Under Review Tennis Podcast
An in depth discussion of all things tennis with people in the know.
Episodes
April 1, 2020 • 39 mins
Bethanie Mattek-Sands , a current player and now broadcaster for ESPN'S tennis coverage in the United States has lived an incredible life in tennis.
As a child she grew up in Minnesota and then Wisconsin, and she played multiple sports. As a junior tennis player, she was one of the best players in North America and chose to turn professional after winning a big tournament in France at the age of 13. Bethanie Mattek-Sands ros...
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March 25, 2020 • 41 mins
Greg Rusedski , former player, coach, and now broadcaster for Amazon Prime Video's tennis coverage in the UK, has lived an incredible life in tennis.
As a child he grew up in Montreal, Quebec with a father that loved tennis. As a junior tennis player, he was one of the best players in North America and chose to turn professional instead of taking a scholarship to play at USC. Greg Rusedski rose to 4 in the world and posted w...
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March 17, 2020 • 50 mins
Mark Petchey , one of the more insightful broadcasters on tour, has lived an incredible life in tennis.
As a child he grew up in Essex, England with a parents that were exceptional tennis players. As a junior tennis player, he was one of the best players in Europe and chose to turn professional instead of taking a scholarship to play at USC. Mark Petchey rose to 80 in the world and posted wins over players such as Michael Chang, ...
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March 15, 2020 • 47 mins
Tennys Sandgren , one of the more insightful, incisive, and polarizing players on tour, has lived an incredible life in tennis.
As a child he grew up in Gallatin, Tennessee with a tennis court in his backyard. As a junior tennis player, he was one of the best players in the United States but was not identified as a top prospect by the USTA. After a standout career at the University of Tennessee, he struggled on the ATP Tour. Co...
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March 8, 2020 • 95 mins
Wim Fissette , the coach of Naomi Osaka, has coached many of the top women on the WTA Tour in a short amount of time.
He took up tennis at 8 years old when his mom began playing, and became a quality junior. As a junior, he was one of the best players in Belgium but was not identified as elite. After being invited to be the hitting partner for Kim Clijsters, he decided that coaching tennis would be his life. Wim Fissette told ...
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March 1, 2020 • 64 mins
Charlie Pasarell grew up in San Juan, Puerto Rico in the 50’s, and under the tutelage of the fabled teacher Welby Van Horn rose to tennis prominence in the United States. He won the Orange Bowl and national championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
In the 60’s Charlie Pasarell attended UCLA and forged a lifelong friendship with Arthur Ashe. He also trained with Pancho Segura at The Beverly Hills Tennis Club, and rose to become th...
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February 23, 2020 • 39 mins
Leo Lavalle , the winner of the 1985 Junior Wimbledon Championships, has lived an incredible life in tennis.
As a pro he rose to 51 in the word and posted wins over Brad Gilbert, Anders Jarryd, and Stefan Edberg. After the great Hall of Fame player Raul Ramirez, he is the best player to have come from his country, and as a Davis Cup stalwart carried the hopes and dreams of Mexican tennis onto the court with him for a record 14 y...
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February 16, 2020 • 68 mins
Brian Vahaly , once named to People Magazine's most eligible bachelor list, has lived an incredible life in tennis.
As a child he was afraid to swim after seeing JAWS, and began tennis as an infant . As a junior tennis player, he was one of the best players in the United States but was not identified as a top prospect by the USTA. After a standout career at the University of Virginia, he initially struggled on the ATP Tour. ...
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February 7, 2020 • 31 mins
Henri Leconte the French legend joined us and we had a mid-tournament conversation. He shared how he became a longtime Australian Open fan favorite broadcaster, first at Channel 7, then 9, and now Eurosport. Henri Leconte explained that he began broadcasting when Jo Wilfried Tsonga was playing well in Australia. He told us about the immense pressure he faced when he was a contestant on Britain's Top Chef. Henri discussed Fe...
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January 29, 2020 • 33 mins
Former world #1 and Hall-of-Famer Lindsay Davenport joined us and we had a mid-tournament Australian Open conversation. She shared her experience being a tennis mom and explained how both she and her husband split up the tournament obligations. . We learned what her perspectives have been at the Australian Open . Lindsay shared her thoughts on Serena and Venus Williams and also Coco Gauff. Lindsay also talked about coaching th...
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January 17, 2020 • 47 mins
Brad Gilbert joins us for a pre Australian Open conversation. We learned what he has been up to in the off season, and what amazing memorabilia he has at his store, BG Tennis Nation. Brad shared his thoughts on the ATP Cup, Davis Cup, and Serena and Venus Williams.
Now an ESPN broadcaster, Brad discussed how he grew up in a tennis playing family in Oakland, Ca. He described how a coaching change at Arizona State turned him t...
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January 10, 2020 • 48 mins
Elite Coach Marc Lucero grew up in San Diego, California. He saw Andre Agassi on television and decided he wanted to play tennis. He went from playing at Boston College to coaching at Princeton University, then then at the USTA Campus in California. He has coached Genie Bouchard, Allie Riske, and had been on tour working with Shelby Rogers until now.
Marc Lucero describes how a failed attempt at law school drove him back to ten...
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December 23, 2019 • 52 mins
One of the premiere figures in the Beverly Hills tennis scene, TONY GRAHAM has lead an amazing tennis life. He came up in LA in the 1970s, honed his craft at UCLA, and turned pro during the sport's golden years where he played, practiced and paled around with legends like McEnroe, Connors, Borg, and the late Vitas Gerulaitis.
At UCLA he got to the finals of the NCAA Championship. As a pro he beat Jimmy Arias and finalled Stowe....
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December 10, 2019 • 74 mins
4-time Grand Slam doubles champion RENNAE STUBBS has been a fixture on the tour for nearly 3 decades. As a player, she was the #1 doubles player in the world and won more doubles titles than any other Australian woman. She also was the longest serving member of the Australian Fed Cup team, playing for 17 years. And she participated in 4 Olympic Games. After her playing career finished, she found new life as a broadcaster, coach an...
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November 27, 2019 • 48 mins
In part 2 of our discussion with elite coach MICHAEL JOYCE, he discusses his transition from player to coach; he breaks down the truth behind the Sharapova substance-abuse scandal; he tells how a seminal work of tennis writing came to be; and he lets us know who he thinks is the greatest coach of all time. Oh, and if that's not enough, he explains his connection to one of the most scandalous murders in recent history.
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November 25, 2019 • 43 mins
Michael Joyce came up deep in the Southern California tennis scene: brushing shoulders with the rich and infamous; playing tennis with fabled champions; and receiving instruction from legendary coaches.
After an illustrious junior career in which he finaled Junior Wimbledon and won Kalamazoo, Joyce went pro and caught the attention of David Foster Wallace who subsequently wrote one of the seminal articles about tennis about him.
A...
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November 3, 2019 • 42 mins
For the past 50 years, the name "Stan Smith" has been seen on nearly every street in the world. Written on nearly 40 million pairs of the iconic Adidas-made sneakers.
But perhaps more notable than the shoe is the man himself. Along with Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith is considered the essence of class who ushered in the open era, formed the ATP, and effectively created the tennis world that we know today.
He came up under the tute...
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October 22, 2019 • 21 mins
Former CEO of Oracle, MARK HURD loved tennis. In High School, Hurd battled it out with top-ten pros on the public courts in Miami Beach. In college, he played #1 at Baylor University. And while Chief Executive at Oracle, he helped forge one of the most significant relationships in the history of tennis between a corporation and the sport.
We interviewed Mark this year at The BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, but we had some techni...
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October 14, 2019 • 27 mins
French Open Champion and Croatian Fed Cup Captain IVA MAJOLI is a consistent force in the tennis world. As a child, she travelled from wartime Croatia to Bradenton Florida in order to hone her craft at the Bollettieri Academy. As a pro, she quarter-finaled the Australian Open AND Wimbledon and got to #4 in the world. And in 1997, at the age of 20 she shocked the tennis world by stopping Martina Hingis in the finals of the only maj...
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October 6, 2019 • 35 mins
India's first professional athlete, VIJAY AMRITRAJ, is an icon of tennis. He's posted wins over Laver, Rosewall, McEnroe, Borg, Nastase and Connors. He quarter-finaled Wimbledon twice. And The US Open twice. And with his brother Anand, he led India to two Davis Cup finals.
Beyond his tennis accomplishments, Vijay is an international brand ambassador, representing Rolex, Aston Martin, MasterCard and Unicef. And if that...
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