Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis

We have with us today ATP Tour Tennis Professional Dominik Koepfer. Dominik tuned pro in 2016 and has seen a steady climb in the rankings reaching a career high ranking of 61 in September 2020. Many of you may remember Dom’s Round of 16 US Open match in 2019 vs eventual runner-up Danil Medvedev in what was such a tightly contested battle. Dom played his college tennis at Tulane University where he...

We have with us today 12th Year Men’s Head Coach of the Tulane Green Wave, Coach Mark Booras. Coach Booras was named head coach for Tulane men’s tennis in 2008 and was tasked with rebuilding a program that was discontinued for four years as a result of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Since then, Coach Booras has orchestrated the program’s improbable return to national prominence as a top-30 team in the...

Recorded prior to the rescheduling of the 2021 Delray Beach Open, we have with us today former top 70 ATP Tour Professional Jesse Levine. As a 13-year-old in 2001, Jesse won the U.S. Clay Court 14 Nationals singles championship, and as a 15-year-old he won the USTA boys' 16s doubles championship with his doubles partner. As a 17-year-old, Jesse won the 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles championship. Pl...

We are so happy to have with us on tonight Mark Baron, the Tournament Director of the ATP 250 Delray Beach Open...one of my favorite tournaments to cover every year. In what has been a crazy year with the COVID-19 virus, Mark and his team have had to stay extremely nimble with the conditions of the current pandemic situation which has a resulted in certain scheduling changes. For this year, with t...

We have with us today Sandy Mittleman. Sandy has coached tennis players from thirty different countries at the USTA National, ITF, ATP and WTA Tour levels.  Sandy’s coaching of 3 USTA 18s National Champions is proof of his coaching, player development and management skills. We are happy to have him on, so please enjoy this engaging discussion with Sandy Mittleman. Find "Court-Side with Beilinson T...

We are so happy to have with us on tonight the COO of NueroTennis, Mr. Cameron Lickle. Many of you may know Cameron from his partnership with former 7-time Grand Slam Champion, Mats Wilander with their “Wilander on Wheels” program. Cameron is a 2003 graduate of the US Naval Academy where he was a captain of the tennis team in both 2002 and 2003. Currently Cameron is the acting COO for NeuroTennis....

We are privileged to have Chief Tennis Officer and Tournament Director at Universal Tennis, often referred to as “UTR”, Stephen Amritraj join the podcast tonight to discuss the recently announced three-year UTR Pro Tennis Series Tour. Find "Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis": Tennis Channel Podcast Network: https://www.tennis.com/pro-game/podcasts/10/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/courtsidewit...

We have with us today David Zakhodin, a day one "Friend of the Program", to discuss our annual "Year-In-Review" segment. While this segment almost didn’t happen because of the pandemic and we didn’t know how much tennis would be played in 2020, thankfully the tour was able to get in quite a few tournaments in the latter part of the year. Enjoy listening to this fun discussion where we hit on a var...

We are so happy to have on with us tonight both Heath and Lindsay Lee-Waters, the creators of Match Tennis App which at a high level is basically your virtual tournament desk for signing into tennis tournaments and so much more. Lindsay is a former top 35 WTA player and Heath is a veteran ATP/WTA Registered tour coach since 1998. Heath's professional players have won more than 90 professional titl...

We have with us tonight Men’s Head Tennis Coach of the Oklahoma Sooners, Nick Crowell. In four seasons at the helm for the Sooners, Coach Crowell has compiled a record of 65-32 and has led OU to three NCAA tournament berths while coaching three players to All-American honors. He coached the 2017 NCAA Doubles champs in Spencer Papa and Andrew Harris who beat teams ranked 6,3,4, and 1 to take home t...

We are privileged to have on with us Dennis Nevolo, a former top 350 ATP Ranked Professional, a former All-American at the University of Illinois, and a former Illinois High School State Singles Champion. We talk all things junior tennis, college tennis and professional tennis. Dennis gives us specific insight on what it's like to compete at all levels. Enjoy this fun discussion! Find "Court-Side...

We are so happy to have with us on tonight Brad Cox, the current Director of Business Development at TopCourt. TopCourt is an online instruction and storytelling platform enabling tennis fans to learn from the game's best players and top coaches. Brad has quite the tennis background himself in that he trained at IMG Academy from the ages of 14 – 18 and trained with all of the pros that came throug...

We are so happy to have with us on tonight Brittany Collens, a 2017 graduate of the University of Massachusetts. Brittany and her teammates have been in the news as of late because of a recent preposterous, delusional and illogical decision by the NCAA that took away the team’s Atlantic 10 title, along with all three years of their wins due to a $252.00 clerical error which we will get into the de...

We have with us a returning guest in Raheel Manji. Raheel is the Founder and CEO of Mission Elite Performance. Raheel, a former standout collegiate player at Indiana University, former collegiate coach at University of Oklahoma and also a professional tennis title holder, talks about his previous experiences and how it all came together to start Mission Elite. Hope you enjoy listening to this pass...

We are privileged to have Oklahoma State Associate Head Coach Scoville Jenkins on with us tonight. Some of Scoville's accomplishments include the following: On August 16, 2004, at the age of 17, Scoville became the first African-American to capture the Boys' 18 USTA National Hard Court title in singles in the tournament's 89-year history. In 2004, Scoville reached the semi-finals of Junior Wimbled...

We are privileged to have with us former top 30 singles player on the WTA Tour, Tina Pisnik. Tina was a participant of all major slams reaching the third round in the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. Her accomplishments include winning one title on the WTA tour where she defeated two-time slam winner and former number one in the world, Amelie Mauresmo. She also represented her country Slove...

We are super pumped to have with us on tonight Gabby Hesse, who at the age of 22 has already given so much to the sport of tennis. Gabby recently graduated from Florida Southern College where she competed at the collegiate level, and is now in the midst of her first year as part of Tennis for America, a new program formed by the ITA. Hope you enjoy this fun discussion with Gabby! Find "Court-Side...

We are so happy to have with us on tonight, Kristin Geer. Kristin is the CEO of Bleachr LLC, which houses the TennisOne app…a topic that we discuss in some detail as part of our conversation.   Kristin has a unique background in that she has spent 16 years as an investigative reporter, before successfully transitioning her journalism skills to help businesses and organizations tell their stories…w...

We are privileged to have with us newly appointed Men’s Interim Head Tennis Coach at Baylor University, Michael Woodson. Coach Woodson is entering his 5th season with the Baylor Bears where Coach Woodson and his program are looking forward to doing some pretty big things this upcoming season. Prior to Coach Woodson’s time at Baylor, Coach Woodson both played and then coached at Valparaiso Universi...

We have with us tonight Randy Walker, a sports marketing, communications and media specialist – and the Managing Partner of New Chapter Media – based in New York City. Randy is most noted for his work in the tennis industry, highlighted by a 12-year stint in the Marketing and Communications division of the United States Tennis Association that featured work on 13 U.S. Open championships, 22 U.S. D...

We are so happy to have with us a return guest on tonight, Steve Flink. Steve is a sports journalist who has been a columnist and editor with such magazines as World Tennis Magazine, Tennis Magazine, Tennis Week and Tennis Channel.  In 2017, Steve was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in the Contributor category. Tonight, we will focus on Steve’s newest book which is called “Pete Sa...

Tonight, we have with us returning guest Luke Jensen who just finished a remarkable season with World Team Tennis and taking home the Championship in one of the most dramatic fashions we have ever seen in this competition. Luke has basically contributed in every which way you can to the sport of tennis. Whether it was his successful professional career which included winning the French Open double...

Recorded slightly before the shocking news of the cutting of the Iowa Men's Tennis Program which will occur after the 2020-2021 season, we spoke with 6th Year Men’s Head Coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes, Coach Ross Wilson. During his six years as Iowa’s head coach, Coach Wilson has coached three All-Big Ten honorees and a number of student-athletes into the program’s top wins lists. Eight of Wilson’s st...

We have with us today 4th Year Men’s Head Tennis Coach of the Wichita State Shockers, Danny Bryan. Coach Bryan played his collegiate tennis at LSU where he ranks among LSU’s all-time wins leaders; Tennis runs deep in his family as his father and three uncles played collegiate tennis, while his grandfather played professionally. Currently, Coach Bryan is doing a great job leading his Wichita State...

Tonight we have with us returning guest Carlos Silva who just finished a remarkable season with World Team Tennis. By way of an introduction, Carlos joined World Team Tennis as CEO in January of 2019 to lead the organization forward. A veteran media and digital executive, Carlos has built and sold companies in the TV and Media convergence space over the last 25 years. He has also raised more than...