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Fantastic Tennis
by Jon Guerrica
Fantastic Tennis is a high-energy podcast for fans who love WTA tennis. Each episode introduces a new player, from retired champions to rising stars to established veterans and gives fans a chance to hear the stories, personalities, and iconic moments that have shaped the women’s game. With fresh voices every episode, Fantastic Tennis brings you closer to the players and the passion behind why they play. Join host, Jon Guerrica for a fun hour of conversations geared towards all fans of women’s tennis.
Episodes
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Getting To Know....Barbora Krejcikova
We sit down for a very special (and pretty rare) one-hour conversation with 12x Grand Slam champion, the fantastic, Barbora Krejcikova — and get to know the woman behind one of the most accomplished careers in all of tennis. Barbora opens up about navigating through injuries and the challenges of...
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Fantastic Tennis Podcast Live! Getting To Know....The WTA's Next Gen featuring Diana Shnaider, Antonia Ruzic & Zeynep Sonmez
For the very first time, the Fantastic Tennis Podcast went LIVE — in front of sold out NYC crowd, filled with of our favorite kind of people, enthusiastic women's tennis fans — and what better way to celebrate than by bringing together three of the brightest young stars in the WTA: Diana…
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Getting To Know....Yuliia Starodubtseva
YULIIA STARODUBTSEVA IS HERE! 🎾🔥 This week on the FANTASTIC TENNIS Podcast, we sit down with one of the most exciting rising stars on the WTA Tour, Yuliia Starodubtseva! In only her third full season on the WTA Tour, she's put together an incredible list of wins against some of the biggest…
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Getting To Know....Giuliana Olmos
I'm just back from a very hot, swift and sweet French Open and our guest today is no stranger to success on the clay herself. With WTA 1000 titles in both Rome & Madrid, as well as now two Grand Slam Mixed Doubles Finals (and counting), our guest, the doubles extraordinaire, Giuliana "Guru"Olmos…
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Getting To Know....Peyton Stearns
This week on the Fantastic Tennis Podcast, we're joined by recent ATX Open Champ and world #49,Peyton Stearns — one of the most exciting rising stars on the WTA Tour. We talk about her incredible title run in Austin, what it meant to win in the same city where she achieved NCAA tennis glory at…
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Getting To Know....Gaby Dabrowski
Episode 10 has us chatting with the WTA world #10 in doubles, Canada's Gaby Dabrowski, as she self-isolates during a 14 day quarantine in Melbourne prior to the start of the 2021 Australian Open. In this fun in-depth interview, we spend time learning about the start of her career, her desire to...
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Getting To Know....Ekaterina Alexandrova
It's not every day I get to have a 1 hour conversation with the 11th best tennis player in the world, and if you factor in that she rarely does interviews, it makes today's episode even more special. We welcome the ferocious and fiery, WTA #11, Ekaterina Alexandrova to the Fantastic Tennis…
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Getting To Know....Fanny Stollar
We're back this week with a spotlight on the Hungarian doubles specialist extraordinaire, Fanny Stollar. A 5x WTA doubles champion, including 4 titles in her home city of Budapest, our guest is playing the best tennis of her career and she has no plans on stopping. Today we hear the journey of…
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Getting To Know....Arina Rodionova
I'm just getting back from my first Australian Open and I have so many feels! It was a dream come true trip that included cheering on all of my Fantastic Tennis Family and I'm really excited to talk about it. Today, we add another Aussie to the list of greats that have shared their stories on the...
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Getting To Know....Ajla & Hana Tomljanovic
Happy Australian Open! Fantastic Tennis Podcast host, Jon Guerrica is live from Melbourne and our guest this week is none other than Aussie superstar, Ajla Tomljanovic. This is a very special episode, as we not only get to know a relaxed and fun side of Ajla as she preps for the first grand slam…
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Getting To Know....Emiliana Arango
WTA world #50 and Colombian #1, Emiliana Arango is here with us this week on the Fantastic Tennis Podcast, to chat about an INCREDIBLE 2025 season that saw her reach a career high ranking, make two WTA 500 finals (in Merida & Guadalajara) and also win the biggest title of her career at the $125K...
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Getting To Know....Ann Li
We kick off Season 6 of the Fantastic Tennis Podcast with WTA world #38, Ann Li as she prepares for a BIG 2026 season and an exciting Australian summer. After a masterful and quiet resurgence back to the top of the rankings, including achieving a career high of world #33 in 2025 AND winning her...
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Getting To Know....Jill Craybas
Have you ever watched a professional tennis player and just instantly felt like you wanted to cheer them on? You can't exactly explain why, or how....but this person becomes a fabric of your daily routine as you check their scorelines, watch their matches on TV and visit tournaments to cheer them...
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Getting To Know....Our March Tennis Diary w/ David Kane
It's two shows in one today as we share our March tennis diary with one of our very favorite tennis writers, David Kane. David helps us recount a wild tennis scene in March that began with a fantastic Indian Wells event and also brought us very important fan-favorite tennis news, like the...
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Getting To Know....McCartney Kessler
What an absolute whirlwind the past two years have been for our guest & WTA player, McCartney Kessler. To finish 2022, #922 in the world and then cut to today in 2025, where she now has 2 WTA titles and a win (just a few weeks ago) against the world #3, Coco Gauff. The sky is the limit for this...
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Getting To Know....Daria Kasatkina
This week, we are pinching ourselves as we have the absolute privilege of getting to chat with a trailblazing WTA superstar, who's as remarkable and interesting on-court as she is off-court. Daria Kasatkina joins host, Jon Guerrica as they talk through more than a decade of special moments and...
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Getting To Know....February Tennis News w/ Hanlon Walsh
The first two months of the 2025 tennis season has already been a year of surprises. From Madison Keys winning in Melbourne to Belinda Bencic mounting a stellar comeback to the tour, to Simona Hale leaving it. There's a lot of news to cover this week. Our host, Jon Guerrica is joined by a...
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Getting To Know....The 2025 Australian Open w/ Angelica Gavaldon
Madison Keys is our 2025 Australian Open Ladies Champion. What a dominant two weeks of fantastic tennis beating Danielle Collins, Elena Rybakina, Elina Svitolina, Iga Swiatek and of course, Aryna Sabalenka, in a memorable final. It's a unicorn start to the season for Madison, and we talk all…
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Getting To Know....Ajla Tomljanovic
As we start out a brand new 2025 tennis season, what better way to begin the year, than with a true Australian wildcard that is ready to once again climb to the top of the WTA world rankings. Whether you know her from the Netflix series, "Break Point" or from the hundreds of matches she's played…
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Getting To Know....Yulia Putintseva
We squeeze in one last 2024 episode of Fantastic Tennis to spotlight a player that experienced a rollercoaster of a 2024 season. From winning her 3rd WTA title in Birmingham and beating the world #1 on the grass at Wimbledon, to becoming the villain of the U.S. Open after a strange 3rd round…
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Getting To Know….Diana Shnaider
We’re back! Did you miss us? For this fun episode, we’re getting to know a player that’s having an absolutely astonishing season on tour. With already 3 WTA Tour titles on 3 different surfaces, (only Carlos Alcaraz can say that this year btw) she’s ready to prove that she’s here to stay at the…
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The WTA 90’s w/ Kimberly Po & Mariaan De Swardt
We continue our #Fantastic50 series this week and not only celebrate the 50th year of WTA tennis, but also a decade in which the hair was big, the clothes were bigger and the teenage phenoms were a plenty....the WTA 90's. We're joined this week by two grand slam champions who each enjoyed stellar...
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Getting To Know….Alexandra Stevenson
It’s Wimbledon 2023 time! Not only do we get to discuss the lead-up grass court events this week, but we also try our very best to predict what is sure to be an “anything goes” type of tournament at the 3rd grand slam of the season. Fans know that headlines write themselves each year at Wimbledon...
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Getting To Know....Dayana Yastremska
This week, we take a closer look at a career and a player that has had to deal with numerous stressful situations that most of us can't even imagine. WTA former world #21, from the Ukraine, Dayana Yastremska joins Fantastic Tennis this week and shares her thoughts on her life and career over the...
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50 Years Of Fantastic WTA Comebacks (ft. Meike Babel & Alex Abad-Santos)
As we celebrate 50 years of amazing WTA tennis, this week we take a closer look at all the fantastic WTA comebacks that we’ve loved so much over the years. We’re joined this week by former top 30 WTA player, Meike Babel and Senior Correspondent for Vox.com, Alex Abad-Santos, as we talk about all...
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Getting To Know....The Comeback of Barbora Strycova
It's been over two years since we've seen this former doubles world #1 and Wimbledon doubles champion on court, but the wait is over! This week, we chat with the always magnetic Czech WTA superstar, Barbora Strycova as she details everything you'll want to know about her comeback. She chats about...
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Getting To Know….Nicole Melichar-Martinez
We continue our focus on the art of doubles this week with the fantastic 2018 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Champion, Nicole Melichar-Martinez. Nicole joins host, Jon Guerrica as they discuss 13 years of WTA tennis with 12 career doubles titles and (still) counting. We hear about the unconventional…
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Getting To Know….Ellen Perez
The art of doubles is front and center this week as the Fantastic Tennis family is spotlighting one of the best doubles teams in the world over the next two weeks. We start today with our favorite fellow lefty, the fantastic....Ellen Perez. With already (5) WTA doubles titles and a career high...
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Getting To Know....Jarmila Wolfe
Whether you started following her as Jarmila Gajdosova or as Jarka Wolfe, this talented Slovak-Australian was a top WTA player for over 16 years on the WTA Tour, and reached #25 in the world by beating the very best to get there. This week we celebrate not only her career, but also the 10 year...
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Tennis Therapy w/ Caitlin Thompson & Nick McCarvel
The 2023 tennis season has started with an absolute brilliant bullet. From Naomi Osaka, to the “Break Point curse,” to a story-filled Australian Open…..join host, Jon Guerrica along with tennis media giants, Caitlin Thompson & Nick McCarvel as they take an insider's look at all the happenings…
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Getting To Know....Tennis Headlines This Week
We’re kicking off our Season 3 premiere with some tennis headlines from a newsworthy week in the sport. In this brief episode, we talk our favorite 2023 Australian Open 1st round match-ups, Naomi Osaka, and of course, we preview our first player interview of the season, the fantastic, Bethanie...
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Getting To Know....Bethanie Mattek-Sands
We open Season 3 of Fantastic Tennis with one of the most decorated and loved WTA champions still playing the game today, the fantastic, Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Bethanie joins host, Jon Guerrica to discuss a career that's now entering its third decade on tour, and shows no signs of slowing down....
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Getting To Know....Andrea Petkovic
For over a decade, Andrea Petkovic has been much more than just a fan-favorite on the WTA Tour. Few players have been able to produce her brand of consistent talent, wit, grit, fight and dancing ability to help them climb all the way to number #9 in the world. Andrea joins us this week to discuss…
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Getting To Know....The Off-Season w/ Madison Brengle & Samantha Crawford
No pro tennis?! We've got you covered this week as we catch up with two decorated WTA players that just finished successful seasons on tour. Madison Brengle cracked the top 50 this past October after a stellar season that saw her achieve her best ranking in 6 seasons by winning 4 ITF titles.....
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Getting To Know....Rosie Casals
Today, Fantastic Tennis is honored to welcome the legend, the pioneer, the trailblazer, Rosie Casals to the show. Through nearly 4 decades of pro tennis, Rosie shares stories from a career that ultimately saw her win 12 grand slam doubles titles, 112 WTA doubles events and enter the Tennis Hall…
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Getting To Know....The 2022 Fall Tennis Season
After the US Open, tennis fans were an emotional wreck. What better way to cure the Serena, Roger & Petkovic retirement news, than with some good ole fun fall tennis! Join host Jon Guerrica as he's joined by this week's co-host Max Markham as they discuss everything fall, from pumpkin spice…
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Getting To Know....Timea Babos
This week, our guest is the most decorated WTA player to ever play for the country of Hungary. Former doubles world #1, Timea Babos joins Fantastic Tennis for an interesting look at a player that knows what it feels like to be on top of the women's game, and is doing all she can to get back there...
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Getting To Know….Greet Minnen
Our guest this week joins us as she celebrates her 25th birthday from a WTA event in Granby, Canada. Having reached a career high ranking of world #69 last year after her impressive run to the 2021 US Open 3rd round, Greet Minnen talks with host Jon Guerrica about the pressures of tour life and...
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Getting To Know….Catherine Harrison
You’ll find very few players that frustrate and confuse their opponents by playing with two hands on both sides, like our guest this week, Catherine Harrison. Join us as we get to know a player that's officially coming off the biggest result of her pro tennis career by qualifying and making the…
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Getting To Know....Wimbledon 2022
Glorified exhibition or historic grand slam? However you Tatjana Maria slice it, Wimbledon 2022 was one for the history books. Join host Jon Guerrica as he's joined by two major fan-experts of the game, to dissect round by round the extremely entertaining Wimbledon Championships. Don't forget to...
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Getting To Know….Sachia Vickery
When I thought about which player I’d love to spotlight during Pride month, I instantly thought of our guest this week….the fantastic Sachia Vickery. As an unbelievable ally for the LBGTQ+ community, she’s used her voice to speak out on many important social issues throughout her time on tour, so...
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Getting To Know….Tatiana Golovin
As we celebrate and watch the 2022 French Open this week, we're truly excited to welcome 2004 French Open Mixed Doubles Champion from France, Tatiana Golovin to discuss her fascinating life & playing career. Tatiana was an instant fan favorite as she burst onto the scene as a 16yo Nick…
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Getting To Know....Dominique Monami
Whether you remember our guest as Dominique Van Roost, or today as Dominique Monami, you won't soon forget her decade long career and the long list of accomplishments she was able to achieve after listening to this week's episode. Before Kim Clijsters & Justine Henin put Belgian tennis on the…
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Getting To Know….Jennifer Brady
Our guest this week had a whirlwind 6 months on tour, as she would go from winning her first WTA singles title, to reaching her first grand slam semifinal at the 2020 US Open, to then top that just a few months later as she would advance to her first grand slam final at the 2021 Australian Open....
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Getting To Know….The Sunshine Double (ft. Daria Saville)
It’s always been a dream of mine to gather a huge group of my favorite tennis friends and spend a week in Indian Wells paradise….and this past week, it finally came true. In this episode we cover the fantastic Indian Wells Masters event, and we look forward to the always fun & sunny Miami Open.…
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Getting To Know….Donna Vekic
Our guest this week had an immediate rise up the WTA rankings when she made her first tour final at just 16 years old. Now ten years later, with a decade of experience under her belt, she continues to be a force in the tennis world, most recently her surprise run to her 3rd career WTA singles…
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Getting To Know....Hana Mandlikova
Our guest this week is the legendary 4-time grand slam singles champion, Hana Mandlikova. Join Hana, host Jon Guerrica as well as Hana's biggest fan from Paris, France as they navigate through a resume unlike many others in tennis history. Learn about what it was like balancing a professional...
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Getting To Know….Victoria Azarenka
At the 2012 Australian Open, Victoria Azarenka not only captured her first grand slam title and the attention of the tennis world, but she also became a national hero and the 21st player in the open era to achieve the #1 world ranking….not bad for a girl that came from meager beginnings in…
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Getting To Know….Chris Evert
We kick off our 2nd season of Fantastic Tennis with a blockbuster episode featuring former WTA #1, tennis legend and icon, Chris Evert. In this hour long in-depth interview, Chris takes listeners through her catalogue of years on tour and shares never before heard stories from her legendary…
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Getting To Know....Lisa Raymond
Our guest this week has a list of accomplishments so long, that we had to have a super-sized episode just to get through her amazing career highlights. With 11 grand slam titles, a combined 83 WTA titles and an Olympic bronze medal, Lisa Raymond is one of the most accomplished players from the…
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Fantastic Tennis is a high-energy podcast for fans who love WTA tennis. Each episode introduces a new player, from retired champions to rising stars to established veterans and gives fans a chance to hear the stories, personalities, and iconic moments that have shaped the women’s game. With fresh voices every episode, Fantastic Tennis brings you closer to the players and the passion behind why they play. Join host, Jon Guerrica for a fun hour of conversations geared towards all fans of women’s tennis.
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Fantastic Tennis is a high-energy podcast for fans who love WTA tennis. Each episode introduces a new player, from retired champions to rising stars to established veterans and gives fans a chance to hear the stories, personalities, and iconic moments that have shaped the women’s game. With fresh...
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