Conor Niland

Oct 31, 2024 | news.williamhill.com | Harry Edward |Kelly Holmes |Conor Niland |David Peace

Double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes is among the six authors shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2024. Holmes’ memoir Unique provides a fascinating insight into the British athlete’s private life, from her early career in the military to reaching the pinnacle of her sport, while concealing her identity as a gay woman until publicly coming out in 2022 at the age of 52.

Jul 1, 2024 | literaryreview.co.uk | Conor Niland

Conor Niland (pronounced Nye-land) was Ireland’s most successful tennis player. In this recollection of the few highs and many lows of his professional life, in which he achieved (in 2010) a career-high ranking of 129 in the world, Niland tells it how it is for the ‘other 99 per cent’. The non-golden boys might be ‘on tour’ with the elite, but the two groups rarely rub shoulders.

Jun 27, 2024 | irishexaminer.com | Conor Niland

was 10 when I first told my folks that I wanted to give up playing tennis. They didn’t yield then, and they never did. Tennis was our family business. I first picked up a racket at the age of three, and spent 15 years of my life travelling the world in pursuit of entry into major tournaments. I spent all of September 2005 – including my 24th birthday – alone in Switzerland, playing four week-long tournaments back to back. After 20 matches and with two trophies under my belt, I was ready for a rest.

Jun 1, 2024 | thetimes.co.uk | Conor Niland

I was at my friend JD’s wedding in New York when I got the news. As JD stood up to deliver his speech, wind and rain began rattling the windows: there was a hurricane passing over New York that weekend. Midway through the speech, JD called to the back of the room where I was sitting and told me to stand up. “This, ladies and gentlemen, is my old tennis friend, Conor Niland,” he announced, pointing at me.

Apr 17, 2024 | easons.com | Conor Niland

PaperbackCategories:Autobiography: sportTennisPre Order to be in with a chance to win two tickets to Queens on June 18th, plus a flight voucher up to €250!'As elegant and powerful as a Federer backhand ... It's Kitchen Confidential for tennis.' Ed Caesar When Conor Niland was 16, he got the chance to hit with Serena Williams at Nick Bollettieri's famed tennis academy. Conor, the Irish junior number one, was feeling a bit homesick. Serena, also 16, already owned her own house beside the academy.