Tennisnerd - Where we bond over tennis

One of your favorite podcast guests, Nikola Aracic, from Intuitive Tennis, is back on the pod! This was a marathon one. Sadly, there were some audio/video sync issues, so the video version covers around 50% of the topics discussed here. But the audio should give you PLENTY of interesting topics to dive into. I hope you like it! Timestamps: 00:00 We are tennis nerds  10:00 Tennis is a confidence ga...

Karue Sell is an ex-pro player who still competes at a high level on the UTR circuit. He is on the Marcos Giron coaching team and runs MyTennisHQ, a popular website and YouTube channel.  He has now released a coaching platform with his friend, ex-pro player Klay Thompson called MPROOV . We talked about how YouTubers hurt your tennis, the experience of playing table tennis with Roger Federer, and m...

Juan is the co-founder of Restring, a company developing tennis strings with a focus on sustainability, durability and snapback. Their first string, Restring Zero, has garnered lots of praise and we sat down to talk about the journey with Restring, developing strings, being a hitting partner to the pros and much more. As always, video episode on YouTube and more tennis on tennisnerd.net Get 10% of...

Coach Karl Adrian joins me to go through the US Open draw. "Adri" has been in several Tennisnerd videos, is now on the ATP player Roman Safiullin team, and runs the Tennis Valley Academy in Estepona, Spain. In this episode, we look at the men's and the women's draws and make predictions.

Dylan Gee is a London-based tennis coach who has built a strong following with the Instagram account @tenniswithdylan. He used to play professional tennis and is now mixing tennis coaching with sports modeling and influencer engagements. We talk about his passion for coaching, meeting Alcaraz, the rise of Chinese tennis, and much more.

I sit down with my friend, ex-pro, and stringer, Nikki Roenn. We talk about the conditions for stringers and his recent experiences stringing at tour events.

Davor Dekaris is a tennis director of Tchefuncta Country Club in Covington, Louisiana. He is an ex-pro player turned tennis coach who has had significant success with his brand Tennis Haus. We talk about everything from professional tennis life, to coaching club players, the state of tennis, and content creation.

Meike Babel is a former WTA top 30 player who now works as a coach and is building a strong online following. She is refreshingly open and honest, and we had a great conversation, which I hope you all will enjoy! If you do, please subscribe to the podcast.  

Grigory "Grisha" Kuklin is an aspiring pro player and content creator with his brand name Gladiators Tennis. He has been a hitting partner to top pros like Medvedev and Rublev and documents his journey on the ITF Tour on his YouTube channel. He is refreshingly honest and energetic, and we had a lot of fun in this hour of conversation.

Sarah Koudouzian is a bestselling author and fitness entrepreneur. She was once a high-ranked aspiring pro, but a nasty injury crushed her tennis dreams, and she had to find herself outside the tennis court. In this podcast, we talk about her journey outside tennis and how she found the sport again when she needed it most. You can check out her book here: https://amzn.to/3rCh3P7 And her Instagram...

Top Tennis Training is leading the charge of online tennis training on YouTube. The company is run by Simon Konov and Alex Slabinsky, two former tennis pros. They reach more than 350k subscribers on their YouTube channels and have amassed 200 million video views and 100 000 online students. I talked to founder Simon Konov about their journey on YouTube, the brutality of being a lower-ranked tennis...

Ian Westermann is one of the leading tennis coaches and personalities on YouTube. He has created educational tennis content for 14 years and built a large following. He has recently also written a book about improving as a tennis player called Essential Tennis: https://amzn.to/3PH9Vee

I had the fortune to sit down with star coach Rick Macci to discuss Wimbledon, the addition of AI, Novak's legacy, Raducanu, and much more. The video version is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3K9RBvFRff4 Find out more about Rick and his incredible coaching career:  https://rickmacci.com/

I am joined by Christopher Clarey, a sports journalist who spent over 30 years at the New York Times and did many personal interviews with Roger Federer. This prompted him to write the Federer biography, "The Master", which has become a bestseller. Now he is working on a book about Rafa Nadal and has recently left the Times and started a Substack. We talk about his work, tennis, media, and even ge...

Dr. Zach Thomas has built a significant following on social media as "Foot Doctor Zach," where he tests tennis and basketball shoes. Dr. Zach is a board-certified Podiatrist and Foot and Ankle Surgeon. In this podcast, we talk about his favorite tennis shoes, things to look for in finding the right shoe, and why pros rarely upgrade their shoes.

Henrik Wallensten is a racquet reviewer and tennis reporter for the Swedish Magazine. He is also a stringer for the Swedish Davis Cup team and plays with success on the ITF Masters Tour. Once in a while, we catch up on racquets, strings and tennis in general. This podcast also discusses our recent trip with Adidas to Paris.

Karue is a former #33 best junior player in the world, #371 ATP professional, and former UCLA college tennis standout. He co-founded My Tennis HQ and regularly shares his tennis knowledge and experience on his YouTube channel. He is also currently on the team of ATP pro Marcos Giron. In this episode, we talk about his career as a player, coach, and YouTuber. We also get into "tennisnerdy" topics l...

Nikola Aracic is a former top 40 NCAA D1 college player and tennis coach with 25 years of experience. He is one of the leading coaches on YouTube and has built a devoted following thanks to his straightforward approach and coaching methods. In this podcast, we talk about everything from how he got started, to racquets and strings, if it's too late to become a pro and much more.

Evan Gaudreau is a former D1 college player and coach who has developed a quite unique way of looking at tennis. We have talked about his box system and patterns of play in several podcasts before this one, but now he has put his thoughts down into a book called Shell Game. Check it out on Amazon .

Michelle is familiar with most people who follow the world of tennis gear. She is a play-tester, content creator, and podcaster for Tennis Warehouse. Make sure to check out her podcast, Talk Tennis ! This conversation goes from racquets to shoes to wine and many other topics. We hope you like it, please subscribe if you do!

I sit down with Troy Lara, one of the long-timers at Tennis Warehouse and an integral part of their play-testing and content team. We talk about how he started at TW, his racquet history and compare our thoughts on recent releases.

Gear tester Henrik Wallensten joins me again on the podcast to discuss his latest batch of test racquets, balls, shoes, and strings. Henrik has contributed reviews to Tennisnerd, the Swedish Tennis Magazine, and strings for the Swedish Davis Cup team. He also likes pizza.

Rick Macci is a legendary coach from the US. He has won the USPTA national coach of the year seven times and trained five number-one-ranked players: Andy Roddick, Jennifer Capriati, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, and Venus Williams. We talk about his coaching career, the King Richard movie, his latest passion project, and much more!

For this episode, I am joined by Will Hamilton, one of the co-founders of Fuzzy Yellow Balls. He was one of the first tennis content creators on YouTube and has since created and sold loads of instructional tennis content with stars like the Bryan Brothers and Martina Navratilova. This podcast went all over the place, from YouTube CPM levels to why Alcaraz's drop shot strategy should be copied (ac...

If you watch tennis gear reviews, I am sure you are familiar with Chris Edwards and his team. He has worked on content for Tennis Warehouse products for over 20 years. We met in Kennelbach, but didn't have time to sit down for a recorded interview. But we managed to do a longer one over Zoom. I hope you like it! We cover the review process, racquet history, play-testing and many other topics!