Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis

So much fun to have with us today a Texas A&M lifer...Head Women's Tennis Coach Mark Weaver. Coach Weaver played his collegiate tennis for the Aggies in the early 90s; he later served six years as a volunteer coach for the A&M women’s team before being hired as the women’s assistant coach in 2007, and then eventually becoming the head coach for the women’s team on July 30, 2015. Please welcome to...

Recorded before the recent changing of coaching roles, we have with us today Vanderbilt University’s longest tenured coach, Geoff Macdonald. Coach Macdonald is in his 27th season as the head coach of the women’s tennis team. He’s won three National Coach of the Year honors, several Conference Coach of the Year honors, he’s guided his team to a National Championship in 2015, and as a player, he won...

We are privileged to have with us University of Notre Dame Men's Assistant Coach Greg Andrews who returned to his alma matter where he was a two-time captain just five seasons ago. During his career, Coach Andrews reached a No. 20 national ranking in singles and a No. 7 national ranking in doubles. He ranks second in program history in dual doubles wins (68); third in overall doubles wins (93); fi...

We are happy to have with us tonight first year Head Coach at Clemson University, Robbie Weiss. While this is Coach Weiss’ first year as a head coach, by no means is this his first rodeo in coaching. He most recently came over to Clemson after having spent three years as the Assistant Coach at Alabama. As a player, Coach Weiss won the high school state championship in Illinois; he also won the NCA...

I am absolutely honored to have with us Wheelchair Tennis Professional, Dana Mathewson. When I originally heard Dana's story, I knew I had to get her on the pod. Dana has had Paralympic experiences and also numerous grand slam wheelchair tennis experiences, including competing at the past three US Opens. One of the coolest things about conducting my podcast is being introduced to and meeting such...

Tonight we have with us Coach Todd Wojtkowski who is in his 12th season at the helm of the Case Western Reserve University men's tennis team and has built Case Western into one of the top programs in Division III during his time with the squad. Before the 2020 season was cut short, his Case Western Reserve Spartans compiled an 18-1 record and were ranked 9th in the ITA poll while also holding the...

So great to have Ohio State Men's Tennis Coach Ty Tucker join in on this episode. Coach Tucker has battled both against and teamed with Andre Agassi in his junior days; he won nine USTA National Titles and was a finalist 11 times; and has been the current Head Coach at Ohio State for over 20 years, having tremendous success. Enjoy listening to Coach Tucker's journey as he talks all things tennis....

Recorded Pre-COVID-19, such a fun discussion with Denny Schackter. Denny has worked in various capacities in the Tennis Industry for over 50 years. Denny was the Head Tennis Coach of the Wisconsin Badgers from 1972-1981; he was a 2008 Inductee into the Wisconsin High School Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame; he has served on a number of committees at across various levels…more numbers than I can count,...

Recorded Pre-COVID-19, we are so happy to have with us on tonight, the Head Coach of both the Men’s and Women’s teams for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks, Coach Frank Barnes. Coach Barnes has been the men’s head tennis coach since 2002 and the women’s head tennis coach since 2003. Both teams have recently experienced some of the best years in school history. Coach Barnes is also th...

Such a fun time talking to New Trier Trevians Boys Head Tennis Coach Tad Eckert. Coach Eckert was the 1989 Illinois High School State Singles Champion and part of a two-time Team State Champion in 1987 and 1988 at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. Coach Eckert played collegiately at the University of Notre Dame where his 1992 team finished 2nd in the NCAAs. And in Coach Eckert's 12 year...

We have with us tonight former stand-out player and former coach both at the University of Miami, Laura Vallverdu. Laura is now the Associate Director of Player Development & Academy Manager at Miami Beach Tennis Academy and is also the Founder of “Tennis Between Lines”. We hope you enjoy listening to this great discussion as Laura takes us on her tennis journey starting from a young child all the...

So fun to speak with professional tennis coach, Marc Lucero.  Marc is the current coach for both Nicole Gibbs and Stevie Johnson. By way of background, Marc played his collegiate tennis at Boston College, he also coached at the collegiate level for Princeton University and he was also a USTA Developmental Coach for several years. Please enjoy listening to this fun conversation with Marc.

Recorded Pre-COVID-19, such a privilege to have with us the current CEO of the United States Professional Tennis Association, John Embree. John is a tennis industry veteran. John has been President for Prince Americas and also spent 17 years at Wilson Sporting Goods where he held a variety of positions including Vice President/General Manager in the Racquet Sports Division. John serves on the Boar...

Tonight, we have the privilege of speaking with Pete Holtermann, a Tennis Media/Public Relations veteran. Pete has worked for the ATP Tour and for ESPN. He is the current Media Director for the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati and is also the current Media Director for the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships in Houston. He is the President and Founder of HolterMedia, Inc. In this discussion,...

Tonight, we have Carlos Silva who joined World Team Tennis (WTT) as CEO in January of 2019 to lead the organization forward. Carlos led expansion team efforts in Las Vegas and Orlando. He also led the efforts to partner with CBS Sports and ESPN to broadcast the WTT in 2019.  A veteran media and digital executive, Carlos has built and sold companies in the TV and Media convergence space over the la...

It's a privilege to have with us tennis industry veteran, Anne Worcester. Anne has been a past CEO of the WTA Tour, she was the Director of the Connecticut Open for over 20 years and is now the current President of Universal Tennis, often referred to as "UTR”. Anne discusses all of the very exciting events occurring at UTR. Hope you enjoy listening! 

Such a privilege to have Prim Siripipat on the "Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis" podcast. Prim was a former anchor on ESPN’s SportsCenter and has also made several appearances on ESPN Radio. Currently, Prim has started a podcast called “The Next Chapter” in which Prim talks to a wide variety of athletes about what it was like transitioning to the next part of their lives after the final whistle. ...

Such an amazing privilege to have Hall of Fame sports journalist Steve Flink join us on the "Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis" podcast. Steve 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. We will get into Steve's career j...

Had such a great discussion with current National Manager and Head Coach of USA Wheelchair Tennis, Jason Harnett. Jason walks us through his journey through the sport of tennis and talks about how he got involved in his current pathway, teaching Wheelchair Tennis.

Had such a fun time talking to Todd Widom, a former ATP Tour player who also played at the University of Miami. Todd is currently teaching a select group of juniors in Broward County, Florida. As Todd explains on this episode, his teaching of these select juniors is not to be described as a tennis academy.

We had the privilege of having Under Review's Craig Shapiro give us a first-hand perspective of what the past few days have felt like at Indian Wells. Craig was in Indian Wells a few days before the event was about to start and also stayed a few days after it was announced that the tournament was being cancelled.

Such a privilege to have former Texas Tech Men's Tennis Coach Tim Siegel join us on the "Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis" podcast. The focus of our conversation is on Tim's son, Luke, who suffered a traumatic brain injury shortly after Tim retired from coaching college tennis. Without going into much detail of our conversation in this description, we urge you to listen to Tim speak about his unbe...

We recap the week that was at the Delray Beach Open. From Qualies to the Final Sunday, we go behind-the-scenes as we covered the event first-hand in Delray. From the amazing podcast with James Blake who was in attendance for the ATP Champions Tour event, to Saturday night with Coco, and to the Bryan Brothers winning another title in Delray, have a listen to what was such a fun week of tennis!

We bring in return guest, Natalie Mikolich, Director of Media for the Delray Beach Open. Natalie talks about what it's like from a media perspective in running a professional tennis tournament, along with discussing the highlights of this specific tournament in Delray.

Such a privilege to have James Blake join the "Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis" podcast. We dive deep into James' mindset when he faced Andre Agassi in the classic 2005 US Open Quarterfinal match under the lights in New York. We break down the 5th set tiebreaker point-by-point with James as he describes what it was like to play in one of the best matches under the lights in NYC.