Chasing Points

A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit

Gregory Howe

• Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
• eBook ISBN:
  9781785314155
• Year: 2018

At 34 years of age, Gregory Howe quit teaching to chase his childhood dream of becoming a world-ranked tennis professional. He started his year-long journey in the minor leagues, playing across four continents, as far afield as Bangkok, Kampala and Lahore, initially struggling against younger, fitter aspiring pros. Breaking through to the elite Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour, he got within volleying distance of some of the greats of the modern game. Eventually, he managed to juggle competing on the ATP tour with holding down a nine-to-five job. Along the way he encountered almost everything the tennis world has to offer, from rising stars racing to the top, to players whose hopes are slowly being shattered.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Prologue
• 1 The Futures Tour Bangkok
• 2 Rod Laver Country Queensland
• 3 Operation Entebbe East Africa
• 4 Edge of the World Namibia
• 5 Heart of Darkness Southern Africa
• 6 The Way Back London
• 7 In Hannibal’s Footsteps Tunisia
• 8 In Limbo: In Europe Norway–Germany
• 9 The Challenger Tour Manchester
• 10 Chasing More Points Senegal–Pakistan–Sudan.
• 11 Into the Big Time Beijing ATP
• 12 Kingfisher Open Mumbai ATP
• 13 Beginning the Season Doha ATP
• 14 Living the Dream Dubai ATP
• Postscript
• Photos