All Episodes

Ep 116: Tennis 128 Wrap-Up

Ep 115: Jeff McFarland on Jim Courier and GOAT Algorithms

Ep 114: Ana Mitric on Goran Ivanisevic and Tennis in the Former Yugoslavia

Ep 113: Grace Lichtenstein on A Long Way, Baby and Women's Tennis in 1973

Ep 112: Carl Bialik on Rosie Casals and A Long Way, Baby

Ep 111: Tim Boeseler on Michael Stich and Serve-and-Volley Tennis

Ep 110: Carl Bialik on Stan Wawrinka (and the Australian Open)

Ep 109: Joe Posnanski on the Australian Open and GOAT Lists

Ep 108: Gerry Marzorati on Serena Williams and Tennis Coverage in the 21st Century

Ep 107: Book Club: Sudden Death, by Alvaro Enrigue

Ep 106: Monte Carlo Simulations Aren't As Good As the Real Thing

Ep 105: Book Club: Days of Grace, by Arthur Ashe

Ep 104: The Present and Future of Jannik Sinner

Ep 103: Katrina Adams on Role Models, Grassroots Development, and Tennis Governance

Ep 102: Erik Jonsson on the Rising Wave of Stars in Men's Tennis

Ep 101: Author Larry Olmsted on the Benefits of Sports Fandom

Ep 100: 100 Questions for Episode 100

Ep 99: Author Julie DiCaro on Serena Williams, Women in Sports, and the Limits of Sports Media

Ep 98: Book Club: Couples, by John Updike

Ep 97: Matt Futterman on the Australian Open and Sports With Fans

Ep 96: Author Dave Seminara in the Footsteps of Roger Federer

Ep 95: Joe Posnanski on Djokovic, Osaka, and Tennis Greatness

Ep 94: Injury Management, and How Much It Matters In Modern Tennis

Ep 93: ESPN's Bill Connelly on What Novak Djokovic Does Better

Ep 92: Natural Experiments and Second-Order Pandemic Effects

Ep 91: Book Club: A Handful of Summers by Gordon Forbes

Ep 90: Joshua Robinson on Global Sports (and Tennis) in a Tough Pandemic Year

Ep 89: Rebuilding the History of Women's Tennis

Ep 88: Author David Berry on his People's History of Tennis

Ep 87: Author Sasha Abramsky on Lottie Dod, the Little Wonder

Ep 86: A New Documentary on Guillermo Vilas and the No. 1 Ranking

Ep 85: Author Steven Blush on 1970s World Team Tennis

Ep 84: Daniil Medvedev, Dominic Thiem, and a Tactically Brilliant Future

Ep 83: Is the Practice Court Broken?

Ep 82: ATP Cup and WTA Season Preview

Ep 81: Joshua Robinson on Diriyah Cup and the Ethics of Sports in Saudi Arabia

Ep 80: Martin Ingram on Predicting Match Outcomes, Bayesian Style

Ep 79: Paul Timmons on the Broken Structure of Pro Tennis

Ep 78: The Davis Cup Finals

Ep 77: Erik Jonsson on Swedish Tennis and the NextGen Finals

Ep 76: US Open Recap

Ep 75: US Open Preview

Ep 74: More Aggression For Medvedev, More Control For Madison Keys

Ep 73: Rogers Cup Review, on Rafa, Medvedev, Andreescu, Serena, Kenin, and More

Ep 72: The Unbreakable Alex de Minaur, the Unfocused Alexander Zverev, and the Unaffiliated World Team Tennis

Ep 71: An Analytical Approach to the Tennis Hall of Fame

Ep 70: Djokovic, Federer, Simona, Serena, and a Wimbledon Finals Weekend to Remember

Ep 69: Middle Sunday Check-Ins on Gauff, Nadal, Murray, Serena, Barty, and the Draw

Ep 68: Wimbledon Preview: Hot Streaks for Pliskova and Fritz, and a Cold Streak for Serve-and-Volley

Ep 67: Wimbledon Warm-Up Wins for Federer, Barty, and Andy Murray

Ep 66: The Grass is Greener, Even For a Few Dirtballers

Ep 65: Rafa! Barty! Krawietz/Mies! Roland Garros in Review

Ep 64: French Open Final Fours

Ep 63: The Last 16 at Roland Garros

Ep 62: A Roman Holiday for Rafael Nadal and Karolina Pliskova

Ep 61: Reading Rafael Nadal's Tea Leaves

Ep 60: Goodbye, David Ferrer. Hello, Cristian Garin

Ep 59: More Surprises on Clay, and L'Affaire Gimelstob

Ep 58: An Unexpected Introduction to the European Clay Season

Ep 57: Clay Court Specialists, Return Attackers, and Predictable Servers

Ep 56: Gender Differences in Surface Differences

Ep 55: Miami Titles for Barty and Federer

Ep 54: Miami At the Half-Way Point

Ep 53: Indian Wells in Review

Ep 52: The Unpredictable WTA of Osaka, Stephens, and Sasnovich

Ep 51: 100 For Federer, and 50.4% for Kyrgios

Ep 50: Easy Draws, Tough Draws, and the Difficulty of Forecasting

Ep 49: The New York Open, Surprise Finalists, and Clay Court Tactics

Ep 48: Fed Cup and a Survey of Tennis Analytics

Ep 47: Davis Cup and Another Week of Tennis Shenanigans

Ep 46: Australian Open Recap

Ep 45: Australian Open Week One

Ep 44: Andy Murray's Retirement and an Australian Open Preview

Ep 43: Berdych's Comeback, Andreescu's Breakthrough, and Karlovic's Longevity

Ep 42: 2019 Season Preview

Ep 41: A Breakthrough for Zverev, a Season In the Books, and a New Team Event

Ep 40: Fed Cup, the ATP Tour Finals, and a Sandbox Full of Rule Changes

Ep 39: Khachanov's Paris Title, and WTA Finals in Review

Ep 38: A Look at the WTA Finals Field in Singapore

Ep 37: Djokovic and Halep Pad Their Career Totals

Ep 36: Knights of the Federer Roundtable

Ep 35: Here Comes Aryna Sabalenka

Ep 34: Laver Cup and the Changing Tennis Landscape

Ep 33: Farewell, Davis Cup World Group Playoffs

Ep 32: US Open Recap

Ep 31: US Open Week Two

Ep 30: US Open Week One

Ep 29: A New Davis Cup and a Career Golden Masters

Ep 28: Tsitsipas, Sloane, and the Serve Clock

Ep 27: Roland Garros Preview

Ep 26: Reasons for Optimism

Ep 25: Number Ones, Present and Future

Ep 24: Figuring Out Who Figures Out Clay

Ep 23: Rafa, Las Undecimas, and The Shot Clock

Ep 22: Davis Cup, Present and Future

Ep 21: Talking About Talking About Tactics

Ep 20: Five Tournaments, Lots of Decisions

Ep 19: Comeback Stories

Ep 18: A New Season Attacks

Ep 17: US Open in Review

Ep 16: The Second Half of our Second Week Chat

Ep 15: We're Back!

Ep 14: Wimbledon Preview

Ep 13: Kvitova vs Barty, Serena vs McEnroe, and Federer vs The Field

Ep 12: Fed's Match Points, Vika's Return, and Wimbledon's Seeding Formula

Ep 11: The French Open in Review

Ep 10: On and Off Script at Roland Garros

Ep 9: Roland Garros Preview and the Value of Surface-Specific Forecasts

Ep 8: Zverev's Title, Emerging WTA Favorites, and a New Match Format

Ep 7: Champion Simona, King Rafa, and Memories of Pico

Ep 6: Djokovic Goes Coachless and Sharapova Looks Dangerous in a Patchy Madrid Field

Episode 5: Sharapova in Stuttgart, Nadal in Barcelona, and a Dose of Doubles

Episode 4: La Decima, a Wild Fed Cup Weekend, and Sharapova's Return

Episode 3: Champions Young and Old

Episode 2: Doubles, Wild Cards, and the Role of Megastars

Episode 1: Indian Wells, Miami, and the Renewal of Federer-Nadal