Conor Niland 'floating' after The Racket named William Hill Sports Book of the Year

"The other shortlisted books are incredible stories so I feel very fortunate to have won and so grateful," said Niland.

GAME. SET. MATCH: Former professional tennis player and Irish number one Conor Niland from Limerick has won the William Hill Sports book of the year for 2024.

Former Irish tennis professional Conor Niland has won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2024 with his memoir The Racket: On Tour with Tennis’s Golden Generation.

The Racket becomes the first tennis book to clinch the world’s longest established and most valuable literary sports-writing prize in its history and Niland is the first author from the Republic to win since Paul Kimmage’s Rough Ride: Behind the Wheel with a Pro Cyclist in 1990.