We have with us today David Zakhodin, a day one "Friend of the Program", to discuss our annual "Year-In-Review" segment. While this segment almost didn’t happen because of the pandemic and we didn’t know how much tennis would be played in 2020, thankfully the tour was able to get in quite a few tournaments in the latter part of the year. Enjoy listening to this fun discussion where we hit on a variety of interesting topics that occurred throughout this crazy and very unique year.

We are so happy to have on with us tonight both Heath and Lindsay Lee-Waters, the creators of Match Tennis App which at a high level is basically your virtual tournament desk for signing into tennis tournaments and so much more. Lindsay is a former top 35 WTA player and Heath is a veteran ATP/WTA Registered tour coach since 1998. Heath's professional players have won more than 90 professional titles on tour and his junior students have won more than 30 gold balls. We are happy to have both of them on tonight to learn more about their current venture, the Match Tennis App. It is my privilege to welcome to the “Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis” pod, both Lindsay and Heath.

We have with us tonight Men’s Head Tennis Coach of the Oklahoma Sooners, Nick Crowell. In four seasons at the helm for the Sooners, Coach Crowell has compiled a record of 65-32 and has led OU to three NCAA tournament berths while coaching three players to All-American honors. He coached the 2017 NCAA Doubles champs in Spencer Papa and Andrew Harris who beat teams ranked 6,3,4, and 1 to take home the title. Coach Crowell has coached players that have gone on to win 119 professional titles. Prior to his arrival in Norman, Crowell spent 13 years as an assistant coach and associate head coach at Florida State University where he helped lead the Seminoles to the NCAA tournament in each of those seasons. Coach Crowell also has experience in the junior ranks. In 2010 he coached the Florida USTA Under-18 Team to a national championship. The win marked the first time since 1983 that the Florida team had won the prestigious tournament. For his efforts he was named the USTA Florida Junior Coach of the Year. A native of Amarillo, Texas, Crowell spent his playing days at the University of Texas. He was a two-time All-American in doubles and won the ITA National Indoor Championship in doubles with partner Michael Blue during his senior season. We are happy to have him on the pod tonight. Please enjoy listening to this fun conversation.

We are privileged to have on with us Dennis Nevolo, a former top 350 ATP Ranked Professional, a former All-American at the University of Illinois, and a former Illinois High School State Singles Champion. We talk all things junior tennis, college tennis and professional tennis. Dennis gives us specific insight on what it's like to compete at all levels. Enjoy this fun discussion!

We are so happy to have with us on tonight Brad Cox, the current Director of Business Development at TopCourt. TopCourt is an online instruction and storytelling platform enabling tennis fans to learn from the game's best players and top coaches. Brad has quite the tennis background himself in that he trained at IMG Academy from the ages of 14 – 18 and trained with all of the pros that came through the Academy, including Kei Nishikori. Brad went on to compete collegiately at the University of Kentucky where he was an All-American his junior year, along with being a captain his junior and senior year. And to add a "fun fact", Brad may or may not have been a contestant on the Bachelorette. We are happy to hear Brad’s journey through the sport of tennis and to learn more about his current venture at TopCourt.

We are so happy to have with us on tonight Brittany Collens, a 2017 graduate of the University of Massachusetts. Brittany and her teammates have been in the news as of late because of a recent preposterous, delusional and illogical decision by the NCAA that took away the team’s Atlantic 10 title, along with all three years of their wins due to a $252.00 clerical error which we will get into the details during our conversation. It is my privilege to welcome to the “Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis” pod, Brittany Collens.

We have with us a returning guest in Raheel Manji. Raheel is the Founder and CEO of Mission Elite Performance. Raheel, a former standout collegiate player at Indiana University, former collegiate coach at University of Oklahoma and also a professional tennis title holder, talks about his previous experiences and how it all came together to start Mission Elite. Hope you enjoy listening to this passionate conversation with Raheel!

We are privileged to have Oklahoma State Associate Head Coach Scoville Jenkins on with us tonight. Some of Scoville's accomplishments include the following: On August 16, 2004, at the age of 17, Scoville became the first African-American to capture the Boys' 18 USTA National Hard Court title in singles in the tournament's 89-year history. In 2004, Scoville reached the semi-finals of Junior Wimbledon, the quarter-finals of both the Junior US Open and the Junior Australian Open, and was ranked 6 in the ITF junior rankings. Professionally, Scoville reached a career high ranking of 187 and faced Rafa Nadal in the second round of the 2005 US Open and faced Roger Federer in the first round of the 2007 US Open. He’s currently in his 3rd season as the Associate Head Men’s Tennis Coach of the Oklahoma State Cowboys after previous stops at Kennesaw State, University of Washington and the University of Wisconsin. Please enjoy listening to this fun discussion.

We are privileged to have with us former top 30 singles player on the WTA Tour, Tina Pisnik. Tina was a participant of all major slams reaching the third round in the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. Her accomplishments include winning one title on the WTA tour where she defeated two-time slam winner and former number one in the world, Amelie Mauresmo. She also represented her country Slovenia in both Fed Cup and at the Olympics. After Tina's professional playing days were over, Tina has focused her time on teaching tennis. Hope you enjoy this fun conversation with Tina Pisnik!!

We are super pumped to have with us on tonight Gabby Hesse, who at the age of 22 has already given so much to the sport of tennis. Gabby recently graduated from Florida Southern College where she competed at the collegiate level, and is now in the midst of her first year as part of Tennis for America, a new program formed by the ITA. Hope you enjoy this fun discussion with Gabby!

We are so happy to have with us on tonight, Kristin Geer. Kristin is the CEO of Bleachr LLC, which houses the TennisOne app…a topic that we discuss in some detail as part of our conversation. Kristin has a unique background in that she has spent 16 years as an investigative reporter, before successfully transitioning her journalism skills to help businesses and organizations tell their stories…which is what Kristin is certainly doing now at Bleachr LLC. It is my privilege to welcome to the “Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis” pod, Kristin Geer.

We are privileged to have with us newly appointed Men’s Interim Head Tennis Coach at Baylor University, Michael Woodson. Coach Woodson is entering his 5th season with the Baylor Bears where Coach Woodson and his program are looking forward to doing some pretty big things this upcoming season. Prior to Coach Woodson’s time at Baylor, Coach Woodson both played and then coached at Valparaiso University where he contributed to bringing in the greatest recruiting class in the history of Valpo where those players, highlighted by Jeffrey Schorsh and Charlie Emhardt, rewrote the school’s history books both individually and as a team. We’ve had Coach Woodson on the podcast a couple times previously, and we are pleased to bring him back on again.

We have with us tonight Randy Walker, a sports marketing, communications and media specialist – and the Managing Partner of New Chapter Media – based in New York City. Randy is most noted for his work in the tennis industry, highlighted by a 12-year stint in the Marketing and Communications division of the United States Tennis Association that featured work on 13 U.S. Open championships, 22 U.S. Davis Cup ties and three Olympic Games. Sportsillustrated.com went as far to label Randy “the Roger Federer of tennis publicity.” We are privileged to have him on with us tonight, please welcome to the pod, Randy Walker.

We are so happy to have with us a return guest on tonight, Steve Flink. Steve is a sports journalist who has been a columnist and editor with such magazines as World Tennis Magazine, Tennis Magazine, Tennis Week and Tennis Channel. In 2017, Steve was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in the Contributor category. Tonight, we will focus on Steve’s newest book which is called “Pete Sampras: Greatness Revisited”.

Tonight, we have with us returning guest Luke Jensen who just finished a remarkable season with World Team Tennis and taking home the Championship in one of the most dramatic fashions we have ever seen in this competition. Luke has basically contributed in every which way you can to the sport of tennis. Whether it was his successful professional career which included winning the French Open doubles title with his brother Murphy, to coaching a collegiate team to commentating and now coaching the New York Empire, he hasn’t lost an ounce of energy after all of these years, please welcome back to the pod, Luke Jensen!!

Recorded slightly before the shocking news of the cutting of the Iowa Men's Tennis Program which will occur after the 2020-2021 season, we spoke with 6th Year Men’s Head Coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes, Coach Ross Wilson. During his six years as Iowa’s head coach, Coach Wilson has coached three All-Big Ten honorees and a number of student-athletes into the program’s top wins lists. Eight of Wilson’s student-athletes rank in the top-15 in single-season doubles wins, including five that are in the top-15 in career doubles victories. Coach Wilson played his collegiate tennis at Ohio State where he was a standout from 2002-06. He was a two-time NCAA All-American and three-time ITA national doubles champion. He was part of the only doubles tandem in the history of college tennis to ever win back-to-back ITA National Indoor titles (2005 and 2006) and was part of the No. 1 ranked doubles team in the nation those seasons. We are happy to have him on…please enjoy listening to this fun discussion with Coach Ross Wilson.

We have with us today 4th Year Men’s Head Tennis Coach of the Wichita State Shockers, Danny Bryan. Coach Bryan played his collegiate tennis at LSU where he ranks among LSU’s all-time wins leaders; Tennis runs deep in his family as his father and three uncles played collegiate tennis, while his grandfather played professionally. Currently, Coach Bryan is doing a great job leading his Wichita State squad to success. Enjoy listening to Coach Bryan's journey through the sport of tennis!

Tonight we have with us returning guest Carlos Silva who just finished a remarkable season with World Team Tennis. By way of an introduction, Carlos joined World Team Tennis as CEO in January of 2019 to lead the organization forward. A veteran media and digital executive, Carlos has built and sold companies in the TV and Media convergence space over the last 25 years. He has also raised more than $250M for the startups that he has operated. Hope you enjoy listening to this fun conversation with Carlos!

So much fun to have with us today a Texas A&M lifer...Head Women's Tennis Coach Mark Weaver. Coach Weaver played his collegiate tennis for the Aggies in the early 90s; he later served six years as a volunteer coach for the A&M women’s team before being hired as the women’s assistant coach in 2007, and then eventually becoming the head coach for the women’s team on July 30, 2015. Please welcome to the pod, Texas A&M Women’s Head Tennis Coach, Mark Weaver.

We have with us today Vanderbilt University’s longest tenured coach, Geoff Macdonald. Coach Macdonald is in his 27th season as the head coach of the women’s tennis team. He’s won three National Coach of the Year honors, several Conference Coach of the Year honors, he’s guided his team to a National Championship in 2015, and as a player, he won the ACC singles title at the University of Virginia (slightly before the internet existed). Hope you enjoy listening to this fun conversation!!

We are privileged to have with us University of Notre Dame Men's Assistant Coach Greg Andrews who returned to his alma matter where he was a two-time captain just five seasons ago. During his career, Coach Andrews reached a No. 20 national ranking in singles and a No. 7 national ranking in doubles. He ranks second in program history in dual doubles wins (68); third in overall doubles wins (93); fifth in dual singles wins (77) and wins at No. 1 singles (38); and seventh in all-time singles wins (113). Please enjoy listening to this fun conversation with Coach Greg Andrews.

We are happy to have with us tonight first year Head Coach at Clemson University, Robbie Weiss. While this is Coach Weiss’ first year as a head coach, by no means is this his first rodeo in coaching. He most recently came over to Clemson after having spent three years as the Assistant Coach at Alabama. As a player, Coach Weiss won the high school state championship in Illinois; he also won the NCAA Singles Championship while he was at Pepperdine, and while on the pro tour, he had wins over guys named Becker, Edberg, Lendl and Rafter. Please welcome to the pod, Coach Robbie Weiss.

I am absolutely honored to have with us Wheelchair Tennis Professional, Dana Mathewson. When I originally heard Dana's story, I knew I had to get her on the pod. Dana has had Paralympic experiences and also numerous grand slam wheelchair tennis experiences, including competing at the past three US Opens. One of the coolest things about conducting my podcast is being introduced to and meeting such amazing guests and hearing their awesome journeys through the sport of tennis. And with Dana, this is no exception. It was truly an honor to have Dana on my podcast. Hope you enjoy this amazing discussion!

Tonight we have with us Coach Todd Wojtkowski who is in his 12th season at the helm of the Case Western Reserve University men's tennis team and has built Case Western into one of the top programs in Division III during his time with the squad. Before the 2020 season was cut short, his Case Western Reserve Spartans compiled an 18-1 record and were ranked 9th in the ITA poll while also holding the 2nd highest Team UTR in D3. He’s coached two national champions, six All-Americans and has amassed over 200 wins in just 12 seasons. He was recently awarded the 2019 USPTA Midwest College Coach of the Year. Please enjoy listening to this fun conversation.

So great to have Ohio State Men's Tennis Coach Ty Tucker join in on this episode. Coach Tucker has battled both against and teamed with Andre Agassi in his junior days; he won nine USTA National Titles and was a finalist 11 times; and has been the current Head Coach at Ohio State for over 20 years, having tremendous success. Enjoy listening to Coach Tucker's journey as he talks all things tennis.