Tony shares a story about why certain toxic straight men are ruining pickleball and briefly hits on the first few days of tennis (mixed doubles!). Listen to a quick story before we fully dive into the 2026 tennis season! 

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Tony welcomes Bounces creator Ben Rothenberg back to talk about the show on everyone’s lips: Heated Rivalry. They get into: 

• Why this show became a phenomenon 
• Heated Rivalry vs Challengers 
• The importance of supportive women to gay men
• Ben’s hockey background 
• Gay male professional athletes coming out 
• What we want from Heated Rivalry Season 2

Follow Ben on Twitter, and read his latest Second Serve article. And here’s a link to the Challengers Review episode we mention. For more from us, you can follow along Twitter or Instagram. 

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Our friend Hanlon Walsh is back to talk the biggest doubles stories of 2025 and the doubles teams to watch in 2026. Join us as we chat about:

• Is 'Serena Doubles Watch' on?
• A Look Back: 2025 US Open Mixed Doubles
• Penko Rolling Her Eyes Was Tony’s Moment of the Year 
• Venus Came Back and Came to Play 
• Demi Schuurs & Ellen Perez Create a Gay Fan Doubles Dream Team

Read Hanlon’s story about the top 10 doubles stories of 2025. And for more from us, follow along on Twitter or Instagram.

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We preview the 2026 WTA season the only way we know how: By drafting our WTA Real Housewives. Who will make waves next year - on and off court? Which players are holding the center diamond tennis ball? Find out in our latest episode with the one and only David Kane.

In this episode, we:

• Discuss Heated Rivalry, the gay hockey show taking over the world (literally?)
• Tony and David draft WTA stars to create the perfect Real Housewives cast for next tennis season
• Tony shares why some trees are gay
• See which players didn't make our cast lists!

Who do you think needs to be on the cast for 2026? Tell us on Instagram or Twitter!

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This was supposed to be my off week! :) But tennis and gay news never stops, so I hopped on the mic to report on a few stories from the past few days:

• Mika Brunold comes out! One year after Joao Lucas Reis, another young male pro player comes out as gay. Mika made his announcement in a mature, inspiring Instagram post. Hear more about it in this episode.
• We found our favorite gay tennis wedding cake on Instagram, and Ellen Perez was there to see it in person.
• Alison Van Uytvanck and her partner had a baby!
• Heated Rivalry has broken the internet and the gays can't get enough.
• More fun gay tennis news!

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Tony is about to break down why this is one of the best WTA seasons in recent history and also give y'all the best gay conversation starter (and ender) he's ever experienced. Listen to find out:

• How a gay interaction inspired him to do better.
• Why the women's semis at every slam this year turned him out.
• How Madison Keys made him love tennis again.
• Talk about how to be successful with family over Thanksgiving.
• The best viral moments of 2025 - and they're almost all from the WTA.

And so much more! If you're enjoying the podcast, please rate us 5 stars (annoying I know) and follow along on social media @thegaytennispod.

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Our annual GAY-TP Finals episode has arrived! In it, Tony admits to being wrong (for the first time ever) and gets into these topics:

• How toxic straight bros continue to ruin pickleball
• Why Tony enjoyed the ATP finals this year
• A breakdown of all the matches of this year's ATP finals
• GAY-TP picks: Which queer people Tony thinks had the best year in 2025

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We're joined by Myles David from Tuned Into Tennis to chat through all the latest tennis news, including:

• WTA Finals recap
• Rybakina vs WTA
• The importance of Aryna Sabalenka
• Musetti's traumatic run to the ATP finals
• ATP finals preview
• Learner Tien making moves
• And so much more!

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We're back from an unexpected (kinda) two-week break. Sorry! Here's a mini episode to hold you over literally one day when we record another full episode. But don't skip this one because we have some exciting news:

• We were quoted in the NY Post (a tragic but exciting moment for me)
• Musetti has a top knot again
• There's lots of good music out
• Tony talks about his Halloween and tennis tournament last weekend

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We’re joined by fellow Tony (tjc05) for the final installment of Serena’s Historic 2015: 10 Years Later. The episode starts with me having a meltdown about life now vs life in 2015, but eventually we get into the 2015 US Open, its impact and where Serena went from there. 

This is one of my favorite episodes of all time, so I hope you join us in celebrating what Serena accomplished in 2015. We breakdown: 

• Serena vs Venus in the QF
• Serena vs Vinci in the SF
• Serena’s impact on 2015 culture 
• The awards she won 
• And so much more! 

Want to listen back to the first 3 parts of our series? Find them Here: 

• Part 1: Australian Open + Indian Wells Return
• Part 2: Clayrena's Return
• Part 3: Wimbledon, Drake & The Slam

Read the USA Today article we discuss, and find the Tennis Watchers Substack here. 

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