The First Serve

On the back of the news that Hobart's Domain Tennis Centre has been awarded hosting rights for November's Billie Jean King Cup Playoff between Australia, Portugal and Brazil, CEO of Tennis Tasmania Darren Sturgess joined our Rick Fontyn on what it means for his state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is live as Wimbledon Qualifying is getting underway. The Honour Roll of the past week, Tennis Tasmania CEO Darren Sturgess on Hobart chosen to host the BJK Cup Playoffs, News of the week, 16 year old Aussie Tahlia Kokkinis after winning her first pro singles title, the currency markets thanks to Sports fx if your earning money overseas, Frances Soyer, Tournament Director of the Aust...

Beti Sekulovski and Michael Logarzo are back for episode five for 2025, unpacking the junior tennis landscape in Australia. In this episode they chat one on one with Aussie Roisin Gilheany who has been down all three training options in the pathway - an academy, a hybrid or regular conventional schooling. A great chat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 featuring Aussie Jordan Szabo, in his first season as women's coach at Auburn University. Play USA Tennis Pathways supports athletes who want to go down the college pathway, assisting players to get recruited to a college that meets their academic and athletic goals. If you are a player, parent, or coach...

Sean A'Hearn wraps up Round 6 of the Tennis Victoria State Grade season with a special guest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is back with another big edition of the show wrapping up the week on tour, providing a Wimbledon briefing, a look into our latest podcast drops, a Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 6 wrap and the latest college news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our latest Tennis in Queensland episode with host Adon Kronk is a one on one chat with Queensland and Australian coaching legend Gary Stickler. Sit back and enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tennis Tragic Roddy Reynolds and Tennis Pro Alexandra (Ally) Osborne are back for episode five of The Grind for 2025, our dedicated monthly podcast focusing on the Challenger/ITF tours.. In this episode, a midway recap, also touching on Ally's adventures navigating doubles signing in, in Italy (that's a story worth hearing to give you the full 'grind' perspective of the tours) and the guys chat Lo...

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 5 for 2025 thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways, dedicated to the US College space for those aspiring to go down this path, providing plenty of education on the US System chatting to Australian players, coaches and administrators. In this fifth episode of the year, Lachlan chats to Aussie duo Jarryd Chaplin, Associate Head Women's Coach at the University of Georgia...

Brett Phillips chats to Tournament Chairman Mark Ein of the annual ATP/WTA 500 in Washington DC who was in Paris at the French Open about life as a tournament director. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kale Nairn wraps week 2 of the first Sydney leg for 2025 of the UTR Professional Tennis Tour chatting to mens winner Jeremy Zhang. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 featuring Aussie Tennika McGiffin, UTR Manager, Player Relations Play USA Tennis Pathways supports athletes who want to go down the college pathway, assisting players to get recruited to a college that meets their academic and athletic goals. If you are a player, parent, or coach and are interested in the...

Brett Phillips brings you this weeks show live from Paris on the back of a epic French Open mens final between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner and a drama filled womens final between Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka hearing from all four post match plus all the news of the week at thefirstserve.com.au, the latest college update with Lachlan Puyol and the latest round of the UTR PTT. Learn more abou...

Host Lachlan Puyol is back with his weekly college segment on The First Serve 'Live' for 2025 featuring Ned Simpson - From Ocean Grove. Committed to Meridian Community College (Mississippi) in August Play USA Tennis Pathways supports athletes who want to go down the college pathway, assisting players to get recruited to a college that meets their academic and athletic goals. If you are a player, p...

All the latest from Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 6 including special guest Aaron Leeder Chard from Royal South Yarra. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christopher Clarey is an American sports journalist and author who wrote the biography of Roger Federer 'The Master' and has just released 'The Warrior - Rafael Nadal and his Kingdom of Clay. He sat down with Brett Phillips at Roland Garros to chat about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beti Sekulovski and Michael Logarzo are back for episode four for 2025, unpacking the junior tennis landscape in Australia. In this episode they review they talk about the best form of training. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is live from Roland Garros as we turn the page into week 2 with all the latest from the 2nd major of the year hearing from the top players plus a chat with esteemed journalist and author of 'The Warrior - Rafael Nadal and his Kingdom of Clay' Christopher Clarey plus Tennis Victoria State Grade R6 - special guest Aaron Leeder Chard from Royal South Yarra, Kale Nairn wraps up the late...

In 2024, Matt Ebden and John Peers won the Olympic Gold Medal at Roland Garros. Their 8 match win streak in Paris came to an end today in the 3rd round going down in a tight three set battle 7-6, 4-6, 4-6 to British paur Skupski and Salisbury. They reflected with Brett Phillips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

World Number 1 Aussie Junior and top seed Emerson Jones is through to the third round of the Roland Garros Junior Girls draw after a three set win over Czech Vendula Valdmannova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4. Chatting to Brett Phillips straight after the match. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 2 of our brand new podcast 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 episode is Aussie Alan Stone, former player in the amateur/professional era and post his career to this day one of the longest serving tennis tv commentators and a great story teller. Learn...

Aussie doubles specialist JP Smith and his partner Fernando Romboli have scored a stirring second round win at Roland Garros defeating local pair Mayot/Caxaux 7-5, 6-7, 6-4 in nearly three hours. in front of packed French crowd. The two 36 year olds chatted to Connor Joyce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daria Kasatkina moves into the 4th round of Roland Garros for a fourth time in her career after defeated tenth seed Paula Badosa 6-1, 7-5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Padel Pow Wow is back for episode two of 2025 with hosts Matt Barelle (the godfather of Padel in AUS) and Rob Daley (COO of Game4 Padel in Melbourne) as they review the latest on court in the last month, go through all the steps to start a padel club and compare Australia to the rest of the world in terms of costs and structure of clubs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...

Alexei Popyrin is into the 4th round of a major for the first time after a straight sets win over Portugal's Nuno Borges 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 at Roland Garros to set up a meeting with American Tommy Paul Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices