Brett Dennen is an American folk/pop singer and songwriter from Central California. His sixth studio album, Por Favor, was released in May 2016. In 2014, he appeared on  Live From Daryl's House. Dennen counts "great songwriters" like Paul Simon, Cat Stevens, and Van Morrison among his biggest influences.

Howard "Howie" Bryant  is an author, sports journalist, and radio and television personality. He writes weekly columns for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine, ESPN, and appears regularly on ESPN Radio. He is a frequent panelist on The Sports Reporters and since 2006 has been the sports correspondent for Weekend Edition with Scott Simon on National Public Radio.

Hendrickson High School has a new tennis coach. Teri Saunders, a former assistant coach for powerhouse programs Georgetown and Lake Travis, has taken over the tennis program. 

Norah O'Donnell is an American television journalist, the anchor of the CBS Evening News and a correspondent for 60 Minutes. She is the former co-anchor of CBS This Morning, Chief White House Correspondent for CBS News, and a substitute host for CBS's Sunday morning show Face the Nation.

Ivan Lendl is a retired Czech-American professional tennis player. He was world No. 1 for 270 weeks and won 94 singles titles. At the majors he won eight titles and was runner-up a record 11 times. He also won seven year-end championships. 

After retirement, he became a tennis coach for multiple players. He has helped Andy Murray win three major titles and reach the No. 1 ranking.

Former American Professional Tennis Player & Current ESPN Analyst Mary Joe Fernández on this Episode of Holding Court with Patrick McEnroe. Fernández reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in both singles and doubles. In singles, Fernández was the runner-up at the 1990 and 1992 Australian Opens, and the 1993 French Open, as well as winning a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. In doubles, she won the 1991 Australian Open with Patty Fendick and 1996 French Open with Lindsay Davenport, plus two Olympic gold medals.

A French Open **Day 10** Update on Holding Court with Patrick McEnroe. Get it from the source of all things tennis. 

Growing up in Boston and Los Angeles, Barry Buss become a national ranked junior player at the age of 12, and a member of the elite USTA Junior Davis Cup Team. As a college player he tied the legendary Jimmy Connors 22 match win streak at UCLA. Barry is an independent teaching pro working in the greater Los Angeles. areas.

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State of the Union of Tennis & the French Open on This Episode of Holding Court with Patrick McEnroe

Cliff Drysdale - Retired tennis player and Hall of Fame legend from South Africa. The former highly ranked professional player of the 1960s and early 1970s became a well-known tennis announcer.

Drysdale reached the singles final of the U. S. Championships in 1965 (beating Dennis Ralston and Rafael Osuna before losing to Manuel Santana). He was one of the Handsome Eight, a group of players signed by Lamar Hunt in 1968 for the newly formed professional World Championship Tennis (WCT) group. He became president of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) when it was formed by Jack Kramer, Donald Dell, and himself in 1972. Drysdale was ranked world No. 4 in 1965 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph. 

He won the singles title at the Dutch Open in Hilversum in 1963 and 1964. In 1965, he won the singles title at the German Championships by defeating Boro Jovanović in the final. During his Open era career, Drysdale captured five singles titles and six doubles titles including winning the 1972 US Open doubles crown with Roger Taylor. 

Drysdale has served as a tennis commentator on ESPN since the network's founding in 1979.

In 1998, Drysdale won the William M. Johnston award for contribution to men’s tennis, given by the USTA. In 2013, Drysdale was elected into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.