Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis

It's Delray Beach Open Preview Time...Listen in as Blair Henley and I talk about all of the great events and players highlighted in this year's Delray Beach Open!!

This legendary tennis star and now current tennis commentator, Chris Evert, joins in for this episode on the "Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis" pod as we discuss a number of items including a slightly different angle on her long-time rivalry with Martina Navratilova, her current views on US tennis players, along with a description on what you can experience at the Evert Academy. This was truly a t...

Tonight, we have Natalie Mikolich join us on the pod.  Natalie is going into her second year of being Director of Media for the Delray Beach Open, a men’s ATP 250 Tournament in February. And as you’ll hear during our discussion, Natalie is quite the tennis player as well where she helped her team capture an NCAA Title back in the early 2000s.  

Such a privilege to have Jeff Salzenstein join us on the podcast. Jeff is a former Top 100 tennis player on the ATP Tour, a Stanford University All-American and graduate, and founder and creator of Tennis Evolution where you can find so many great videos on YouTube and also subscribe to so many of his great courses. Hope you enjoy listening!!

We are so happy to have with us on tonight, Denver Pioneers Men's Associate Head Coach, Drew Eberly. Coach Eberly is in his fifth season on the coaching staff with the Denver Pioneers Men’s Tennis Team and second as associate head coach.  Since joining the program, Coach Eberly has helped Denver to three Summit League titles (2015, 2016, 2017) and three NCAA tournament appearances (2015, 2016, 201...

Such a privilege to have with us Allistair McCaw. Allistair is recognized as one of the world’s leading figures in team culture, leadership and mindset. For over 25 years, Allistair has worked with numerous Olympians, Paralympians, World Champion Athletes, Grand Slam Champions and NCAA College teams. An author of three books and a keynote speaker, Allistair consults with coaches, leaders (sports a...

Such a fun conversation with 14-year-old Next Gen Tennis Podcaster, Sal Katz. Sal breaks down the big events that occurred in the tennis world in 2019 and also looks ahead to what's in store in 2020. Enjoy listening, as Sal breaks it all down for us.

Such a privilege to have David Zakhodin, a friend of the program since we all started this back a few years ago, to participate in the 2019 "Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis" Year-End Segment. We talk the Big Three, we talk Next Gen and we talk a lot about items in between. Always a pleasure to conduct the Year-End Segments with David. Hope you enjoy listening!!

Such a privilege to have Luke Jensen on the podcast. Luke has been a grand slam doubles champion (teaming with his younger brother), a college All-American at USC , a tennis analyst on ESPN, former coach of the Syracuse University women’s team for over seven years, and he’s now involved in World Team Tennis, along with being the current Director of Racquet Sports at the West Side Tennis Club in Fo...

Fresh off covering the Nitto ATP Finals in London, we have tennis reporter Blair Henley break down the highlights of the week's event. 

It is with great privilege to have with us on a long-time college coach who spent over 20 years coaching at LSU from a period of 1991 - 2012, he’s hosted two Tennis Shows focusing on College Sports that have aired on both Tennis Channel and on FOX Sports, and recently he’s been traveling a bit teaching young tennis players and presenting on the importance of Mental Toughness. Hope you enjoy listen...

Such a privilege to have with us on tonight Billy Heiser, current coach of Top 20 tennis player, Alison Riske and also part of the coaching team for Dominik Koepfer. Hear Billy talk about his journey through the sport of tennis and talk about the recent success of a couple of his current players.

It is with great privilege to have with us on tonight, Strong Kirchheimer. Strong is a Northwestern University Alum and is currently competing professionally on the ATP Tour.

Such a privilege to have former USTA Pro Circuit competitor and current tennis teaching professional, Aaron Rusnak, join the “Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis” pod. Aaron walks us through his tennis journey describing how he got started in this great sport, his experiences on the USTA Pro Circuit from the years 2002-2008 and also sharing his unbelievable passion for passing on his knowledge and wi...

Welcome back to Episode 4 of "The Journey - Life on Tour with Jimmy Bendeck". Jimmy takes us through his tournaments in Houston and in Harlingen, Texas. Jimmy also talks about an awesome experience playing in an exhibition with Sam Querrey, Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan.  Hope you enjoy listening as we continue on this journey with Jimmy!

I hope you all enjoy listening to my thoughts on the following three items: (i) my proposal regarding certain changes for the Fall Season on the ATP Tour; (ii) the nonsense of defending points on a yearly basis; and (iii) all of the awesomeness that occurred during this past weekend's Laver Cup event in Geneva, Switzerland.

Have a laugh and hear one of the funniest individuals you will ever find on Twitter as University of Georgia alum and newly-turned tennis professional Kennedy Shaffer joins "Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis". Kennedy talks about her idolization of Rafael Nadal, Bianca Andreescu's mental toughness and her own near-term plans in professional tennis.

Welcome to Episode 3 of "The Journey - Life on Tour with Jimmy Bendeck". Hear Jimmy walk us through his first full week on tour where he happened to win the title with his doubles partner, along with discussing his current tournament where he is competing at the 125k Challenger in New Haven, Connecticut. 

Listen to Episode 2 of "The Journey - Life on Tour with Jimmy Bendeck" . Hear Jimmy walk us through his travels to his first Futures Event in Cancun, Mexico and describe some of the elements that all players have to face while participating in this tournament.

Such an honor and privilege to hear from former U.S. Davis Cup Captain, former U.S. Olympic Coach and former Director of Coaching for the USTA Player Development Program, Tom Gullikson. We hear Tom talk about how he got involved in the sport of tennis, his unconventional path to turning professional, his more natural progression into coaching, and of course, so many great stories involving the lik...

We introduce our first episode of our new project: "The Journey - Life on Tour with Jimmy Bendeck". We are so excited to launch this collaborative project with Baylor University All-American and newly turned tennis professional Jimmy Bendeck. This is the first episode of what will be an every week (or every other week) 10-15 minute mini-podcast with Jimmy as he describes his journey of what it's l...

Such a fun conversation with Baylor University All-American Jimmy Bendeck. Jimmy shares his tennis journey with us which includes a story of him being in Sports Illustrated at the age of 12. Shortly after appearing in Sports Illustrated, Jimmy then goes into some detail on how he had to fight through a number of serious injuries during his junior career. Despite such adversity, Jimmy was still abl...

It was a privilege to sit down and talk with former University of Michigan All-American and current tennis professional Evan King after one of Evan's matches competing at the Nielsen Pro Championship in Winnetka, IL. Evan walks us through his junior and collegiate highlights and experiences, along with describing his most enjoyable part of being a professional tennis player.

It was a privilege to have with us the third First Team All-American from the University of Kansas, Nina Khmelnitckaia, on our recent podcast. Nina discusses how she got involved in the sport, her successful junior career and her amazing collegiate experiences at the University of Kansas. We hope you enjoy listening to this conversation!  (photo credit to Jeff Jacobson)

It was a privilege to spend some time with recent University of Kansas graduate and First Team All-American, Anastasia Rychagova. We discuss how Nas got involved in the sport, how one of her teammates helped bring her to the University of Kansas, and also discuss her number one ranking in the entire country in collegiate tennis during her junior year. Yet what is probably the most meaningful part...