The First Serve

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

Brett Phillips is back with another big show recapping Roland Garros 2026 plus we hear from Serena Williams ahead of her comeback. Tennis Coaches Australia President Wes Horskins ahead of the new TA CEO Andrew Abdo starting and what he would like to see. 21 year old Aussie pro Eddie Winter currently at college at Pepperdine joins the show, plus a PTT-UTR Gold Coast wrap with mens winner Jeremy Bea...

This fourth edition of Padel Pow Wow for 2026 with Matt Barelle in the host chair (the godfather of Padel in AUS) joined by the king of padel vibes Ryan Bougie, discusses the Padel Royale Tournament at the Padel Lounge, the Padel Point tournament, La Palma Masters, Perth Open, World Masters, Open and Junior Padel events and who has the best Padel shots in Australia. Learn more about your ad choice...

Our dedicated podcast around the Challenger/ITF Tour is back for a big Episode four of 2026, hosted by fellow pros Alex Osborne and Tom Fancutt. In this edition, Ally and Tom catch up with American Catherine Harrison and her journey through the college system onto the ITF/WTA Tours with many a fascinating tale to tell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another big weekend of Tennis Victoria State Grade, as Aaron Leeder Chard from Royal South Yarra LTC joins The First Serve Live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kale Nairn from UTR Sports with special guest - Gold Coast Week 1 winner Omar Jasika joins The First Serve Live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prominent tennis analytics expert Nick Scott , CEO of 135 Tennis Intelligence (135ti.com) joined Brett Phillips in the studio on The First Serve Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is back with another big show as the page turns into week 2 of Roland Garros, plus the unveiling of Andrew Abdo as the new Tennis Australia CEO, Tennis Analyst Nick Scott from 135 Tennis Intelligence, PTT UTR Gold Coast Wrap with mens winner Omar Jasika and Tennis Victoria State Grade Round 5 with Aaron Leeder Chard from Royal South Yarra LTC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Welcome to the third 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 covers his trip to the MT 1000 in Japan, also catching up with Tournament Director Ilynn Hupano, the latest from the most recent Masters events held in Australia and special guest is Aussie James O'Brien in the 35's category...

Episode 4 of Season 3 of 'The Junior Journey' is here talking all things junior tennis for players, coaches, parents and tennis fans. Co Host Michael Logarzo is running solo for this one. Special guest is Justin Mackenzie, the father of 18 year old World Number 4 junior Jamie Mackenzie of Germany (originally from New Zealand) who has just won the J500 in Milan ahead of the Roland Garros Juniors. A...

Tennis Australia Club Professional Coach John Paci from POWA Tennis joins Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live re creating a space for older players post studies/into the workforce to still take tennis seriously whilst managing their priorities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jenna Carbis from Heatherdale Tennis Club joined Brett Phillips on The First Serve Live on the back of Heatherdale's win over the weekend in Round 4 of Tennis Victoria State Grade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  Brett Phillips is back with another big show with Roland Garros live, chatting to award winning tennis journalist Linda Pearce in Paris. The appointment of NRL CEO Andrew Abdo as the next Tennis Australia CEO is on the menu, High Performance coach John Paci from POWA Tennis is in the studio re creating a space for older players post studies/into the workforce to still take tennis seriously whils...