Preface<br >This is both a tennis book， and a biography 11 is John and Chris<br >Lloyd s s~ory of twelve years on the international tennis circuit，<br >six of them as husband and wife<br > Just as the rich are not like the rest of us， so also we believe that<br >the marriages of the famous are different. The backstage lives of<br >stars - whether they re actors， sports personalities or politicians<br >seem to be glittering and larger than life， the figment of our dreams<br >Whal I have tried to capture horn John and Chris ts an impression<br >of the training and the tension， the practice and the perfurmance<br >at the pinnacle of international tennis， and how they combine<br >these demands with marriage when home is a hotel suite and work<br >entails an inter-continenlal flighl every other week， frequently in<br >opposite directions from each other.<br > The glamorous image of tennis megastars enjoying perpetual<br >partying is mythical in the Lloyds s case. Duling one of the Grand<br >Slam tournaments Wimbledon and the French， US and Aus-<br >tralian Opens Chris is more likely to be found eating a room-<br >servia dinner while studying a video of her nex day s opponen<br >or relaxing in front of the television than hopping in the trendiest<br >disco in town. When she won her sixteenth Grand Slam title at the<br >