Coaches Episodes
Sept. 21, 2021
Episode 134: Alastair Filmer - Developing a US Open Champion
Up until the 2021 US Open, Alastair Filmer was known as one of Great Britain´s leading performance coaches. He´s now more commonly referred to as Emma Raducanu´s former coach. The 18-year-old has been in the spotlight since …
Sept. 7, 2021
Episode 131: Facundo Lugones - Find a Way
Facundo Lugones has been Cameron Norrie´s coach since 2017. The pair played together on the Mens Tennis Team at Texas Christian University for 12 months, before Facu became a Graduate Coach for the team. The 28-year-old Arge…
Aug. 29, 2021
Episode 130: Craig Tiley - Leading from the Front
If you watched any of the 2021 Australian Open in January, you wouldn´t have missed Craig Tiley. The Director of the Aussie Open was on our screens throughout the tournament as he dealt with tennis players and officials in h…
June 15, 2021
Episode 123: Luke Jensen - Choose Confidence
If you were a tennis fan in the 80´s and 90´s, you wouldn´t have missed the Jensen Brothers! The original American doubles brothers, Luke & Murphy Jensen were known for their high energy on court, chest bumping and high five…
May 25, 2021
Episode 118: Alex Ward - Outside the Comfort Zone
Alex Ward is a British tennis coach and former player. He reached a career high ATP ranking of 242, winning 14 Futures titles. Alex was part of the 2010 GB Davis Cup squad and played Wimbledon in 2016 & 2017. He came through…
May 18, 2021
Episode 117: Paul Annacone - Coaching the Greats
Paul Annacone is one of the world´s leading coaches. He´s worked with some of the greats including Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Tim Henman. Annacone guided Sampras to nine of his 14 Grand Slam Titles, leading to Sports Il…
May 11, 2021
Episode 116: Mike James - A Numbers Game
In this episode, we´re talking all things data with ATP/WTA tennis analyst Mike James. Mike is a former UK tennis coach who moved into the world of tennis data analysis in 2014. Since then he´s worked with many top players a…
May 4, 2021
Episode 115: Carl Maes - The Professor
Carl Maes is best known as being former world number 1 Kim Clijster´s coach for more than a decade. As a young coach he worked with the top players in Belgium including Xavier Malisse, Olivier Rochus and Justine Henin. He le…
April 13, 2021
Episode 111: Jonny O´Mara & Toby Smith - Double Trouble
In this week´s episode we speak to GB´s Jonny O´Mara and his coach Toby Smith. Jonny O´Mara is a doubles specialist from Scotland who has reached a career high ATP doubles ranking of 44. He´s been working with fellow Scot To…
April 6, 2021
Episode 110: Tom Gullikson - Captain Gully
If you´re a fan of McEnroe, Borg, Sampras, Agassi or Courier, this is a must-listen episode! Tom Gullikson reached as high as 34 in the world in singles and 4 in doubles. He is a 2-time Grand Slam finalist, winning the Mixed…
March 30, 2021
Episode 109: David Mullins - US College Tennis from all angles
David Mullins is the current Managing Director of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). He spent 12 years as Head Coach at the University of Oklahoma. He previously played for Fresno State in California for 4 years, …
March 16, 2021
Episode 106: Craig Veal - Step by step
Craig Veal is the current coach to WTA Doubles 15 in the world Alexa Guarachi. Alexa just last week won the WTA 1000 in Dubai with her partner Darija Jurak. Craig is 30 and has already worked at all levels of the sport. He t…
March 7, 2021
Episode 104: John Cavill - Remote School
John Cavill is an inspiration to us all, as he creates opportunities for coaches and clubs across the UK through bringing remote ‘tennis’ classes to thousands and thousands of school kids in the UK. This is where it all star…
Feb. 28, 2021
Episode 102: Louis Cayer - The Doubles Guru
Louis Cayer has coached multiple Top 100 singles players, but has made his global name through coaching multiple Grand Slam Doubles Champions and World Number 1’s including changing the landscape of British Doubles over the …
Feb. 24, 2021
Episode 101: Australian Open 2021 Review
In today´s episode we review the 2021 Australian Open with our amazing panellists:- Former top 20 player and Belgian number 1 Xavier Malisse GB Billy Jean King Cup Captain Anne Keothavong GB player Naomi Broady Former Britis…