The Functional Tennis Podcast

This week is the 2nd part of our mini-series with Irish Tennis player Conor Gannon. I plan to catch up with Conor every 4 to 5 weeks during his 2nd year (or sophomore year) at his new University.

He s…

Quick chat today with up-and-coming Swiss player Joanne Zuger. Joanne is currently ranked in the 160s and is on top of 2022 goals.

I find out about her career so far, her introduction to grand slam te…

This week I speak to world-renowned coach Riccardo Piatti. 

Riccardo has been working as a coach for 40 years and has a wealth of experience working at the top of the game from junior to senior level.

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I catch up former pro and now coach and commentator Kenneth Carlsen. 

Kenneth was a Danish number for over 10 years as well as reaching a career-high ATP No.41.

We chat a lot about junior development a…

This week I have a joyful chat with week with Mexican tennis player Fernanda Contreras Gomez.

Fernanda made her Wimbledon debut this year to the joy of her late grandfather who was a former semi-final…

Today I speak to 27-year-old Tamara Korpatsch (ranked WTA 130) who made her first main draw Wimbledon appearance this year.

She tells us all about the up and downs of it, from the excitement of being …

This week is the start of a new mini-series for the next 10 months. It involves following the progress of Conor Gannon, who we had on the show earlier this year. 

Conor was on a tennis Scholarship at …

Today I speak to Adam Walton who has made an impactful start to his pro career with 2 future titles followed by a semi-final.

Adam is about to finish his master's at the University of Tennessee where …

Excited to speak to Facundo Lugones this week on episode 157 of the Functional Tennis podcast.

Facundo first met Cam at Texas Christian University and has been working with him since 2017. Facundo tel…

After a few weeks' break from the podcast, I am back this week with former guest Dave O'Hare. I haven't done too many in-person chats and really enjoyed sitting down with Dave to catch up. The last t…

This week I speak to Shane Liyanage from Data Driven Sports Analytics. Shane provides a range of data/analytical services and works with players such as Ons Jabeur, Aryna Sabalenka, Emil Ruusuvouri a…

Today I speak to performance coach Lapo Becherini. Lapo is based at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy and works with players such as Holger Rune, Lorenzo Musetti, Alexei Popryin and more.

We chat about h…

This week I speak to Ukrainian WTA Top 40 player Anhelina Kalinina. She tells us about how she and her family's life has been since her last visit to Ukraine in February.

Anhelina also tells us about …

With Roland Garros currently on, it's great timing to have the youngest ever Roland Garros men's champ in the open era on the show, Michael Chang. 

I initially saw Michael at the IMG Future Stars even…

This week I chat with Tina Lee, a former player now coach at the USTA National Campus and mother to the boys under 12 winner at the IMG Future Stars, Jordan Lee, who is one of the world's best 12-yea…

This week I speak to Felix Mischker who you may know from the extremely popular Tennis Brothers Youtube Channel.  

Felix is currently documenting his journey to 1 ATP point with very interesting conte…

This week I speak to Hungarian WTA player Anna Bondar. Anna broke into the top 100 last year 6 years after turning pro. She tells us about her journey of breaking through and what her plans are this …

This week I am out of the office and recording live with IMG super-agent Max Eisenbud at the Tatoi Club in Athens Greece.  We are here for the IMG Future Stars event featuring some of the world's bes…

This week I speak to Claudio Pistolesi. Claudio is a former player turned coach who has worked with many players over his expansive coaching career. He now looks after a JTCC centre in Jacksonville F…

Welcome to Tie Break 03.
Next week's guest is a former player and coach of over 23 years Claudio Pistolesi. Claudio works with many great players and when he slowed down on the travelling he was based…