With This Book, There Are More Than 101 Reasons to Love Wimbedon

Now I know that there are at least 102 reasons to love Wimbledon after reading this book by noted author David Green.

While Green lists his 101 reasons, the 102nd needs to be this book itself.

From the founding of the All England Croquet Club in 1868, to the Borg/McEnroe rivalry of the 70's, the dominance of the Williams' Sisters and the current excellence of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, this book covers it all without beating you over the head with it. It even closes with a recap of last year's marathon match with John Isner and Nicolas Mahut.

While it may not be a James Patterson novel, it is well written and contains enough facts and figures to appeal to the tennis fan that thinks he knows it all.

And those pictures. What really makes this book are the images. Anyone who has been to The Championships Wimbledon knows that pictures hardly do this place justice, but the images scattered around the pages of this book bring back memories from my trip to SW19 which was a decade ago.

When you get to the end of this book, you'll know why the club has an "all white dress code", who was known as "the Dior of Centre Court" and what kind of grass would need you need to plant to have a lawn reminiscent of the courts at the All England Club.

It's all in the book and more. It's great summer reading and a great read leading up to Wimbledon 2011. It's available at finer bookstores and at Amazon.