THE LEGACY OF BUD COLLINS LIVES ON WITH “THE BUD COLLINS HISTORY OF TENNIS” VIA HIS BOOK

Written by: Staff on 22nd December 2016

THE LEGACY OF BUD COLLINS LIVES ON WITH "THE BUD COLLINS HISTORY OF TENNIS" VIA HIS BOOK |

The legacy of Bud Collins will continue in his encyclopedic compilation “The Bud Collins History of Tennis,” which is now available in a third edition.

Collins, the most influential and famous journalist in the history of tennis, died on March 4 of this year after 86 colorful, enthusiastic and kind-hearted years of life. Throughout his 59 years of covering tennis from all corners of the world, Collins became the sport’s premier story-teller and historian. Starting in 1980, Collins’ encyclopedic knowledge was first documented in his “Encyclopedia of Tennis” which has endured through different incarnations from different publishing houses. The current version published by New Chapter Press is titled “The Bud Collins History of Tennis” and is now available in a third edition with information updated through the 2016 U.S. Open. The 796-page book is available where books are sold for $39.95 including on Amazon.com here: http://m1e.net/c?136411415-9ure0rU/vkbAs%40388536467-3sGNimGEKRGxs

For the first time ever, the book will also be available in electronic formats including Kindle, starting in early 2017.

Bud Collins

“The Bud Collins History of Tennis” is the ultimate compilation of historical tennis information, including year-by-year recaps of every tennis season, biographical sketches of every major tennis personality, as well as stats, records, and championship rolls for all the major events. Through his life in tennis, Collins offers insights into the world of professional tennis found from his countless experiences and relationships.

Arthur Worth “Bud” Collins, Jr. was born June 17, 1929, in Lima, Ohio and grew up in Berea (outside of Cleveland) about 50 yards from the dirt tennis courts of Baldwin-Wallace College, from which he graduated in 1951, and where his father had been head coach of football, basketball, baseball and track, as well as athletic director. He moved to Boston in 1954 where he soon joined the sports staff at the Boston Herald, moving to the Boston Globe in 1963. He first covered tennis at the 1956 U.S. Championships, covering the event every year until 2015 when the U.S. Tennis Association officially named the media center at Arthur Ashe Stadium in his honor. In 1963, the year began working for the Boston Globe, Collins ﬁrst did television commentary, covering the U.S. Doubles at Longwood Cricket Club for Boston’s PBS outlet, WGBH, a station that for the next 20 years would pioneer American coverage of the sport. He worked the U.S. Open for CBS from 1968 to 1972, before signing on with NBC in 1972 where he began perhaps his signature association as the American voice of Wimbledon until 2007. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1994.