The First Serve

In this fifth episode of the year host Adon Kronk from KT Academy on the Sunshine Coast, has the latest news from across the state with Jimmy Rapkins from Tennis QLD, chats one on one with Central Queensland's own Jake Alchin, coaching at Sheldon College in Brisbane and chats to author and KT Academy coach Shane Gordon of a new book 'Think like a young Champion' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lachlan Puyol is back with S4, E6 of Play USA thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways. Lachlan catches up with Ryan Mounce, Head Men's and Women's Coach at North West Community College in North West Missisippi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is back with another big show wrapping up Wimbledon 2026, plus all the tennis news going around. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This fifth edition of Padel Pow Wow for 2026 with Matt Barelle in the host chair (the godfather of Padel in AUS) joined by the king of padel vibes Ryan Bougie, discusses all the activity going on within the Australian Calendar, more new clubs opening up, the focus on juniors for the future with Australia set to field teams in the Junior World Championships and plenty of results updated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our dedicated podcast around the Challenger/ITF Tour is back for a big Episode Five of 2026, hosted by fellow pros Alex Osborne and Tom Fancutt. In this edition, Ally and Tom catch up for a half way wrap of their respective years on tour and their big rankings spike with the fascinating tales that go with travelling and playing on the ITF/Challenger Tours, plus singing the praises of other Aussies grinding away, and their take on the upcoming ITF events in Brisbane to give Aussies a wildcard into AO qualifying and on the ATP's plan to shrink doubles draws and prizemoney from 2028. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Australian tennis great Mark Woodforde joined The First Serve Live to share his views on the ATP's proposal to shrink the doubles draws and prizemoney at their tournaments from 2028. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is back with another big show in the middle of Wimbledon with leading tennis commentator Nick Lester giving his take on the Championships so far. Australian tennis great Mark Woodforde joins to get his view on the ATP's plans to diminish doubles as part of its 2028 Calendar and beyond. Plenty of other tennis news covered home and abroad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 2 of Season 2 of Beyond the Tramlines, hosted by Josh Heriot, which explores the stories and journeys of people achieving great things in the world of tennis. Feature guest for this second episode of 2026 is Aussie Marc Sophoulis - High performance tennis coach (Melbourne International Tennis School) but also in another sport - AFL. He was part of the famous Bryan Brothers team when they would compete in Australia and has coached many pros across his career. It is a great journey documented in this edition from an aspiring player to transforming as a young coach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frances Soyer, Tournament Director of the annual Australian Teams Championships on the Gold Coast joined The First Serve Live to wrap up the 11's and 13's event and looking ahead to the 15's this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Scott from 135 Tennis Intelligence joined The First Serve Live in our monthly data chat around the topic ' The validity of the term forced error' and why it is vital to use forced and unforced when developing players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was another big weekend of Tennis Victoria State Grade action. Special guest on The First Serve Live was the captain of the women's team at Royal South Yarra - Neyara Weerawansa to talk through their win over MCC Glen Iris Valley, also sharing her tennis journey . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Injured Australian Jordan Thompson was a feature guest on The First Serve Live with Brett Phillips to discuss a range of topics including his injury status and his thoughts on the future of Australian tennis being one of 11 active Aussie male players who signed a letter sent to Tennis Australia endorsing Sam Groth for a senior leadership position at the governing body. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is back with another big show with Wimbledon getting underway. Tennis Broadcaster/Journalist Candy Reid is on the ground at SW19. Feature guest this show is injured Aussie Jordan Thompson, Nick Scott from 135 Tennis Intelligence is back 'The validity of the term forced error', Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 8 wrap features Royal South Yarra's Captain Neyara Weerawansa and Francis Soyer, Tournament Director of the Australian Teams Championships updates the 11's/13's results of the last week plus all the other tennis news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the fourth episode of The Masters Zone for 2026, hosted by Tim Prince which delves into the ITF Masters tour in Australia and around the world.  In this edition Tim has the latest news regarding the ITF, feature guest is Aussie Morgan Young, competing in the 50+ category, who will be part of the Australian Men's 50's team at the upcoming world champs in Italy, plus a tournament wrap from the last month, thanks to www.cremoniniclay.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The State of Play goes inside the Australian Tennis Landscape and what the lie of the land looks like and our future on the world stage. Wayne Goldsmith, coaching expert features and Paul Kilderry - Director of Professional Tennis at Tennis Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 7 was played over the weekend, and special guest this week was 18 year old Evan Vasiliadis from MCC-Glen Iris Valley TC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The UTR Professional Tennis Tour latest stop was in Sydney in the last week. Kale Nairn from UTR Sports wraps the action, catching up with mens winner Scott Jones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is back with another big show as Wimbledon qualifying gets underway, recapping the major winners from the last week. The State of Play, going inside the landscape of Australian tennis, Evan Vasiliadis from MCC Glen Iris Valley - Tennis Victoria State Grade R7, UTR-PTT Sydney wrap with Kale Nairn and lots of other tennis news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 5 of Season 3 of 'The Junior Journey' is here talking all things junior tennis for players, coaches, parents and tennis fans. Your Co Hosts Michael Logarzo and Beti Sekulovski are joined by Wayne Goldsmith, International sports coaching expert, who has influenced the coaching, thinking and teaching of some of the world's leading athletes, coaches and teams. This is a great for those on the pathway. A must listen. Wayne Goldsmith - [email protected], +61 414 712 074 Mobile/Whats App, Substack - https://waynegoldsmith.substack.com/, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-goldsmith-coaching/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Push, our dedicated wheelchair tennis podcast is back for episode three for 2026 with hosts Tim Connelly - Tennis Director of Hume Tennis and Community Centre and Home of the Melbourne and Victorian Wheelchair Open, Aussie quad pro Heath Davidson OAM and Lucy Shuker, Great Britain's No 1 ranked female player. This third ep of the year, catches up with the latest with Heath and Lucy on tour, a look back at the French Open, a look ahead to the British swing including Wimbledon where Lucy has a WC and Heath is an alternate and a fascinating chat about coach vs cheerleader courtside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan Bougie co host of our Padel Pow Wow Podcast joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live to wrap the big iPadel 500 tournament held in Melbourne over the weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another big weekend of Tennis Victoria State Grade, as Breanna Cerasa from Essendon TC joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aussie pro Matthew Dellavedova has won three consecutive ITF singles titles. His brother Andy, Director/Coach at Dellavedova Tennis Academy in Wonga Park in Melbourne joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live to give some insight into his journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is back with another big show including a tour wrap, Serena Williams comeback, Tennis VIC State Grade R6 with Essendon TC's Breanna Cerasa, Andy Dellavedova, Director of Dellavedova Tennis Academy on his brother Matt's three ITF titles in a row, Ryan Bougie co host of our Padel Pow Wow Podcast to wrap the iPadel 500 tournament in Melbourne plus lots of other tennis news of the week featuring Nick Kyrgios, Charlie Camus and Max Purcell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lachlan Puyol is back with S4, E5 of Play USA thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways. Lachlan catches up in person with Brooks Buffington who is the head men’s and women’s coach at Jones College in Mississippi. In this episode, all aspects of Junior College tennis are discussed, including the academic and athletic benefits of the junior college pathway, which is a great stepping stone into a four year collegiate career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this fourth episode of the year host Adon Kronk from KT Academy on the Sunshine Coast, has the latest news from across the state with Jack Mellish, Development Officer at Tennis QLD, chats one on one with Gympie born former pro Peter Tramacchi about his life in tennis and a special tribute to Queensland great Mal Anderson MBE from a number of the states tennis identities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest week of the UTR Professional Tennis Tour was on the Gold Coast. UTR Sports Kale Nairn chatting to men's winner Jeremy Beale, followed by Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live speaking with his opponent Noah Brownrigg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 year old Aussie pro Eddie Winter who is going down the college pathway at Pepperdine University joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live to update us on how his tennis journey is going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tennis Coaches Australia President Wes Horskins joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live last night to chat about the future of Tennis Australia under a new CEO in Andrew Abdo in terms of coach representation going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is back with another big show recapping Roland Garros 2026 plus we hear from Serena Williams ahead of her comeback. Tennis Coaches Australia President Wes Horskins ahead of the new TA CEO Andrew Abdo starting and what he would like to see. 21 year old Aussie pro Eddie Winter currently at college at Pepperdine joins the show, plus a PTT-UTR Gold Coast wrap with mens winner Jeremy Beale and a feature chat with his opponent Noah Brownrigg plus lots more tennis news on the agenda Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This fourth edition of Padel Pow Wow for 2026 with Matt Barelle in the host chair (the godfather of Padel in AUS) joined by the king of padel vibes Ryan Bougie, discusses the Padel Royale Tournament at the Padel Lounge, the Padel Point tournament, La Palma Masters, Perth Open, World Masters, Open and Junior Padel events and who has the best Padel shots in Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our dedicated podcast around the Challenger/ITF Tour is back for a big Episode four of 2026, hosted by fellow pros Alex Osborne and Tom Fancutt. In this edition, Ally and Tom catch up with American Catherine Harrison and her journey through the college system onto the ITF/WTA Tours with many a fascinating tale to tell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another big weekend of Tennis Victoria State Grade, as Aaron Leeder Chard from Royal South Yarra LTC joins The First Serve Live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kale Nairn from UTR Sports with special guest - Gold Coast Week 1 winner Omar Jasika joins The First Serve Live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prominent tennis analytics expert Nick Scott , CEO of 135 Tennis Intelligence (135ti.com) joined Brett Phillips in the studio on The First Serve Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is back with another big show as the page turns into week 2 of Roland Garros, plus the unveiling of Andrew Abdo as the new Tennis Australia CEO, Tennis Analyst Nick Scott from 135 Tennis Intelligence, PTT UTR Gold Coast Wrap with mens winner Omar Jasika and Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 5 with Aaron Leeder Chard from Royal South Yarra LTC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the third episode of The Masters Zone for 2026, hosted by Tim Prince which delves into the ITF Masters tour in Australia and around the world.  In this edition Tim covers his trip to the MT 1000 in Japan, also catching up with Tournament Director Ilynn Hupano, the latest from the most recent Masters events held in Australia and special guest is Aussie James O'Brien in the 35's category sharing his amazing story from the pros to the Masters tour thanks to www.cremoniniclay.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 4 of Season 3 of 'The Junior Journey' is here talking all things junior tennis for players, coaches, parents and tennis fans. Co Host Michael Logarzo is running solo for this one. Special guest is Justin Mackenzie, the father of 18 year old World Number 4 junior Jamie Mackenzie of Germany (originally from New Zealand) who has just won the J500 in Milan ahead of the Roland Garros Juniors. A great chat about father and son committing to the pathway process to give Jamie the best chance to succeed in tennis. A must listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tennis Australia Club Professional Coach John Paci from POWA Tennis joins Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live re creating a space for older players post studies/into the workforce to still take tennis seriously whilst managing their priorities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jenna Carbis from Heatherdale Tennis Club joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live on the back of Heatherdale's win over the weekend in Round 4 of Tennis Victoria State Grade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is back with another big show with Roland Garros live, chatting to award winning tennis journalist Linda Pearce in Paris. The appointment of NRL CEO Andrew Abdo as the next Tennis Australia CEO is on the menu, High Performance coach John Paci from POWA Tennis is in the studio re creating a space for older players post studies/into the workforce to still take tennis seriously whilst managing their priorities and Jenna Carbis from Heatherdale Tennis Club is the special guest from Tennis Victoria State Grade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 1 of Season 2 of Beyond the Tramlines, hosted by Josh Heriot, which explores the stories and journeys of people achieving great things in the world of tennis. Feature guest for this episode of 2026 is Jedd Zetzer, Player Agent and Head of the Tennis Division at W Sports & Media in Australia looking after a number of Australian Players led by top ranked Maya Joint on the women's side. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 4 for 2026 thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways, dedicated to the US College space for those aspiring to go down this path, providing plenty of education on the US System chatting to Australian players, coaches and administrators. In this fourth episode of 2026, Lachlan chats to Aussie Sam Dineen from Melbourne who has just finished his Freshman Year at Pratt Community College in Kansas. Pratt has just won the NJCAA National Championship and was a semi-finalist in line 3 singles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aussie Number 1 Alex de Minaur speaking after snapping a three game losing streak defeating Argentine Francisco Cerundolo 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the opening round of the ATP 500 in Hamburg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On The First Serve Live, Brett Phillips addressed the latest on the TA CEO role and The Age article on Monday 18th May on Australia's leading men's players uniting to endorse Sam Groth for a senior leadership position at Tennis Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kale Nairn from UTR Sports joins The First Serve Live to wrap up the latest event at Hume Tennis and Community Centre in Melbourne on the Australian UTR Professional Tennis Tour, followed by a chat with Women's winner Kayla McPhee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the back of our interview last week with Tennis Australia Head of Performance Tim Jolley, your feedback into the Mailbag on The First Serve Live, plus on other topics as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lachlan Puyol joins The First Serve Live with his weekly Aussies in College update Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 year old Jasmine Matthew joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live on the back of Buckley Park Tennis Club, in their debut year securing their first win of the season in Round 3 of Tennis Victoria State Grade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is back with another big show on Alex de Minuar watch as he looks to end a three match losing streak, playing at the ATP 500 in Hamburg. Saluting Jannik Sinner and Elina Svitolina for their Rome triumphs, the Mailbag with plenty of correspondence post the interview last show with Tennis Australia Head of Performance Tim Jolley, PTT-UTR latest with special guest Kaylah McPhee, Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 3 with Jasmine Matthew from Buckley Park TC and Lachlan Puyol has our weekly college segment wrapping up the NCAA finals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices