photographed tennis courts. The real joy, though, is found in the stories that unfold about each one.""--Katrina M. Adams, author and former president of the USTA ""This book made me fall in love with tennis all over again. It also made me miss traveling on tour. I miss seeing all the different aesthetics, colors, and landscapes from the Grand Slams to the local parks and clubs. If you love tennis and travel, you will love this book. And if you're not a tennis fan, you might just become one if you open up this book.""--Rennae Stubbs, former world No. 1 and six-time Grand Slam champion"

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Nick Pachelli was raised on dry, hot tennis courts in the American Southwest, and has had a racquet in his hand since age six. He played the junior circuit in almost every state across the west and attended tennis academies in Florida and California before stopping short of a college tennis career due to injury. He eventually returned and now plays adult tournaments worldwide, mostly on the Gay and Lesbian Tennis Association World Tour. Since 2017 he's written profiles and features on tennis for the New York Times, Esquire, the Guardian, Vice, and ESPN, among other outlets.

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