The Rennae Stubbs Tennis Podcast

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Our tennis podcast has six grand slams—does yours? Join hosts Rennae Stubbs and Racquet co-founder Caitlin Thompson as they talk to their friends and favorite tennis players about life, love and sometimes even tennis. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Serena's Long Kiss Goodnight

08.09.2022

We talk about—what else?—Serena's annoucement that she's evolving away from tennis, tbd when exactly, but sometime after the US Open. With that in mind, is there anything else to hold our focus during this US Open hardcourt season? We find ...

The Rennae Stubbs Tennis Podcast episodes:

08.09.2022 Serena's Long Kiss Goodnight We talk about—what else?—Serena's annoucement that she's evolving away from tennis, tbd when exactly, but sometime after the US Open. With that in mind, is there anything else to hold our focus during this US Open hardcourt season? We find ...
07.04.2022 Middle Sundays, Misbehaving Men Male tennis players, get your house in order! In this very special Middle Sunday Wimbledon special, Rennae and Caitlin catch up on the roof at the All England to talk about your faves (your least faves) and some wildly erratic ...
06.14.2022 Daria Abramowicz The secret weapon behind world No. 1 Iga Swiatek's dominance—her mental coach, who puts an emphasis on being a whole person with a happy and healthy relationship with tennis—joins Rennae to talk about her past as an elite athlete and ...
06.06.2022 Dead Foot Edition We recap the great clay season that was: ending with Rafa and Iga lifting Roland Garros trophies as well as playing through the pain, from the juniors to the legends, and look ahead to British Summer, served on grass. Our ...
05.29.2022 C'est La Vie Our classic midweek tournament recap episode, Rennae gives a report from behind the scenes at Roland Garros while Caitlin has FOMO for not being there, plus a rant about throwing racquets and a strong endorsement of les Legendes! This episode ...
05.22.2022 Daria Saville The player otherwise known as Dasha Gavrilova sits down with Rennae en route to a title in Strasbourg to talk about staying positive through a few years of continuous injuries, her childhood spent in Russia and a journey to Australia ...
05.04.2022 Marta Kostyuk The Ukranian player opens up about growing up on tour, traveling with her mom and playing pro tennis while a war rages in her homeland. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
04.27.2022 Jenny Brady The UCLA standout sits down with Rennae to talk about her transition from collegiate star to finding success on the WTA tour, rehabbing an injury and where it all goes from here. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August ...
04.08.2022 Live: The Future of Tennis BNP Paribas USA CEO Jean-Yves Fillion joins Rennae at a live event in the California desert to discuss the way the French bank is pushing for a more socially equitable, diverse and sustainable future of the sport. Our GDPR privacy ...
04.01.2022 Frances Tiafoe After a lengthy state of the union—a new women's number one, Carlito Alcaraz's bright future and the scourge of racquet abuse—Big Foe sits down with Rennae to talk about his comeback after injury, playing mixed doubles with Venus and the ...
03.25.2022 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario The "Barcelona Bumblebee" talks about the mentality it took to get her 14 Slams, how retirement has been treating her, and what she REALLY thought about her portrayal in the film King Richard. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on ...
10.19.2021 Tennis Paradise Report with Jean-Yves Fillion Rennae and Caitlin recap a glorious (for the women, anyway) two weeks in the desert and look ahead to the rest of the year. Then Rennae sits down with BNP Paribas US CEO Jean-Yves Fillion to talk about what his ...
10.05.2021 Thelma & Louise A failed road trip podcast (but a successful road trip) brings your favorite duo to the desert just in time for the BNP Paribas, and a surprise live event with our favorite friends at the Ace Hotel & Swim Club. ...
09.24.2021 Ostrava!!! Coming to you live from the Wilson Pop Up Museum in New York's SoHo, Rennae and Caitlin dive into the post-US Open Fall season, featuring an inexplicably punctuated Czech tournament, the perils of doing business in unsavory places and we ...
09.13.2021 A Host More Than a Guest The US Open recap episode you've been waiting for, featuring bonus houseguest, competent laundress and eight-time slam champion Sam Stosur. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
07.14.2021 Morning People, Golden Slams Rennae is back from the All England to recap the highs and lows of Wimbeldon—if it's not one scam, it's another—and we preview what we hope is an incredibly exciting Olympics! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, ...
07.04.2021 Sunday, Middle Sunday Rennae is on the precipice of being loosed from the player’s bubble (and headed to the pub) but before we let her out, she and Caitlin have a middle-Sunday check in after a scintillating week featuring wins, losses and injuries ...
06.27.2021 Chaos is a Ladder Rennae checks in from the bubble at the All England Lawn Tennis club just in time to join Caitlin in previewing this year's Wimbledon Championships! Both draws are scattered with heavy favorites, sentimental sendoffs, dangerous lurkers... and whatever Benoit Paire ...
06.01.2021 L'affaire D'Osaka A special short pod this morning explaining how we got from notes App to a nuclear standoff in the tennis versus Naomi Osaka debacle. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
05.31.2021 Spring Awakening It's half Roland Garros preview, half breakdown of the seismic Naomi Osaka press boycott! In Rennae's last stateside episode, count how many times Caitlin says "baffling" and hear them try to parse what this French Open means for today and ...
05.10.2021 Ons Jabeur Rennae talks with the Arab world's most famous tennis player (and drop-shot specialist) about growing up watching Andy Roddick, enjoying her steady climb up the rankings and how she deals with her tennis fame back in Tunisia. Our GDPR privacy ...
05.03.2021 Vania King Fresh off retirement, the grand slam doubles champ sits down with Rennae and Caitlin to talk about empathy, finding her mission, tennis parents and—plot twist—Justin Gimelstob. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more ...
04.26.2021 Pete Wentz The rock star and king of LA tennis joins Rennae to talk about which celebrity friends are actually good tennis players, his love for Australia and how we can make tennis cool (hint: it involves letting Denis Shapovalov rap). Our ...
04.09.2021 Venus Williams The great—and unbothered—Venus Williams sits down with Rennae to talk about everything you'd hope she would. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
04.03.2021 Jess Pegula The young American on a tear joins Rennae to talk about her journey from journeywoman to breakout star. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
03.31.2021 Daniil Medvedev Our friends Roger and Michael over at Men In Blazers sit down with the the world number two to talk about his enigmatic playing style, and how growing up with chess and video games prepared him to be the first ...
03.26.2021 James Blake J-Block activate! To kick off our latest season, we have the good bloke James Blake on the show to talk his journey from Harvard to Davis Cup trophies, becoming a tournament director and leading voice of tennis, as well as ...
10.05.2020 Sportsmanship Awards Rennae and Caitlin parse the good, the bad and the ugly from Week One at Roland Garros and Rennae is triggered by memories of the yips and cheating by notorious opponents. Plus, we hand out some awards for players most ...
09.15.2020 From Bubble to Bubble Rennae and Caitlin stay in their respective bubbles to recap the US Open—from deefs to Dominic Thiem, NCAA to Naomi Osaka—while looking ahead to the better-late-than-never European clay swing. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit ...
08.03.2020 Uzo Aduba The award-winning actor joins Rennae to talk about her lifelong connection to women's sports—starting as the child of a tennis teacher, a scholar athlete and daughter of Title IX, and now part-owner of the Angels City women's soccer team in ...
07.20.2020 Pandemic Report Rennae and Caitlin break down the bevy of exhibition tennis, solve the Twitter flame wars and give you some free coaching just in time for your distanced tennis practices. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit ...
07.13.2020 Anne White The Emmy-nominated filmmaker and former Top 20 player talks about her journey from West Virginia to Wimbledon, being one of Nick Nick Bollettieri's first recruits, and of course, that famous (or is it infamous?) bodysuit. Our GDPR privacy policy was ...
07.06.2020 Victoria Azarenka The former world No. 1 talks to Rennae about motherhood, her comeback and why Black lives matter on this emotional episode of the podcast. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
06.15.2020 Katrina Adams The longtime WTA player, former President of the USTA and tennis leader Katrina Adams joins us to speak directly to the ongoing battle against white supremacy, how she leads for change and about that contentious US Open Women's Final. Our ...
05.25.2020 Mary Pierce The grand-slam champion and Hall of Famer looks back on the Spring that changed her life—finding her purpose and becoming the only French woman to win Roland Garros in the Open Era, the work she’s doing to give back to ...
05.18.2020 Chris Evert, Pt. 2 The Grand Slam Champ, commentator and mom joins the podcast for a second time to share what she's learned on the court about developing herself off the court. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy ...
05.11.2020 Bob & Mike Bryan The winningest doubles team of all time, comprised of identical twins, joins Rennae to talk about parenthood, the longevity of their careers and how sometimes you just need to get in a brawl to resolve your differences. Our GDPR privacy ...
05.04.2020 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Or, as she's also called, Nastia Pavs joins us to talk about her best season to date, the importance of energy, and how she's spending her time off the court. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. ...
04.27.2020 Andy Roddick One of the tour's most beloved—and outspoken—players and ambassadors joins Rennae to talk systemic reform, tips for being a good spouse and yes, that Wimbledon final. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more ...
04.20.2020 Bianca Andreescu The US Open champ gets philosophical with Rennae to talk about her upbringing, how meditation and mindset help not only her tennis but also her life. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more ...
04.13.2020 Goran Ivanisevic The grand slam champ, celebrated coach and fan favourite joins Rennae to talk about the backstory to his historic journey from Wimbledon wildcard to Champion, coaching Novak Djokovic and the backstory to his insane tattoo. Our GDPR privacy policy was ...
04.06.2020 Svetlana Kuznetsova The Russian stalwart joins us at Racquet House to share her philosophy of life, talk through her post-career plans and clear her name against Kim Clijsters' accusation that she let out the pigs. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on ...
03.30.2020 Aryna Sabalenka Put on your helmets—the Belarusian dynamo joins Rennae to talk tattoos, what she's learned from her biggest losses, and no, she doesn't think she hits that hard. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for ...
03.23.2020 Sofia Kenin The 2020 Australian Open champion talks about growing up an underdog, being the 'next big thing,' and whether or not she actually knows how to grip her own racquet. This episode is brought to you by Sergio Tacchini, revitalizing and ...
03.16.2020 Season Three Preview Guest host Sam Stosur joins Rennae and Caitlin to review the 2020 season that has been, preview whatever might be coming next and report from behind the scenes to let us know what happens when a tournament—and possibly a season?—gets ...
12.18.2019 Bonus Episode: Barbora Strycova Between matches in China, our cultural attaché Andrea Petkovic sits down with the ever-stylish Barbora Strycova to talk about life, fashion and moms. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
11.25.2019 Year in Review, Pt. 2 The raucous year-ending episode gets its finale, featuring listener questions about coaching changes, comebacks and cheating. Plus we answer definitively which words in the English language are words! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy ...
11.19.2019 Year In Review, Pt. 1 The Racquet gang gets back together to discuss the year that WAS, 2019, including Fed Cup the great (and not-so-great) Slam season, and takes listener questions. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more ...
11.04.2019 Aga Radwanska Rennae sits down with Agnieszka “The Ninja” Radwanska to talk about retirement, her stint on Dancing With the Stars and how growing up in Krakow made one of the greatest shotmakers of all time. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated ...
09.16.2019 Petubbsy Racquet’s two favorite lunatics keep their robes on, but not much else is spared in a rollicking recap of the US Open: Coco, Kim, the new Italian Stallion and, of course, Bianca Andreescu’s mom. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated ...

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