The Education of a Tennis Player - Rod Laver, Bud Collins - Second The Education of a Tennis Player. by Laver, Rod with Bud Collins: (1971... A Tribute To Bud Collins: Tennis Journalist Honored At U.S. Open Compiled by the most famous tennis journalist and historian in the world, this book 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