The Functional Tennis Podcast

Alexander Ostrovsky joins us this week to talk about his tennis academy, the sports management agency that he owns & what its like running top professional tournaments 👊

We talk:

• How he became involved…

This week Timo Glock joins us. Timo is an avid tennis fan/player, a former F1 driver & currently races for BMW in BMT 🔥

Timo is a Functional Tennis follower who we have been in contact with for a whil…

This week we talk to Mike Ballardie, who is the CEO of our podcast sponsor, Slinger Bag 🤩

Mike has worked in tennis for a number of years, including stints working at Wilson & Prince. He now runs Slin…

Canadian Coach, Larry Jurovich joins the podcast this week 🇨🇦

Larry has worked with top juniors around the world, including a stint at the LTA. He has also worked with former podcast guests James McGe…

This week we take a sneak peak into the tennis media world with Nick McCarvel 🇺🇸

Nick is a sports media expert, who has worked in tennis for a number of years & is now involved with the Olympics 🤩 He …

Marcel Da Cruz joins the podcast this week to talk about his work with Casper Ruud 🇳🇴

Marcel has been working with Casper for almost 10 years & he has been instrumental in helping Casper get to where …

Marco Chiudinelli from Switzerland joins the podcast this week 🇨🇭

Marco had a 17 year long career, which saw him rise to a career high #52 as well as winning the Davis Cup with Switzerland in 2014 🏆

We…

It was nice to be able to speak to Garry Cahill again, who has previously joined the podcast on Episode 10!

Garry is a Tour Coach & former Irish Davis Cup captain, who is currently setting up his own …

This week we speak to Canadian couple Sharon Fichman & Dylan Moscovitch 🇨🇦

Sharon is a professional  tennis player, while Dylan is a former Olympic figure skater 😃

We talk:

• How they met
• Sharon's decision…

We are joined by British tennis player, Emily Appleton this week for Episode 101 😃

Emily recently won 3 of the 4 UK Pro Series titles & is just back from a trip where she was playing in Israel & Georg…

We are proud to announce that Casper Ruud is our guest for Episode 100 🥳🎉

Casper is in unbelievable form recently, having just made SF runs in Monte Carlo & Madrid, as well as capturing the title in G…

Aussie, Matt Ebden is our 99th guest on the podcast 🇦🇺 It was nice to be able to speak to yet another established name on tour as we near episode 100!

Matt is an Australian Open mixed doubles champ, w…

Ron Yu, a well established and respected stringer & racket technician on tour joins us for Episode 98 😃

Ron has strung rackets for the likes of Agassi, Sampras, Federer, Djokovic, Murray, Wawrinka & m…

A very promising Scottish tennis prospect, Aidan Mc Hugh joins the podcast this week for Episode 97!

Aidan told us a few good stories on this edition of the podcast & opened up about the differences b…

Argentinian tennis coach, Martin Rocca joins the podcast this week from Barcelona!

Martin is a junior tennis coach, who also set up the charitable organisation, Tennis Aid 🙌

We talk:

• His career coaching
• …

James Cluskey, a former professional player turned entrepreneur is our guest this week 🇮🇪

James specialised in doubles, played Davis Cup for Ireland, toured the world & had plenty of success along the…

David Sammel, a former tennis player & current tour coach joins the podcast this week to talk about the importance of mindset!

David is the coach of Liam Broady & former podcast guest, Marcus Daniell …

The coach of CiCi Bellis, Tom Gutteridge joins us this week to talk about how he became a top level coach & what his day to day really looks like 😉

It was fantastic to have another coach on the podcas…

This week we speak to tennis parent & former pro, Julia Efremova. Julia is the mother of Ksenia Efremova, an 11-year old who is widely regarded as a future tennis star! Julia and her family live at t…

Mirjam Bjorklund, an up & coming player from Sweden joins the podcast this week to talk about her transition onto the WTA Tour 🔥

We talk:

• Playing recently in Doha
• Junior vs. senior game
• Using social medi…