The First Serve

Our dedicated podcast around the Challenger/ITF Tour is back for a big Episode Five of 2026, hosted by fellow pros Alex Osborne and Tom Fancutt. In this edition, Ally and Tom catch up for a half way wrap of their respective years on tour and their big rankings spike with the fascinating tales that go with travelling and playing on the ITF/Challenger Tours, plus singing the praises of other Aussies...

Former Australian tennis great Mark Woodforde joined The First Serve Live to share his views on the ATP's proposal to shrink the doubles draws and prizemoney at their tournaments from 2028. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is back with another big show in the middle of Wimbledon with leading tennis commentator Nick Lester giving his take on the Championships so far. Australian tennis great Mark Woodforde joins to get his view on the ATP's plans to diminish doubles as part of its 2028 Calendar and beyond. Plenty of other tennis news covered home and abroad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

Welcome to Episode 2 of Season 2 of 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 second episode of 2026 is Aussie Marc Sophoulis - High performance tennis coach (Melbourne International Tennis School) but also in another sport - AFL. He was part of the famous Bryan Brothers team...

Frances Soyer, Tournament Director of the annual Australian Teams Championships on the Gold Coast joined The First Serve Live to wrap up the 11's and 13's event and looking ahead to the 15's this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Scott from 135 Tennis Intelligence joined The First Serve Live in our monthly data chat around the topic ' The validity of the term forced error' and why it is vital to use forced and unforced when developing players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was another big weekend of Tennis Victoria State Grade action. Special guest on The First Serve Live was the captain of the women's team at Royal South Yarra - Neyara Weerawansa to talk through their win over MCC Glen Iris Valley, also sharing her tennis journey . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Injured Australian Jordan Thompson was a feature guest on The First Serve Live with Brett Phillips to discuss a range of topics including his injury status and his thoughts on the future of Australian tennis being one of 11 active Aussie male players who signed a letter sent to Tennis Australia endorsing Sam Groth for a senior leadership position at the governing body. Learn more about your ad cho...

Brett Phillips is back with another big show with Wimbledon getting underway. Tennis Broadcaster/Journalist Candy Reid is on the ground at SW19. Feature guest this show is injured Aussie Jordan Thompson, Nick Scott from 135 Tennis Intelligence is back 'The validity of the term forced error', Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 8 wrap features Royal South Yarra's Captain Neyara Weerawansa and Francis...

Welcome to the fourth episode of The Masters Zone for 2026, hosted by Tim Prince which delves into the ITF Masters tour in Australia and around the world.  In this edition Tim has the latest news regarding the ITF, feature guest is Aussie Morgan Young, competing in the 50+ category, who will be part of the Australian Men's 50's team at the upcoming world champs in Italy, plus a tournament wrap fro...

The State of Play goes inside the Australian Tennis Landscape and what the lie of the land looks like and our future on the world stage. Wayne Goldsmith, coaching expert features and Paul Kilderry - Director of Professional Tennis at Tennis Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 7 was played over the weekend, and special guest this week was 18 year old Evan Vasiliadis from MCC-Glen Iris Valley TC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The UTR Professional Tennis Tour latest stop was in Sydney in the last week. Kale Nairn from UTR Sports wraps the action, catching up with mens winner Scott Jones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is back with another big show as Wimbledon qualifying gets underway, recapping the major winners from the last week. The State of Play, going inside the landscape of Australian tennis, Evan Vasiliadis from MCC Glen Iris Valley - Tennis Victoria State Grade R7, UTR-PTT Sydney wrap with Kale Nairn and lots of other tennis news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...

Episode 5 of Season 3 of 'The Junior Journey' is here talking all things junior tennis for players, coaches, parents and tennis fans. Your Co Hosts Michael Logarzo and Beti Sekulovski are joined by Wayne Goldsmith, International sports coaching expert, who has influenced the coaching, thinking and teaching of some of the world's leading athletes, coaches and teams. This is a great for those on the...

The Push, our dedicated wheelchair tennis podcast is back for episode three for 2026 with hosts Tim Connelly - Tennis Director of Hume Tennis and Community Centre and Home of the Melbourne and Victorian Wheelchair Open, Aussie quad pro Heath Davidson OAM and Lucy Shuker, Great Britain's No 1 ranked female player. This third ep of the year, catches up with the latest with Heath and Lucy on tour, a...

Ryan Bougie co host of our Padel Pow Wow Podcast joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live to wrap the big iPadel 500 tournament held in Melbourne over the weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another big weekend of Tennis Victoria State Grade, as Breanna Cerasa from Essendon TC joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aussie pro Matthew Dellavedova has won three consecutive ITF singles titles. His brother Andy, Director/Coach at Dellavedova Tennis Academy in Wonga Park in Melbourne joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live to give some insight into his journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is back with another big show including a tour wrap, Serena Williams comeback, Tennis VIC State Grade R6 with Essendon TC's Breanna Cerasa, Andy Dellavedova, Director of Dellavedova Tennis Academy on his brother Matt's three ITF titles in a row, Ryan Bougie co host of our Padel Pow Wow Podcast to wrap the iPadel 500 tournament in Melbourne plus lots of other tennis news of the week...

Lachlan Puyol is back with S4, E5 of Play USA thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways. Lachlan catches up in person with Brooks Buffington who is the head men’s and women’s coach at Jones College in Mississippi. In this episode, all aspects of Junior College tennis are discussed, including the academic and athletic benefits of the junior college pathway, which is a great stepping stone into a four year...

In this fourth episode of the year host Adon Kronk from KT Academy on the Sunshine Coast, has the latest news from across the state with Jack Mellish, Development Officer at Tennis QLD, chats one on one with Gympie born former pro Peter Tramacchi about his life in tennis and a special tribute to Queensland great Mal Anderson MBE from a number of the states tennis identities. Learn more about your...

The latest week of the UTR Professional Tennis Tour was on the Gold Coast. UTR Sports Kale Nairn chatting to men's winner Jeremy Beale, followed by Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live speaking with his opponent Noah Brownrigg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 year old Aussie pro Eddie Winter who is going down the college pathway at Pepperdine University joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live to update us on how his tennis journey is going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tennis Coaches Australia President Wes Horskins joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live last night to chat about the future of Tennis Australia under a new CEO in Andrew Abdo in terms of coach representation going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices