Episodes
June 25, 2021
Episode 125: Brits at Wimbledon Special!
We´ve had to wait two years, but we´re now just a few days away from watching the green grass of Wimbledon on our screens! To celebrate the return of SW19, we´ve brought together a group of 10 former and current British Tenn…
June 22, 2021
Episode 124: French Open Review & Wimbledon Preview
As the grass court season moves into its second week, our Grand Slam panellists are back! Former Belgium number 1 Xavier Mallise, and GB Coach Mark Hilton join host Dan Kiernan to review the French Open and preview Wimbledon…
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…
June 8, 2021
Episode 122: Mike Digby - Hitting with the Stars
Mike Digby has been a hitting partner to some of the biggest names in tennis. A late-comer to the game, the 23-year-old Brit played tennis to US College level. He´s since travelled to some of the biggest tournaments in the g…
June 2, 2021
Episode 121: Daria Abramowicz - Person first, player second
Naomi Osaka´s withdrawal from the French Open in May 2021 called attention to the mental health of professional tennis players. The world number 2 was fined $15,000 for not taking part in a post-match press conference, and t…
June 1, 2021
Episode 120: Marcus Daniell - An Impact Greater than Tennis
Marcus Daniell is not your ordinary professional tennis player. The 31-year-old from New Zealand has reached as high as 34 in the world in Doubles and has 5 ATP doubles titles to his name, but he´s also known for his work of…
May 29, 2021
Episode 119: French Open Preview
With less that 24 hours to go until Roland Garros gets underway in Paris, we´ve brought our panel of former and current pros back together to preview the French Open. Our panellists are:- GB´s Billy Jean King Cup Captain and…
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 27, 2021
Episode 114: Iga Swiatek - Teenage Grand Slam Champion
Iga Swiatek is the 2020 French Open Champion and a top 5 WTA player. At just 19 years of age, she became the lowest-ranked woman to reach the final at Roland Garros since rankings began. She also became the first Polish tenn…
April 20, 2021
Episode 113: Lewis Burton - "The Model" Tennis Player
Tennis fans will know Lewis Burton as a former British tennis player who reached the final of the Wimbledon boys doubles in 2010. Non-tennis fans will know Lewis as the boyfriend of TV presenter Caroline Flack when she tragi…
April 19, 2021
Episode 112: Dan Evans & Neal Skupski - Fire & Ice
Dan Evans & Neal Skupski speak to Control the Controllables fresh from their amazing run at the Miami & Monte Carlo ATP 1000 events. Dan made his way to his first ever ATP 1000 semi-final including a stunning victory over wo…
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 23, 2021
Episode 108: Holger Rune - No Doubt
Holger Rune has been the World Junior Number 1 for the last 3 years and at age 17 he is already starting to make his move on the ATP Tour. Just last week he reached the Quarter Finals in Santiago, Chile beating World Number …
March 21, 2021
Episode 107: Dom Inglot - Dom the Bomb
Britain´s Dom Inglot has been as high as 18 ATP Doubles, is a Davis Cup Winner, and a Grand Slam Semi-Finalist, but he is much more. He is a smart, articulate man who discusses many topics with Dan including self awareness, …
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 9, 2021
Episode 105: Marcus Willis - From Zero to Hero!
In 2016, British tennis player Marcus Willis rose to fame with one of the most memorable runs to the 2nd round of Wimbledon in the tournament´s history. In just a few weeks the the 25-year-old went from giving up tennis and …
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…
March 2, 2021
Episode 103: Borna Coric - Ownership
Borna Coric is coming to the peak of his career on the ATP Tour with a current ranking of 24 in the world and a career high of 12. He gives us insights that we rarely get into a player ‘in’ their career. Insights into his de…
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 …