The First Serve

23 year old Carol Lee creating history from the Northern Mariana Islands has had a breakout year on tour. She joined Brett Phillips on 'The First Serve Live' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Kooyong Classic will be back for 2026 leading into the Australian Open. Tournament Director Peter Johnstone joined 'The First Serve Live to update the playing field added to Musetti, Khachanov, Bublik and Berrettini for January Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillps is in Turin presenting this weeks show recapping the ATP Finals and Australia's Billie Jean King Cup win. He also chats to ATP Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi, plus Peter Johnstone from the Kooyong Classic with an updated player field. The State of Play is back, plus a feature chat with Carol Lee and her great rise on the tour this year, making history from the Northern Mariana Islands, plu...

On this episode of Tennis in QLD, host Adon Kronk chats one on one with Tennis QLD Chairperson Jane Prentice about her role and the bigger picture of overseeing tennis in a state as big as QLD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beti Sekulovski and Michael Logarzo are back for episode ten for 2025, unpacking the junior tennis landscape in Australia. In this episode, feature guest is the very experienced Slovakian coach Vladimir Platenik who has coached some of the biggest names on the WTA Tour who is currently working with a top 10 junior on her journey. A great listen for players, parents and coaches. Learn more about yo...

Each week on The First Serve, we present The State of Play, going inside the Australian tennis landscape and what our future looks like on the world stage. This week, we reveal a very interesting letter from the inside which might resonate back home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve with the latest news, featuring Lily Taylor: Sophomore at Arizona State University in Phoenix. Lily is from Brisbane. Play USA Tennis Pathways supports athletes who want to go down the college pathway, assisting players to get recruited to a college that meets their academic and athletic goals. If you are a player, paren...

Tennis Australia's Frances Soyer joined The First Serve Live to wrap up the winner of the 12/14's De Minaur Junior Tour Finals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On our trip to the WTA Finals in Riyadh, 20 year old Saudi Arabian Bader Idrees (aspiring pro and hitting partner for the players) joined us to take us inside his journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is live in Turin for the ATP Finals after Alex de Minaur's opening day appearance. The full honour roll of champions of the past week, plus going inside his week in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the WTA Finals including special guest Bader Idrees, Saudi aspiring pro. The State of Play is back, going inside the Australian tennis landscape with an interesting letter, plus a wrap of the 12/...

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 10 for 2025 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 tenth and final episode of the year, Lachlan chats to Nikita Volonski from Sydney who is in his junior year at the University o...

Each week on The First Serve, we present The State of Play, going inside the Australian tennis landscape and what our future looks like on the world stage. This week, we decided to reflect on an interview we aired three years this week with Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley about the State of Australian tennis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tennis Tragic Roddy Reynolds and Tennis Pro Alexandra (Ally) Osborne are back for a great episode ten of The Grind to round out 2025, our dedicated monthly podcast focusing on the Challenger/ITF tours. In this episode, Ally recaps her 9 months on the road, a look back at the last month on the Australian Pro Tour, and looking ahead to the three events left on the Challenger/ITF Tour in Australia fo...

Tennis Australia's Frances Soyer spoke to Brett Phillips about this weeks Australian Junior Tour Finals in Sydney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve with the latest news, featuring Melbourne's Steffi Webb with her announcement signing. Play USA Tennis Pathways supports athletes who want to go down the college pathway, assisting players to get recruited to a college that meets their academic and athletic goals. If you are a player, parent, or coach and are interested...

Brett Phillips is live in Saudi Arabia for the WTA Finals with a few tech difficulties, but managed to get this edition to air, including The State of Play - a recap of the TA CEO Craig Tiley interview, three years this week, plus Aaron Klump the first ever coach of Adam Walton, Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment, beIN Sports Commentator Beti Sekulovski recaps the Aussie pro tou...

Aaron Klump is the first ever coach of Australian top 100 player Adam Walton, who joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live to talk about his journey, also offering up some thoughts about the general state of the game in Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 7 of our new podcast in 2025, 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 is Aussie aspiring pro Sam Dineen from Melbourne who is tackling the college pathway as an entry point to the pro ranks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...

Alex de Minaur has taken down Karen Khachanov in straight sets in just over an our to progress through to the QF's of the Paris Masters and also lock in a spot in the season ending ATP Finals in Turin. Chatting to Brett Phillips post match. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To open his ATP Masters 1000 Paris campaign, Aussie Number 1 Alex de Minaur has had to overcome talented young Canadian Gabriel Diallo (World Number 41) 7-6(8), 4-6, 6-3 to advance to the Round 16, edging closer to securing his spot for Turin. Chatting to Brett Phillips as he stepped off court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the fourth episode of the Masters Zone, hosted by Tim Prince which delves into the ITF Masters tour in Australia and around the world. Feature guests for this episode are Joerg Pfuhl author of a great book about his journey and experiences playing the ITF Masters Tour and respected Australian coach Matt Gregory about coaching older players, plus a full tournaments wrap up from October....

Brett Phillips is back with the latest instalment of 'The State of Play' going inside the landscape of Australian tennis with more of your correspondence and a special guest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The First Serve Live chatted to Tim Connelly from Hume Tennis and Community Centre after his recent induction into the Tennis Coaches Australia Hall of Fame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

beIn Sports Commentator Beti Sekulovski gave us the low down on the latest stop on the Australian Pro Tour for the men and women in Brisbane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve with the latest news. Play USA Tennis Pathways supports athletes who want to go down the college pathway, assisting players to get recruited to a college that meets their academic and athletic goals. If you are a player, parent, or coach and are interested in the college pathway in the United States, contact Lachlan Puyo...