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If you're looking for a good tennis autobiography, I can recommend Agassi's Open. I've even seen people not interested in tennis read and like it.

For a more technical one I can also recommend Sampras's Champion's Mind. An amazing tennis memoir.

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Absolutely agree about Open. It's without a doubt the very best tennis autobiography (written with an NYT writer) I've ever seen, and I've seen a ton of them. (Jack Kramer's The Game is pretty good too.) "Shot and a Ghost" by James Wilstrop, a top pro squash player (they make about as much money as the No.200 tennis player), is pretty good too about the mental struggle.

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