The Craig Shapiro Tennis Podcast

By Craig Shapiro

Welcome to The Craig Shapiro Tennis Podcast , where I speak with the most interesting people in the sport. This is the show for tennis insiders.

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August 21, 2020 South African Wayne Ferreira
Wayne Ferreira blasted onto the tennis scene in 1989, and was front and center as one of his country's best athletes as Apartheid was dismantled and South African athletes were once again permitted to compete on the world stage. Over the course of his 16 year career he beat Borg, Lendl, McEnroe, Sampras, and Federer. He won 15 titles and got to 6 in the world. We had a phenomenal chat.

Now Francis Tiafoe's coach, Wayne joined me from inside the bubble. Recorded and released on 8/20/20.
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37min
August 14, 2020 Racquet Guru Roman Prokes talks tennis with Craig Shapiro
Roman Prokes of RPNY joins me to discuss everything from racquets to strings to grips, as this is a special edition, it's the Summer Tennis Technology special.
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45min
August 03, 2020 Former World #7 Tim Mayotte
A phenomenal chat with New Englander Tim Mayotte, as he joined me from his academy in Concord, Massachusetts and we talked about his perspectives on the state of affairs in the United States, re tennis and politically, and he shared some super cool stories about turning pro, and what the vibe was like in the early 80's when Lendl, McEnroe, and Connors were all tying to kill each other.
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July 27, 2020 German Tennis Insider Dirk Hordorff (EP 14)
The chain smoking German tennis executive/coach/manager Dirk Hordorff joined me to discuss many different subjects. He explained what the political climate and pandemic response has been like in Germany, he shared his perspectives on a potential WTA/ATP merger and all the exhibition tennis, and he told me a great story of how he bankrolled Novak Djokovic at the beginning of his career.
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51min
July 20, 2020 Murphy Jensen (Ep13)
Murphy Jensen discusses growing up in tennis in Michigan, what it was like to see his brother's success as a junior, and he talked about how his life changed when he and Luke won the French Open. Murphy talked extensively about his struggle with addiction, and his new venture that helps people fight the very same demons he faced.
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53min
July 03, 2020 Former World #8 Janko Tipsarevic
Janko Tipsarevic joined me from Belgrade, Serbia, and we discussed in length the fallout from Adria Tour, Novak Djokovic, and the fallout. We talked about how he thinks Novak is treated by the media. We talked about his opinions of the US Open going forward, and why he thinks tennis is being run completely wrong. We discussed his career and the importance of Dirk Hordorf to his career.

Recorded on 6/30/20
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50min
June 30, 2020 Racquet Magazine's Caitlin Thompson
With the tennis news cycle on overdrive, Caitlin Thompson, the publisher of tennis' most important magazine, Racquet Magazine, joined me to discuss current events. We talked Novak, Stans, Covid, Osaka, Coco Gauff, UTS, and a slew of other high octane topics.
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45min
June 23, 2020 Brad Gilbert (ep 10)
Brad Gilbert joined me to discuss the pandemic, the stock market, the protests against police violence, tennis players Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff, and Francis Tiafoe whom have taken a meaningful stance. We discussed new beginnings in tennis, talked about Agassi, Roddick, and Murray, and what a merger in tennis could look like. (recorded June 11)
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59min
June 23, 2020 Gil Reyes (EP 9)
Gil Reyes is amongst the most well know people in tennis that cannot hit a ball, as he was next to Andre Agassi for his entire career. Now as high performance trainer, we discussed his current player Genie Bouchard, we talked about how he came up in East LA, learned his craft at UNLV, and what it was like to be with Andre throughout his career.
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1h 5min
June 23, 2020 Bruno Soares (ep8)
Bruno Soares shared with me one of the coolest stories I've heard, about his unusual childhood and his even more unusual path to doubles success. We discussed what it's like in Brazil during the pandemic, the importance of Guga to Brazilian tennis, what a merger in tennis could look like, and we talked about how great doubles should be played.
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