Payers & Players Podcast

Matias is from Rosario, Argentina and has been coaching for 10 years. He graduated with a business administration degree from Baylor University.

As a player, Matias reached a top 50 ITF junior world ranking, participated in the French Open Junior and earned ATP singles and doubles ranking. At Baylor, he helped the bears win six Big 12 championships and as a senior team captain made school history by winning the 2004 NCAA Team National Championship. Matias clinched the national championship match vs UCLA.

“I am thankful and excited for the opportunity to coach, inspire and mentor young TTA (Tucker Tennis Academy, Tulsa, OK) players to achieve their goals and individual excellence.”

Matias is a USPTA Certified Professional, USTA High Performance Coach, and an Argentinean National Certified Coach.

He lives in Tulsa, OK with his wife, Georgi, and two children, Martina and Ignacio.

Tiffany was a top 10 junior and played collegiately at Texas A&M, where she won the prestigious Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship and Leadership Award.

Tiffany is the junior tennis manager for USTA Intermountain as well as a coordinator for Tucker Tennis Academy in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Tiffany's junior tennis journey is truly impressive and inspiring. She shares her story and how it impacts her parenting as well as junior tennis coaching philosophy.

We bring back TJ Pura for his 4th time on the podcast. TJ tells us about his decision to leave the corporate world for tennis coaching - with Tommy Paul and his alma mater Duke.

We explore how TJ sees the game differently as a coach, what his experience brings to the Duke mens team, and we recap Duke's season as well as discuss their upcoming match vs Virginia in the NCAA Sweet 16. As always, enjoyed every second of this conversation with TJ!

TJ also recommends the Huberman Lab podcast - if you want to maximize your performance, check it out.

Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/79CkJF3UJTHFV8Dse3Oy0P

We talk the founder of the Cracked Racquets empire - Dalton Thieneman. Dalton grew up in southern Indiana and won a Kentucky HS team title while at St. Xavier. After college, Dalton saw a need for tennis media coverage below the ATP/WTA levels so started a blog and podcast to highlight those players.

Today Cracked Racquests is changing the tennis media landscape, led by Dalton's vision and hustle.

We get to know the guy behind the Tennis-Point social media. Nate Walroth grew up in Cincinnati and played college tennis at Bellarmine University (Louisville, KY). He turned his love of tennis into a career promoting the game and the Tennis Point brand.

We announce our plans for for Subscribers on Twitter

We catch up with Petros Chyrsochos. Petros has founded a college tennis recruiting agency to help junior players find the right college to pursue their college tennis career.

CONTACT INFO:

Website - elitescholarsagency.com

Twitter - @petroschry

IG - @petros_chr (preferred) or @elitescholarsports

FAST FEED

1 - Will you try Pro Pickleball

I would love to try Pro Pickle-ball and even compete at tournaments. It looks super fun

2 - Favorite Podcast

It would probably be Joe Rogan or Theo Von (this past weekend)

3 - Most used App

Definitely Instagram

4 - Netflix recommendation

A lot, but Night Agent for now

5 - Something you have changed your mind about

I believed pineapple belonged on pizza

6 - Something that you believe to be true, but other people think is crazy

Tennis is top 3 toughest sport in the world

7 - Best advice you ever received

You will die soon, do something about it

8 - If you could coach any current player, who would it be

Definitely Nick Kyrgios, he could win slams

9 - If you had one year of eligibility left, where would you play (excluding Wake Forest)

Definitely Stanford

10 - Last meal before being executed - Putters or Chipotle

That has to be Chipotle. Greatest food franchise in the history of the world bar none

Scott and Robert talk about what they have been up to since the last podcast in 2021, and the plans for the future of the podcast. It's good to be back!

We talk with tennis parent, Steve Miller, whose son (Chad) is a high school senior 5-star who has committed to Northwestern University. Steve shares his thoughts on the parent’s tennis journey and offers advice that can help all tennis parents.

Photo: @OhioTennisZone

Nico Heng is a blue-chip recruit heading to play college tennis at Auburn in the Fall of '22. Originally from Madison, Alabama, Nico has trained for the last 5 years at the Tucker Tennis Academy in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nico tells us how he got into tennis, and how he ended up at Tucker, after spending a year training in Mallorca, Spain.

Nico has won multiple gold balls and had an incredibly successful junior career. Wishing him all the best in college and beyond.