Recorded Pre-COVID-19, such a privilege to have with us the current CEO of the United States Professional Tennis Association, John Embree. John is a tennis industry veteran. John has been President for Prince Americas and also spent 17 years at Wilson Sporting Goods where he held a variety of positions including Vice President/General Manager in the Racquet Sports Division. John serves on the Board of Governors of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and chairs the Global Task Force. He also started the USTA Adult League program and became the first National League Administrator in 1980.

Tonight, we have the privilege of speaking with Pete Holtermann, a Tennis Media/Public Relations veteran. Pete has worked for the ATP Tour and for ESPN. He is the current Media Director for the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati and is also the current Media Director for the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships in Houston. He is the President and Founder of HolterMedia, Inc. In this discussion, Pete shares his experiences and also offers his advice to others who are interested in getting into the media/public relations field.

Tonight, we have Carlos Silva who joined World Team Tennis (WTT) as CEO in January of 2019 to lead the organization forward. Carlos led expansion team efforts in Las Vegas and Orlando. He also led the efforts to partner with CBS Sports and ESPN to broadcast the WTT in 2019. 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. Carlos sits down with David on "Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis" and discusses all things World Team Tennis.

It's a privilege to have with us tennis industry veteran, Anne Worcester. Anne has been a past CEO of the WTA Tour, she was the Director of the Connecticut Open for over 20 years and is now the current President of Universal Tennis, often referred to as "UTR”. Anne discusses all of the very exciting events occurring at UTR. Hope you enjoy listening!

Such a privilege to have Prim Siripipat on the "Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis" podcast. Prim was a former anchor on ESPN’s SportsCenter and has also made several appearances on ESPN Radio. Currently, Prim has started a podcast called “The Next Chapter” in which Prim talks to a wide variety of athletes about what it was like transitioning to the next part of their lives after the final whistle. This project is part of “The Athletic” platform. Please enjoy listening to this great conversation!

Such an amazing privilege to have Hall of Fame sports journalist Steve Flink join us on the "Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis" podcast. Steve 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. We will get into Steve's career journey and also talk about his new book scheduled to come out in September called “Pete Sampras: Greatness Revisited”.

Had such a great discussion with current National Manager and Head Coach of USA Wheelchair Tennis, Jason Harnett. Jason walks us through his journey through the sport of tennis and talks about how he got involved in his current pathway, teaching Wheelchair Tennis.

Had such a fun time talking to Todd Widom, a former ATP Tour player who also played at the University of Miami. Todd is currently teaching a select group of juniors in Broward County, Florida. As Todd explains on this episode, his teaching of these select juniors is not to be described as a tennis academy.

We had the privilege of having Under Review's Craig Shapiro give us a first-hand perspective of what the past few days have felt like at Indian Wells. Craig was in Indian Wells a few days before the event was about to start and also stayed a few days after it was announced that the tournament was being cancelled.

Such a privilege to have former Texas Tech Men's Tennis Coach Tim Siegel join us on the "Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis" podcast. The focus of our conversation is focused on Tim's son, Luke, who suffered a traumatic brain injury shortly after Tim retired from coaching college tennis. Without going into much detail of our conversation in this description, we urge you to listen to Tim speak about his unbelievable son and his amazing family. We further urge you to look into "Team Luke Hope for Minds", as it is Tim's mission is to help Luke along with so many other individuals who have suffered from traumatic brain injuries. "Team Luke Hope For Minds" has a goal of helping families pay for items not covered or partially covered by insurance, providing advocacy and education and building support communities.

We recap the week that was at the Delray Beach Open. From Qualies to the Final Sunday, we go behind-the-scenes as we covered the event first-hand in Delray. From the amazing podcast with James Blake who was in attendance for the ATP Champions Tour event, to Saturday night with Coco, and to the Bryan Brothers winning another title in Delray, have a listen to what was such a fun week of tennis!

We bring in return guest, Natalie Mikolich, Director of Media for the Delray Beach Open. Natalie talks about what it's like from a media perspective in running a professional tennis tournament, along with discussing the highlight's of this specific tournament in Delray.

Such a privilege to have James Blake join the "Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis" podcast. We dive deep into James' mindset when he faced Andre Agassi in the classic 2005 US Open Quarterfinal match under the lights in New York. We break down the 5th set tiebreaker point-by point with James as he describes what it was like to play in one of the best matches under the lights in NYC.

It's Delray Beach Open Preview Time...Listen in as Blair Henley and I talk about all of the great events and players highlighted in this year's Delray Beach Open!!

This legendary tennis star and now current tennis commentator, Chris Evert, joins in for this episode on the "Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis" pod as we discuss a number of items including a slightly different angle on her long-time rivalry with Martina Navratilova, her current views on US tennis players, along with a description on what you can experience at the Evert Academy. This was truly a tremendous privilege to have Chris join in on this episode.

Tonight, we have Natalie Mikolich join us on the pod. Natalie is going into her second year of being Director of Media for the Delray Beach Open, a men’s ATP 250 Tournament in February. And as you’ll hear during our discussion, Natalie is quite the tennis player as well where she helped her team capture an NCAA Title back in the early 2000s.

Such a privilege to have Jeff Salzenstein join us on the podcast. Jeff is a former Top 100 tennis player on the ATP Tour, a Stanford University All-American and graduate, and founder and creator of Tennis Evolution where you can find so many great videos on YouTube and also subscribe to so many of his great courses. Hope you enjoy listening!!

We are so happy to have with us on tonight, Denver Pioneers Men's Associate Head Coach, Drew Eberly. Coach Eberly is in his fifth season on the coaching staff with the Denver Pioneers Men’s Tennis Team and second as associate head coach. Since joining the program, Coach Eberly has helped Denver to three Summit League titles (2015, 2016, 2017) and three NCAA tournament appearances (2015, 2016, 2017). Coach Eberly was also student-athlete at Ohio State University, where he was a doubles All-American in 2008.

Such a privilege to have with us Allistair McCaw. Allistair is recognized as one of the world’s leading figures in team culture, leadership and mindset. For over 25 years, Allistair has worked with numerous Olympians, Paralympians, World Champion Athletes, Grand Slam Champions and NCAA College teams. An author of three books and a keynote speaker, Allistair consults with coaches, leaders (sports and corporate), athletes and teams, where he teaches and implements the Champion Minded culture, mindset and leadership approach. Allistair's podcast, "Champion Minded", is available on iTunes and YouTube. A former 5-time World Championship competitor in the sport of Duathlon and 2 time National Fitness Champion, Allistair shares so many good lessons during our conversation.

Such a fun conversation with 14-year-old Next Gen Tennis Podcaster, Sal Katz. Sal breaks down the big events that occurred in the tennis world in 2019 and also looks ahead to what's in store in 2020. Enjoy this listening, as Sal breaks it all down for us.

Such a privilege to have David Zakhodin, a friend of the program since we all started this back a few years ago, to participate in the 2019 "Court-Side with Beilinson Tennis" Year-End Segment. We talk the Big Three, we talk Next Gen and we talk a lot about items in between. Always a pleasure to conduct the Year-End Segments with David. Hope you enjoy listening!!

Such a privilege to have Luke Jensen on the podcast. Luke has been a grand slam doubles champion (teaming with his younger brother), a college All-American at USC , a tennis analyst on ESPN, former coach of the Syracuse University women’s team for over seven years, and he’s now involved in World Team Tennis, along with being the current Director of Racquet Sports at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, NY...basically, he’s been involved in pretty much every aspect of the sport of tennis.

Fresh off covering the Nitto ATP Finals in London, we have tennis reporter Blair Henley break down the highlights of the week's event.

It is with great privilege to have with us on a long-time college coach who spent over 20 years coaching at LSU from a period of 1991 - 2012, he’s hosted two Tennis Shows focusing on College Sports that have aired on both Tennis Channel and on FOX Sports, and recently he’s been traveling a bit teaching young tennis players and presenting on the importance of Mental Toughness. Hope you enjoy listening to this great conversation with Tony Minnis.

Such a privilege to have with us on tonight Billy Heiser, current coach of Top 20 tennis player, Alison Riske and also part of the coaching team for Dominik Koepfer. Hear Billy talk about his journey through the sport of tennis and talk about the recent success of a couple of his current players.