Mark HodgkinsonFedegraphica: A Graphic Biography of the Genius of Roger Federer: Updated edition

As a Fed fanatic, I've read them all. This one is the best. This provides a thorough personal and professional history, and a nice look at why Roger has stood as the 2nd most trusted person on the planet (after Nelson Mandela). Although the stats get a little out of control, the graphical presentation of the stats make most of them very ingestible.

Upon reading this book, I found myself constantly being called inside the thoughts and even the emotions of one who has found and applied himself to a task. Fed has done something worth experiencing even if it's only vicariously to begin with. The more I traveled through his life here, the more drops of water landed on a little seed inside myself and I was thrilled to start experiencing a growth I never knew there was room for. Mature beyond his years? not really, well not at first anyway. At first, perhaps he was like all of us, young and silly enough to expect the path of least resistance should be a gimmy. But Fed was different. Fed started like all of us, looking outside at automatic answers, but then, then he turned it all around. He started looking inside himself. He stopped trying to impress and instead concentrated on growing the one thing that he was born with. His own seed of talent.We are all born with something and we can all do this. The way it's done is unique to each. BUT it's an inside job, never an outside one.Thanks Fed, thanks for being an object lesson. Thanks Mark, thanks for sharing and expressing it all, just l so we can receive it, for what ever reasons we need to. The one thing that impressed me the most about the growth of Roger Federer is the fact that he placed a high value on his journey. It was never a cheap trip to get where he has. He never sold himself to anything or anyone for any reason. He still holds on to his growth and maturity with the highest respect because, he traveled inside it far enough to meet its value, face to face. He is ONE with his seed of talent because THEY spent so much time together. And yet, for all the work and hours and mental reasoning, he is still a happy go luck gentleman.That's the road of thought this book took me down and I sincerely appreciated it all.

Fantasic read for any Federer fan. It's definitely tiding me over this 2016 season =(. As good as the writing is - the analysis and anecdotes as well - the editing is a bit sloppy. (That's the only reason for not reaching 5 stars.) Multiple typos and errors... there's even an incomplete sentence before the next chapter begins.The infographics and photography, however, are quite stunning. It could easily be a coffee-table-sized book for that reason alone, but I love that it's a convenient travel size, considering it's a hardcover.Still, it's a really good buy for any Federer/tennis fan.

I got this for a gift for my son in law. He loved it!! Great information and photos. He is a huge Roger fan and found a lot of interesting things he wasn’t aware of. And he in turn purchased the book for his tennis partner.

This book was excellent n detailed every known statistic of Roger Federer n his many opponents n the illustrations n stories defined everything there is to know about one of the greatest Tennis players to ever play the game.

I loved this book. If you enjoy knowing everything possible about Roger Federer's Tennis game I would recommend this book. The statistics are wonderful and you will gain a better understanding of all of the training that goes into being a champion.

A wonderful book about the nuances and breakdown of his game and the glorious gift of Roger Federer.It was the perfect gift for my son who is a number one fan since playing National Junior Tennis himself.

Good read - nothing personal in the book, more about the technical elements of Roger's game/success. I'd like to read a personal bio which I hope one day Roger write himself!

qualidade incrível, recomendo

Good read

Libro interesante sobre la trayectoria profesional de Federer con multitud de fotografías, gráficas y datos sobre este jugador. Está en inglés

This book sounds like an appreciation of Federer. It is not. It is essentially a graphical representation of how his career and the commonly measured technicalities of the game compare with the best of his opponents and past greats.RF spans two generations of players - the current one and his peer group who exited the ATP tour ten years earlier. But more importantly RF arrived when the generation before him was transitioning out of the game. His longevity has enabled him to span an exiting, peer group and next generation of players. And that in itself is remarkably catalogued and brought out. Anecdotes make the superbly presented Infographics compelling. In itself this book is a pictoral history of tennis from the late 1990s till 2016. And who knows. Maybe he can pick and choose and play till he is 40.

Splendid analysis of the game of the "GOAT" (greatest player of all time) with plenty of diagrams, stats, images etc. Delighted to have this handsome book.But unfortunate in a way it was published before his return after 6 months off due to an injury issue. He returned to win his 18th Major and 2 of the 3 ensuing important tournaments he entered... I hope the writer will do a sequel when Federer finally retires.Maybe the writer would do the same for "The King of Clay" Rafael Nadal, who also returned like Federer to the Australian Open this year after a break for injury. He fought Federer for that AO final 2017 and then won the French Open, so has 15 Majors. And also perhaps the great Rod Laver?Those 3 are enough for me in this format, when it comes to who's the greatest!!