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“Nick Pachelli takes us on court in every corner of the world with a sharp eye for what makes our game and the people who champion it so special.”
—Billie Jean King, sports icon and equality advocate
Every one of the world’s half a million tennis courts is, at its most basic, an identical blank canvas: a 78-foot by 36-foot rectangle, divided by a 3-foot-high net in its center, and marked with eleven straight lines. But add in the elements of surface, space, wind, acoustics, crowds, shadows, humidity, and even air density, and every tennis court is unique—a work of art. And some are masterpieces.
Nick Pachelli curates and profiles 200 of the world’s most beautiful, iconic, significant, alluring, and idiosyncratic tennis courts from across the globe, each breathtakingly photographed. He explores the heavyweights, including Wimbledon’s All England Lawn Tennis Club, which employs a hawk to keep stray birds from soiling the meticulous lawns. Arthur Ashe, the Grandstand, and Court 17 in Flushing, Queens, where hundreds of thousands of tennis fans gather every summer for the US Open. And there’s Court Philippe-Chatrier at Roland-Garros, whose clay seems to take on a different shade—burnt orange, burnt red, burgundy, umber—every time you see it.
We visit far-flung treasures, such as Waiheke Tennis Club in New Zealand, where you’ll need to take a plane, then a ferry, then a car or bus, and then walk before arriving there. Indoor marvels, including the Tennis Club de Belgique, which evokes the hushed, reverent feeling of a theater, with skylights illuminating the court and leaving the spectators in the shadows. Hidden jewels, such as the tiny Tennis Club San Stin in Venice, a secret, single outdoor clay court tucked away behind a villa and a 15-foot wall shrouded with vines.
There are urban courts, including the Knickerbocker Field Club, deep in the heart of Flatbush, Brooklyn. Academies, like Rafael Nadal’s tennis temple in Mallorca, Spain. And the extreme: a single court completely isolated in the wilds of Scotland; a court in northern Spain revealed when the tide goes out, the sand hardens, and the metallic plates that serve as lines reemerge; and a court in Kenya made out of termite mounds.
Throughout, Pachelli not only conducts a masterful, once-in-a-lifetime tour of the world’s best courts, but in his writing does something equally immersive: He captures the real passion—some might say obsession—that tennis inspires. Because it’s on the court, no matter how grandiose or mundane, whether in an exotic locale or around the corner, where tennis players truly see themselves. Where we come face-to-face with our temperament, our drive, our frustration, our bliss, our longing.
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- 국내제작 사입상품, DVD, 도서/산간지역은 5 ~ 7 일 소요
※ 배송비 : 2,500 원 ( 실 결제금액 기준 3 만원이상 구매시 무료 )
- 제주 및 기타 도서지역 : 도선료( 기본배송비 + 3,000 원 ~ 8,000원 )
- 군부대 및 해외배송은 지원되지 않습니다.
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☎ 1588 - 1255 ( 월 ~ 금 08:00 ~ 18:00 / 토 09:00 ~ 13:00 )
교환/반품 안내
※ 상품 수령 후 7 일 이내에 고객센터를 통해 신청하실 수 있습니다.
(전화 / 카톡 / 1:1문의 )
- 이벤트 상품일 경우 사은품도 같이 반납해 주셔야 환불됩니다.
- 상품불량인 경우 배송비를 포함한 전액이 환불됩니다.
※ 전 상품 반품시 5,000 원 ( 고객부담 )
- 부분 반품시, 주문금액이 3만원 이상이면 2,500 원 (고객부담)
주문금액이 3 만원 미만이면 5,000 원 (고객부담)
※ 반품 / 교환 불가능한 경우
- 포장된 도서, CD 등의 포장을 개봉 및 훼손한 경우,
- 단기간에 필독이 가능한 도서
ex) CD, 여행서, 만화, 요리책, 지도, 사진집, 워크북 등
※ 반품주소
- 서울특별시 성동구 성수일로 55(SK테크노빌딩) 지하1층 101~102호
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The Tennis Court: A Journey to Discover the World's Greatest Tennis Courts
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