The Tennis Podcast


The Tennis Podcast is a podcast about tennis. It began production in 2012 with weekly shows throughout the year. During the four annual Grand Slam tennis tournaments - the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, the podcast airs daily. It is presented by tennis broadcasters David Law, Catherine Whitaker and Matthew Roberts with discussion about recent tennis news and results, and upcoming matches and tournaments. It also features interviews.

Interviews

The podcast interviews tennis players and coaches, and other guests. Andy Murray appeared in 2016 and described his first experience of fatherhood. Football coach Jose Mourinho said he shed tears when Murray won Wimbledon.Former footballer David Beckham talked about how his son Romeo had quit football to play tennis.

Crowdfunding

The podcast began crowdfunded in 2017, raising £16,000 from its listeners via Kickstarter. It launched a second Kickstarter for the podcast to continue in 2018, with 571 people contributing £27,000. One of the backers paid for her ferret, Charlie, to be the podcast's mascot in 2018. In 2019, 937 people contributed £53,000.

Partners

The podcast is produced in partnership with the Daily Telegraph, and occasionally features their tennis writers Simon Briggs and Charlie Eccleshare. It was sponsored by Eurosport in 2017, and Amazon Prime Video in 2018.

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