Podcast appearances and mentions of Carl Bialik

Returning guest Matt Marolf (@mattmarolf), who writes match previews for big tournaments year-round, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik after the 2023 U.S. Open to recap the tournament and Matt's prescient picks, predict the careers of the finalists, and air grievances about the sport we love and love to find ways to make better. Links: Matt on Twitter Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything else you want to say? Email Carl at bialik@pm.me Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."  

Jeff Sackmann, proprietor of the stats and history site Tennis Abstract, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about Battles, Boycotts, and Breakouts: 1973 Redux, Jeff's project to revisit memorable moments from the pivotal tennis season of a half-century ago. Carl and Jeff discuss the 50th anniversary of equal prize money at the U.S. Open, what made 1973 special, and how 2023 might look 50 years from now.  Links: 1973 Redux Tennis Abstract Jeff on Twitter Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2023 U.S. Open. Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything else you want to say? Email Carl at bialik@pm.me Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."

Returning guest Jim Chairusmi, part of the Wall Street Journal's team covering the 2023 U.S. Open, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about tennis pros leaving the sport to play pickleball, and how the Average Joe, Jane, and Jim would do against pro tennis players. Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2023 U.S. Open. Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything else you want to say? Email Carl at bialik@pm.me Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."

Returning guest Giri Nathan, who writes about tennis for Defector and Racquet, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about his experience covering the French Open and Wimbledon in person for the first time, how tennis speeding up might have slowed it down, and the joys of Wide Tennis and Greek Yogurt. Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2023 U.S. Open. Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything else you want to say? Email Carl at bialik@pm.me Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."

Returning guest Matt Marolf (@mattmarolf), who writes match previews for big tournaments year-round, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik after they played a tennis match ahead of the 2023 U.S. Open to preview the tournament, explain his process for researching players and matches, share insights from a week on the grounds before the event began, and rant about the sport's rulebook.

This year, I ranked the top 128 players of the last 100 years. I wrote long-form essays about each one, which I've published over the last eleven months. Carl Bialik joined me for a podcast episode to mark the end of the project. We solicited questions, and many of you came through--we ended up with a list of over 200 questions! Spoiler alert: Even after three hours, we didn't get through them all. I may write something in the next couple of weeks touching on some of the questions we didn't have time for. We talk about the algorithm, players with controversial rankings (or no rankings at all), reactions to the project, and much, much more.

Returning guest Matt Marolf, who writes match previews for big tournaments year-round, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik after they played a windy tennis match to wrap the 2022 U.S. Open, preview the rest of the season, and solve all of tennis's problems along the way: how a change to the scoring system could simplify the fan experience and prevent late finishes, what to do about faulty let calls, which singles runner-up will win their first major first, and what to watch for at Laver Cup and the WTA tour finals. Links: Matt Marolf on Twitter Thirty Love returned for a mini-season around the 2022 U.S. Open. Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything else you want to say? Email Carl at bialik@pm.me Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."

Jeff Sackmann, proprietor of the stats and history site Tennis Abstract, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about the Tennis 128, Jeff's project to name and profile the 128 greatest tennis players from 1919 to the present. Carl and Jeff discuss the project's progress, whether players at the U.S. Open have a shot at better spots, and how Jeff will handle the response when he unveils his algorithm's ranking of the very best.  Links: The Tennis 128 Tennis Abstract Jeff on Twitter (while he's still there, anyway) Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2022 U.S. Open. Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything else you want to say? Email Carl at bialik@pm.me Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."

Returning guest Caitlin Thompson, co-founder of Racquet, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to catch up on what's new at her tennis media company: Racquet House, Ambush Tennis, and dealmaking. We also talk about junior wheelchair tennis at the U.S. Open, what makes something Racquet, and what she has learned about her audience. Links: Caitlin on Twitter Racquet on Twitter Racquet in Hellgate Racquet House Ambush Tennis 1976 Davis Cup final Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2022 U.S. Open. Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything else you want to say? Email Carl at bialik@pm.me Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."

Returning guest Jim Chairusmi, part of the Wall Street Journal's team covering the 2022 U.S. Open, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik the day after Serena Williams's loss in what she has said will be her final tournament, to talk about what's next for her and he sister Venus Williams. We also talk about what's left in the tournament and memories of Tom Perrotta. Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2022 U.S. Open. Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything else you want to say? Email Carl at bialik@pm.me Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."

Returning guest Giri Nathan, who writes about tennis for Defector and Racquet, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik the day after Serena Williams's loss in what she has said will be her final tournament, to talk about what he saw at her last match of this tournament. We also talk about whether there will ever be an event like her retirement at a future Open, and about Nathan being awarded the inaugural Tom Perrotta Prize for Tennis Journalism by the International Tennis Writers Association during this year's tournament. Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2022 U.S. Open. Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything else you want to say? Email Carl at bialik@pm.me Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."

Filmmaker Barney Douglas, director of the new Showtime documentary "McEnroe," joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about how a non-tennis diehard came to make a film about John McEnroe, how New York City became a costar, the interview that got away, and which tennis figure he'd want to profile next. Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2022 U.S. Open. Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything else you want to say? Email Carl at bialik@pm.me Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."

Returning guest Matt Marolf, who writes match previews for big tournaments year-round and teaches Thirty Love host Carl Bialik a thing or two on the court in between, joins the show to preview the 2022 U.S. Open: how far Serena Williams can go, what her entry in the doubles draw means, favorites in the women's and men's draws, and tips for attending the tournament. Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2022 U.S. Open. Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything else you want to say? Email Carl at bialik@pm.me Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."

Returning guest Ian Katz, who has been playing and following tennis for nearly 50 years, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to weigh in on major tennis debates ahead of the 2022 U.S. Open: should head-to-head records count when evaluating who is the most accomplished player, should the sport allow in-match coaching, and more. Thirty Love is back for a mini-season around the 2022 U.S. Open. Have feedback, a suggestion for a Thirty Love guest, or anything else you want to say? Email Carl at bialik@pm.me Music by Lee Rosevere: "Credit Roll" and "Glass Android."

We're up to #115 in The Tennis 128, my year-long countdown of the greatest players of the last century. Carl joins me to talk about #115 herself, Rosie Casals. We also do a book-club episode of sorts, discussing Grace Lichtenstein's 1974 book, A Long Way, Baby, which covered the 1973 WTA season, including plenty of great material on Casals. Carl and I talk about whether the 2020s game would allow for such an insider's account of a year on tour, why players seem less unique than Rosie and her peers did, and whether Casals's reputation does her justice. We consider whether today's game would be better off with top players who are more committed to competing week-in, week-out, whether 1970s-style barnstorming would open up new markets for tennis, and why Margaret Court got massacred on Mother's Day and Billie Jean straight-setted the same opponent a few months later. Also, Jeff answers a few questions about The Tennis 128 so far.

Carl Bialik rejoins the podcast to talk about player #127 on the Tennis 128, Stan Wawrinka. We consider how he improved so late in his career, what role Magnus Norman played in the transformation, how he might have fared in other eras, and much more. We start by recapping some highlights from the Australian Open, particularly the domination of Ashleigh Barty and the difficulty of forecasting a return to form such as the one we saw from Rafael Nadal. If you've had enough Australian Open talk by now, skip to start of the Wawrinka discussion at 28:15.

A digressive novel centered on a 16th-century real tennis match inspires a discussion that strays far afield from the contents of the book itself. Carl Bialik and I get into the advantages and difficulties of writing blow-by-blow descriptions of points, how many numbers is too many numbers, the various ways theatrical productions depict tennis, and why tennis fans seem so insecure.

How much do we need to revise our assessment of Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal after their early losses in Monte Carlo this year? Carl Bialik and I discuss the week that was in the principality from many angles, starting with those two key upsets. Is Stefanos Tsitsipas now the biggest threat to Nadal at Roland Garros? Has Djokovic fallen back to the pack? Has Rafa lost a step? Is Dan Evans someone worth watching on clay now? Can a slice backhand ever be a weapon on a slow surface? What can flat hitters do to overcome their disadvantage on clay? We have lots of questions, and offer at least a few potential answers.

Ashe's 1993 memoir gives us a chance to get inside the mind of one of the most important figures in tennis history. He was the first African American man to rise to the top of the tennis world, played a leading role in the professionalization of the sport, took on apartheid South Africa, captained the U.S. Davis Cup team through the turbulent Connors-McEnroe era, and ultimately used his battle with AIDS as an opportunity to educate the public and raise money to fight the disease. Carl Bialik and I talk about whether he is sufficiently remembered in tennis today, whether his game was as mercurial as he claimed, how he compares to Billie Jean King, and whether we should chill out about the latest round of changes to the Davis Cup.

Carl Bialik joins me for a recap of the Miami Open, with a particular focus on the Italian teenager who reached the final there. Sinner has a relatively weak first serve, but seems to do everything else right. We talk about how to balance what he is with what he could be, the importance of his evident emotional maturity, whether he'll eventually win more first serve points, how well he'll fare on clay this year, and just how much we can compare him with Rafael Nadal. We also touch on the man who beat Sinner in the Miami final, Hubert Hurkacz. Is a 24-year-old without any obvious elite-level weapons still on the rise, or will the Masters 1000 title mark his career peak?

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Tennis blogger Briana Foust tells host Carl Bialik how she became hooked on tennis, why she chose Rafa over Roger, and who will fulfill her hashtag #BlackPeopleSavingUSTennis in the future. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Bri on Twitter: https://twitter.com/4TheTennis Bri's blog: https://openerareview.wordpress.com/

Newly minted ATP University graduate Dino Marcan tells host Carl Bialik what he learned at tennis school, what it was like attending two months after retiring, and how he plans to stay involved in tennis. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Dino on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DinoMarcan

Gerry Marzorati, who writes about tennis for newyorker.com and Racquet magazine and is the author of "Late to the Ball," joins host Carl Bialik to recap the ATP season and look ahead to 2018 in tennis. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Marzorati on Twitter: https://twitter.com/marzoTennis Marzorati at the newyorker.com: https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/gerald-marzorati

Tennis writers Chloé Cooper Jones (GQ) and Giri Nathan (Deadspin) join host Carl Bialik to watch, then talk about, the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan. Will any of these guys ever win a Slam, or even qualify for the ATP Finals in London? Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Chloé on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CCooperJones Giri on Twitter: https://twitter.com/girinathan

Marty Smith, longtime director of tennis at the New York Athletic Club, joins host Carl Bialik to talk about his new book, "Absolute Tennis," and what the tennis strokes of the future might look like. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartySmithAT His book website: http://www.absolutetennis.net/

USTA Pro Circuit broadcaster Mike Cation joins host Carl Bialik to talk about how he got his dream job calling Challenger Tour events and what it's like to travel the circuit alongside players. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeCTennis Watch USTA Pro Circuit matches: https://www.usta.com/en/home/pro/pro-tennis-events/usta-pro-circuit-men-s-live-streaming.html

Eleanor Crooks, tennis correspondent for the Press Association, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about Caroline Wozniacki's triumph in Singapore, the state of British women's tennis, and what to look forward to at the ATP's World Tour Finals in London. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Crooks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EleanorcrooksPA Crooks in Romania in April: https://twitter.com/EleanorcrooksPA/status/855778538695380996

Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about her lifetime love of the sport and what she learned from reading the tennis writings of David Foster Wallace and Brad Gilbert. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Margaret on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sulliview

Playwright Anna Ziegler joins Carl Bialik to talk about her off-Broadway play, "The Last Match," about a US Open semifinal between an aging great and a young upstart. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. "The Last Match": https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/The-Last-Match.aspx Anna on Twitter: https://twitter.com/abziegs

Don Van Natta Jr., senior writer at ESPN the Magazine, joins host Carl Bialik to talk about his investigation into the famous 1973 exhibition match won by Billie Jean King over Bobby Riggs. Van Natta's explosive reporting suggested that Riggs was paid to throw the match. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Van Natta's 2013 ESPN article and "Outside The Lines" segment http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/9589625/the-match-maker Van Natta's The Sunday Long Read newsletter and podcast http://www.sundaylongread.com/ Van Natta on Twitter https://twitter.com/DVNJr

Tom Perrotta, who writes about tennis for the Wall Street Journal, the Weekly Standard, and other outlets, joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about Laver Cup, the races for No. 1, and whom to watch in the fall. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPerrotta

Wall Street Journal sports columnist Jason Gay joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik right after the 2017 US Open's finale to put Rafael Nadal's title in historical context, celebrate the American women's domination, and wonder if tennis can ever return to its glory days of peak U.S. fandom in the aftermath of the Battle of the Sexes. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere.

GQ contributor Chloé Cooper Jones joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik at the US Open to talk about her recent profile of Austrian star Dominic Thiem, why his narrative seems harder for fans to embrace and why she finds it moving and profound. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Cooper Jones on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CCooperJones Cooper Jones's profile of Thiem in GQ: https://www.gq.com/story/dominic-thiem-us-open-2017-profile

The Paris Review's Rowan Ricardo Phillips joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about the European who crashed the all-American US Open women's semifinals, how the blue clay of Flushing is shaping the tournament, and how he traverses the tennis multiverse with the sport in his bones. (He's a poet.) Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Phillips on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RowanRicardo

Louisa Thomas rejoins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik to talk about the all-American women's semifinals; the prospect of a Federer-Nadal meeting, at last, in New York; and what it's like to revisit tennis greats at different stages of her career -- and theirs. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Thomas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/louisahthomas Thomas's archive on newyorker.com: http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/louisa-thomas Thomas on Dustin Brown: http://grantland.com/the-triangle/adventures-in-wonderlawn-living-the-surreal-life-at-wimbledon/

Tennis journalist and historian Andras Ruszanov joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik at the US Open to talk about his dogged research through graveyards and news databases to unearth the untold stories of every man and woman who has ever played a Grand Slam singles match. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Ruszanov on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DB4Tennis Ruszanov's tennis database: http://www.db4tennis.com/

Blair Henley -- who works in tennis media and emcees from Court 17 throughout the US Open -- joins Thirty Love on her birthday to talk to host Carl Bialik about her DJ duties, how she researches juniors before their matches, and how she's turned her passion into tennis multimedia stardom. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Henley on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlairHenley The immortal Sam Querrey GIF: https://vine.co/v/O0315Pp1xjY/embed/simple

Chris Widmaier -- managing director of corporate communications for the USTA, which runs the US Open -- talks to host Carl Bialik about the brashest, noisiest Slam; how he got his start in PR; and big changes coming to the Open in the next two years. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere.

Chilean doubles star Hans Podlipnik speaks to host Carl Bialik in the US Open players lounge about how he transitioned to the doubles game, why choosing a partner is like dating, and why he finds Manhattan relaxing. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere. Podlipnik's ATP page https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/hans-podlipnik-castillo/pb37/overview

Two-time US Open champ Tracy Austin -- a Tennis Hall of Famer and Tennis Channel analyst -- joins host Carl Bialik to talk about extending a tennis career and the sport's top thinkers and problem solvers. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere.

Alex Duff -- professional tennis photographer and longtime tennis player, tennis fan and Roger Federer fan -- joins host Carl Bialik to talk about what makes some Federer fans so annoying.  Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere.

Newyorker.com contributing writer Louisa Thomas joins host Carl Bialik to talk about our Wimbledon champions, the reign of King Roger and the burden of experience. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere.   Louisa Thomas's articles from Wimbledon on Venus Williams and Roger Federer: http://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/venus-williams-is-dominating-wimbledon http://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/the-general-joy-of-roger-federer-wimbledon-champion-once-again Follow Louisa on Twitter: https://twitter.com/louisahthomas

Tennis writer Tom Perrotta, Thirty Love's first repeat guest, join host Carl Bialik from London on Middle Sunday of Wimbledon to talk about the immensely entertaining women's draw, the Big Four's chances and biggest threat, and what makes Wimbledon special. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere.

Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Gay joins host Carl Bialik to talk Wimbledon, the year of the geezers, Jason's first trip to the French Open and his own tennis game. Produced by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere.

U.K.-based freelance tennis writer Tumaini Carayol joins Thirty Love host Carl Bialik from the WTA event in Mallorca to talk about the return to the WTA of Victoria Azarenka and Petra Kvitova, why Novak Djokovic might need a break from tennis, and his own unlikely career path. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere.

Sulaiman Ijaz joins host Carl Bialik, his college classmate and friend, to describe how he fell for Federer, what he expects from the grass season and why Nadal is so dangerous when he gets to the second week of Wimbledon. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere.   More on Ijaz's 2015 column about Federer and cricket: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2015/02/17/roger-federer-upsets-pakistani-fans-with-indian-cricket-jersey/ Federer responds: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/66571611/tennis-superstar-roger-federer-says-he-supported-indian-cricket-team-as-part-of-a-nike-campaign

ESPN's Bonnie Ford joins host Carl Bialik to talk Rafael Nadal's 10th French Open title, Jelena Ostapenko's first tour-level title and where tennis fits in Ford's far-ranging sportswriting career. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere.

Reem Abulleil, managing editor and tennis writer for sport360.com, joins host Carl Bialik from the French Open press room to talk about Ons Jabeur's historic run, her hectic Grand Slam schedule, and appreciating Kristina Mladenovic and Pablo Carreño Busta. Music by Lee Rosevere.

Tennis writer and play-by-play man Ravi Ubha joins host Carl Bialik from the U.K. to break down the just-released French Open draws, welcome back Petra Kvitova and trace his love of tennis back to a French Open 33 years ago. Produced and edited by Jorge Estrada, with music by Lee Rosevere.