Tennis Culture

Sinner plays his first tournament since his ban. Wimbledon's traditions. The battle of the racquet sports and 100 tennis players vs 1 gorrilla debate.

The Clay season is here! We talk all lead up tournaments to the French Open, Novaks form slump, Carlos new documentary, Questionable line calls and we ask the question what would tennis look like if Rafa Nadal never took up tennis. Enjoy

Draper, Eala, Mensik, Andreeva...We have some new faces in the winners circle.  Indian Wells and Maimi Open did not disapoint. We give a run down of all our favorite moments from the last 3 weeks on tour. Enjoy

With the latest on court tension between ATP Players, we throught we would look back at some of the best tennis beefs in history. The question is, can beffing with your opponent benifit your game? Enjoy

When the news dropped of Sinner being banned for 3 months it split the tennis world in two. Some in favour and some with outrage. The boys discuss their thoughts on the matter  Enjoy   

Double bounce rules, VAR mistakes, injury time outs and on court collisions... do we need to change some rules in tennis? The boys give their take on the week taht was in the world of tennis Enjoy   

What a way to kick off the year. Sinner goes back to back, Keys becomes a Grand Slam champion, injury concerns, reporters vs players and so much more. The Get Set Tennis boys give you their toughts on the Happy Slam 2025. Enjoy   

Was great sitting down with Spannish rising star Martin about his upcoming season and his goals and dreams for the future. Enjoy

Chris Eubanks sits down with us to talk about his life on tour. Chris shares great stories about breaking into the top 100, college tennis and his other talent as a tennis commentator. Hands down one of the nicest humans we have had ton the podcast. Enjoy 

Fresh off his ATP Next Generation title, Joao drops by to talk about growing up in Brazil, goals and dreams for 2025 and what keeps him humble as he rises through the rankings. One of the nicest blokes we have evrr met Enjoy 

Who will win the first Grand Slam of the season? Who will have a breakthrough year?  Who will cause controversy off court? We make our predictions for the 2025 tennis season. Enjoy

What a year. New Grand Slam champions, records broken, drug scandals and plently of new faces. Enjoy our 2024 wrap up episode

Former world number one  Iga Swiatek has been banned for a positive drug test. This comes only months after Sinner was also found guilty. What needs to change in the sport? We also take time to talk about Novak's new coach.... Sir Andy Murray Enjoy 

This year sees the amazing career of Rafa Nadal come to an end. We break down his best achievements, our favourite moments and everything we will miss about the King of Clay Thank you Rafa 

Coco Gauff is our WTA finals Champion, Sabalenka is the end or year number one and commentator John Werthiem causes serious controversy at this years event.

This year Saudi Arabia hosted the very first "Six Kings Slam" the question is was the lucrative tennis exibition a success or a flop? 

When you think of tennis commentators, who is the first voice that comes to mind? We discuss of favourite and least favourtie commentators in the game of tennis and what skills are required to be great behind the mic. Enjoy

Tennis is played and enjoyed at all levels, ecreational, professional and coaching. But is tennis thriving at these levels in terms of culture. Where do you see the sport sitting in 2024?

Since Nadal and Federer are no longer the leading men in tennis we have seen a lot more top players start to use excuses after a loss. Alcaraz, Rune, Sinner even Novak have been guilty of explaining why they played so bad rather than compliment their opponents in recent months. Could this be the new trend? Enjoy 

The final Grand Slam of the year is upon us and its time to make our predictions for who will take the title in New York. We also talk about the controversy sourounding Jannik Sinner. Enjoy 

Being an Olympian is one of the highest honours an athlete can accomplish and this year at the Paris Olympic Games, the tennis was on fire.

Have you ever played that person who gets every ball back with zero pace and frusterates the life out of us? Well we have and this is our tips on how to beat these players so you never have to cry yourself to sleep again. Enjoy

This marks 100 episodes of the Tennis Culture Podcast. We take a look back at our favorite moments over the years, create our dream guest list and set goals for what we want the podcast to be in the future. Thank you all of rbeing part of the ride so far Enjoy 

Catch up with all the news and results from this years Wimbledon  Enjoy 

Will Alcaraz go back to back? Will Iga get her first Wimbledon crown? Will Nelson and Reza make any correct predictions for this years Wimbledon title?  Enjoy

Micth Joyce is an International tennis coach from New Mexico and co-founder of Rock Bottom Cup. Today he talks with the boys about what he sees in the coaching space today inparticular the culture of the game. Enjoy 

Well the clay court season did not diaspoint and the boys are here to break down everything that happened at Roland Garros in 2024. Enjoy 

The second Grand Slam of the year is hear and we breakdown our throughts and predictions for the 2024 Roland Garros title. NOTE: sadly our episode audio was cut short, however we hope you still enjoy the episode

Hugo Straver is a tennis enthusiast from the Netherlands. He fell in love with the sport so much that he created a "tennis The World" a social media platform for tennis fans. Hugo travels all around the world linking up with tennis players and coaches from all walks of life and today he landed in our backyard. Enjoy the chat   

It's great to see Rafa back on clay but is he back in contention to start winnning titles?

The Clay season is here and the boys give their thoughts and predictions on what is to come. Rez and nelson also introduce a new segment to the show called"Racquet Bracket" with the theme of movie characters Enjoy 

What is the Tennis Hall of Fame? What do you need to do to be inducted? And what does it mean to the players?  Enjoy

What is the best form or recovery for tennis? We chat about our experience as players and coaches surrounding recovery in the game of tennis. We also do a short re-cap of Miami 1000 Masters event Enjoy

Indian Wells has come to an end as we inch closer to clay court season. The boys also discuss if tennis players need entry music and Nelson struggles in the commentator challenge. Enjoy

Positive vs negative, good vs bad, rewards vs punishments... What is the perfect way to coach students? What gets the best results? What makes a better person? the boys discuss all things coaching methods on this episode of Tennis Culture Enjouy

What really justifies a DQ in Tennis? We look over the most memorable DQs in tennis and we may just have a solution to solve them all.  Enjoy

This month will mark the first time in over 50 years that the ATP top ten will not feature a one-handed backhander. What does this mean for the game moving forward? We also chat about playing your friends in competition. Is it eaier or harder to play your mates?

How long should a you keep your coach? Coaches jobs are not always safe and today we look at the revolving door of coaches currently doing the rounds in the professional world of tennis Enjoy

We take you through all the highs and lows of the first Grand Slam of the year. Enjoy

Doubles specislist Andrew and Matt sit down with Nelson at the Canberra International to give some pointers on how to be a better doubles team. Enjoy 

The boys break down their predictions for the 2024 Aussie Open live from Melbourne. Enjoy 

Aussie Tennis star Kalya was born and raised in Brisbane Australia. One of the most ubeat personalities on the tour and was a plesure to sit down for a chat

Born and raised in London, England, Harriet comes from a tennis family with both Mum and Dad loving the sport. She sits down with us to chat about her 2024 goals.

German Tennis star Dominik Koepfer hops on the podcast to chat about his tennis journey, how tennis was just a hobby of his before going pro at 18 and his love of Tim Tams

One of the coolest players on tour (Michael Mmoh) sits down with us to chat about the culture of tennis in America, epic tennis matches and the best resturants in Melbounre.

Olympic Silver medilist and Billie Jean King Cup winnner Viktorija Golubic jumps on the podcast ahead of her Canberra International campaign

American tennis pro Katie Volynets not only has the coolest tennis name but also has the coolest tennis attitude. We catch up with Katie on her Birthday to chat about what's in store for 2024.

We kick off the Summer of tennis in our hometown of Canberra, ACT for the first pro tour event of the year. Nelson and Rez have been put on media duites for the tournament and are super excited to share their experience.  

What a year it was for tennis fans. Novak dominates the slams, CoCo wins our hearts and Netflix releases a great insight into the world of professional tennis. Nelson and Rez give their thoughts on the year that was and hand out their yearly report cards to the players. Enjoy 

With 2023 Davis Cup in the books it's time to discuss its place for the year going forward. The boys also explain why you play harder against friends than enemies and share some advice on the best way coaches should be feeding tennis balls.

The world is being taken over by Pickleball and Tadel Tennis and the boys give their take on both sports. What is here to stay and what will be a flash in the pan. Enjoy