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Doubles Only Tennis Podcast

Will Boucek

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The only tennis podcast with a focus on doubles. We believe doubles should be more popular and get more coverage than it does, so we’re fixing that. Our goal is to help you become a better player with pro doubles tips and expert strategy. We interview ATP & WTA tour doubles players and top tennis coaches to help you improve your game.
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Presented by Fabio Molle, The Functional Tennis Podcast is a downloadable audio show featuring weekly interviews with players, coaches, trainers, tennis parents and experts working at the highest level of tennis. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
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Baseline Intelligence is a podcast dedicated to providing a broad array of insights and perspectives for both highly competitive and recreational tennis players. In addition to comprehensive discussions related to proper technique, helpful practice, training and strategy recommendations, this podcast explores the dimensions of important mental training, and the application and interpretation of meaningful tennis analytics. Just as important, this podcast aims to be a fun, entertaining and in ...
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Bob Bryan is a 23-time doubles grand slam champion (16 men's, 7 mixed), and Captain of the US Olympic and Davis Cup team. Bob and his brother, Mike, known as the Bryan Bros, are widely regarded as the greatest doubles team of all time. In this conversation with Bob, you'll hear us discuss potential rule changes that could help doubles, how he's tra…
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Bruce Lipka joins the podcast for this week's bonus episode. Bruce is a 3-time USPTA coach of the year, has worked with over 20 top 100 WTA/ATP pros, and is currently the head coach of the Penn State men's tennis team. We talk: 1:05 Teaching technique to support tactics 7:26 Finding your optimal tactics 17:13 Fighting resistance with players 20:49 …
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We celebrate Episode 200 of the Doubles Only Podcast with a live webinar where I answered your questions. Thanks to everyone who submitted questions and joined live 😀 Topics covered included... Offensive vs defensive court positioning at the net. How to end or win the lob wars. Differences between volleys in singles & doubles. How to best train vol…
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6-time grand slam coach Wim Fissette joins us on the Functional Tennis Podcast to chat about his coaching career. Wim set a high standard for himself winning 3 out of the first 6 slams he coached at. Wim worked with some of the best players in the past 15 years such as Kim Clijsters, Sabine Lisicki, Simona Halep, Victoria Azarenka, Johanna Konta, A…
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I recently released a 3-part doubles lesson on the most important volley in doubles... the Serve +1 volley. You can watch all 3 lessons below. This episode covers the serve +1 volley in even more detail, including my response to several Facebook and Instagram comments on the lessons. You'll learn how to practice the serve +1 volley, the different t…
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Ellen Perez is world number 11 on the WTA Doubles Tour, with seven career titles. In this interview, Ellen shares her tennis journey, WTA doubles serve, return, volley, groundstroke, rankings, and more. Here are a few topics we dive into: Learn the benefits of returning with backhands in the middle, which Ellen and her partner, Nicole Melichar-Mart…
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Today I speak to 23-year-old US College graduate Lulu Sun who has had an impressive run since graduating from the University Of Texas. In only 1 year of College Tennis, she rose to number 3 in the rankings and over the past 12 months on the WTA tour she has risen from no.210 to her current ranking of no.40. We chat about her early junior days, the …
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The 20th ranked doubles player on the ATP tour and 2024 US Open semifinalist Nate Lammons joins the podcast. We talk: 2:29 Late bloomer 5:38 Learning from his college coaches 7:31 Staying calm in big situations 11:49 Underdog vs. favorite mentality 13:33 Returning first serves 18:15 Lobbing close net players 20:28 Picking return targets 22:46 Retur…
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Tony Huber is the former coach of multiple doubles world #1 players including Liezel Huber, Martina Navratilova, Cara Black, Lisa Raymond, Ai Sugiyama, Latisha Chan, and Sonia Mirza. Today he coaches adult club-level players and I absolutely love his approach to the game. This is one of those conversations that you'll want to listen to multiple tim…
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Part 2 of the 2024 Functional Tennis Racket of the year breakdown with Jonas Eriksson (aka Tennisnerd). We chat about round 2 and 1/4's results as well as a semi final previewa Jonas is one of the leading racket experts and puts out great reviews on his YouTube channel which you can see here. Head over to the Functional Tennis Instagram stories to …
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This is an AMA episode where I cover three questions from you. I chose these doubles topics because they haven't been covered on the podcast before. How to use the swinging volley in doubles. What is the proper technique when faking at the net? How can you improve at doubles when most coaches focus on singles? If you have other questions you'd like…
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The racket of the year is back and Jonas Eriksson (aka Tennisnerd) jumps on to chat about results from round 1 and previews round 2. Jonas is one of the leading racket experts and puts out great reviews on his YouTube channel which you can see here. Head over to the Functional Tennis Instagram stories to get voting. Finally a shoutout to Tennis War…
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David Roditi joins the podcast to discuss winning the 2024 NCAA D1 Championship. Roditi is a 5-time Big 12 coach of the year, has finished in the top 10 of the ITA rankings ten times, has won two ITA National Indoor Championships, and most recently won the 2024 NCAA Championship. We talk: 2:14 What it's like to win the NCAA championship 5:47 Talkin…
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Fabio Molle is the founder of Functional Tennis, a company that created products to help tennis players improve. Their Saber is one of the only training tools that I use and highly recommend to doubles players. In this episode, Fabio shares the story of the Functional Tennis Saber, how it is made, and why so many pro-level players are using it incl…
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For the strategy nerds... Jonathan Stokke joins the show for a second time as we discuss his Stokke Six. What are the Stokke Six? Simply put, they are errors to avoid that will dramatically improve your game. And I mean dramatically. Jonathan and I could talk strategy and tactics for days. He's one of my favorite coaches because of his ability to s…
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Rick Macci joins the podcast to preview this year's US Open. Rick is a 7-time USPTA national coach of the year and has coached some of the best players in the history of the game, including the Williams sisters and Andy Roddick. We talk: 1:09 What makes Novak so great 3:46 How you can handle pressure more efficiently 6:20 Alcaraz movement 11:28 Fun…
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In episode 235 of the Functional Tennis Podcast, I sit down with Sandra Zaniewska, coach of WTA Top 20 player Marta Kostyuk. Sandra, a former pro herself with wins over the likes of Ons Jabeur and Ash Barty, transitioned into coaching at a young age and has since worked with top names like Petra Martic and Alizé Cornet. Sandra shares her journey fr…
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🎾🥈 Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram won an Olympic Silver medal for Team USA at the 2024 Olympics. I spoke with them a few weeks after the Olympics to hear about their experience in Paris, beating Rafael Nadal & Carlos Alcaraz, working with the Bryan Bros, and more. We talked about how difficult it was to close out their quarterfinal match against Na…
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I chatted with pro doubles strategist Will Boucek. Will works with numerous ATP/WTA doubles pros, and USTA and helps amateurs improve their doubles. We chat about how Will got into doubles strategy and created a niche for himself, patterns he has noticed, analysing Carlos and Rafa as doubles players as well as tips and tactics for doubles players. …
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This is a post-match interview with Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sofia Kenin from the National Bank Open in Toronto. We spoke with them after a very close victory where they saved six match points. Bethanie and Sonya share insights into their strategies and conversations during the match, including how they stayed positive when down a set and a break.…
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Today's guest is Will Boucek. Will is the host of the Doubles Only Tennis Podcast and recently was part of the team that scouted for Team USA at the Olympics. We talk: 1:13 Scouting for Team USA 4:42 Do players get surprised by the data 6:55 Understanding win percentages 10:52 How variables affect scouting 14:27 Scouting Carlos Alcaraz 16:12 Scouti…
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Aldila Sutjiadi is the 37th-ranked doubles player on the WTA Tour. Born in Indonesia and 2x doubles All-American at Kentucky, Aldila has a fascinating story. Tennis Tribe writer, Hanlon Walsh and I spoke with her on the grounds at the National Bank Open in Toronto. We discussed her story, how and why she plays with doubles partners with contrasting…
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Team USA finished with two doubles medals at the Olympics. Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek won Silver while Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz took home Bronze. In this episode, I share three more lessons I learned providing strategy and scouting analysis for Team USA. How to beat Nadal & Alcaraz. The Andy Murray tendency. The two most important shots in d…
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The Olympics are underway, and Team USA is off to a great start in doubles. In this episode, I share 3 lessons I've learned from scouting and analyzing data & video for Team USA over the past week. Who should be using the lob return? Why you need to be experimenting earlier and more often than you think. How to handle a BIG forehand. No matter whic…
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Former top Junior and College Tennis player Govind Nanda joins me on the podcast. Govind has left University and is making a push back up the rankings where during his College days at UCLA he got to a high of 339 ATP which is impressive for a College tennis player. He chats about his early tennis days, the decision to play college tennis, training …
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On today's episode I share a sneak peak from the bonus doubles mailbag with 2024 NCAA Champion David Roditi. We talk: 1:14 Working with Phillip Farmer 4:14 Should you respect when someone goes down the line 5:26 My All-American storyΑπό τον Jonathan Stokke
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Bruce Lipka is the coach of WTA #1 doubles player, Erin Routliffe. He has coached over twenty top 100 ATP and WTA players, won USPTA Tour Coach of the Year three times, and now is the head men's coach at Penn State. Erin has improved immensely under Bruce's coaching, and it's something I've personally noticed since watching Erin over the past few y…
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Today I chatted to Justin Van Malderen, 3rd generation in the Luxilon family business. Luxilon manufactures great strings used by many top pros. Justin tells us all about the Luxlilon beginnings, who owns the company, how strings are made, what % of the top pros use Luxilon and more. I hope you enjoy this episode Fabio This podcast is sponsored by …
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This episode covers three lessons I learned from watching the men's doubles final at Wimbledon as well as a private lesson that made me sad... Return team lesson - If you're having trouble breaking serve, you might be making one of these two mistakes. Serving on a fast court - How should your serve tactics change on grass? or a fast indoor hard cou…
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On today's episode I share the top 4 things I learned from this year's Wimbledon. One: You're never out of a match with the scoring system Two: Matches are not won with winners Three: Hard work pays off Four: Attitude before performanceΑπό τον Jonathan Stokke
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I dug through the audio archives and found my chat with Wimbledon Finalist Jasmine Paolini when she was a top 70-ranked player only a few years ago. She talks about what's needed to be 1% better every day, patience, challenges along the way and the struggle to qualify for slams!! It’s a short but insightful partner. Hope you enjoy Fabio This podcas…
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James Cerretani is a former ATP doubles player with a career-high ranking of #45 in the world. He won four ATP doubles titles, made the Wimbledon quarterfinals twice, and played college tennis at Brown where he is in their Hall of Fame. James joined the team of Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic earlier this year to help improve their performance. I sp…
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Storm Hunter is one of the best doubles players on the WTA tour over the last several seasons. She's a Wimbledon finalist (2023), world #1, and US Open mixed doubles champion (2022). Unfortunately, the 2024 season was cut short for Storm as she suffered a torn Achilles in April. I spoke with her from Australia in June as she continues rehab. We dis…
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Sam Querrey joins us for the 67th episode of Baseline Intelligence. Sam reached a career high ranking of 11th in singles and 23rd in doubles on the ATP tour. He reached the semifinals of Wimbledon in 2017 and the quarterfinals of the US Open later that year. We talk: 1:34 Developing as a junior player 4:31 Committing to a grip change 5:46 How he wo…
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I speak to Irish former pro Conor Niland who has just released a book called The Racket which documents his tennis journey from the first time he picked up a racket until retirement. Conor reached a career-high ATP 129 and made Grand Slam appearances. He recites many stories from all aspects of his journey from the junior Irish circuit, going to bo…
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Marcelo Arevalo is a top 10 doubles player on the ATP Tour who recently won Roland Garros for the second time in three years. In this episode, he shares his experience winning the French Open again. One of the things that makes tennis so difficult is the sustained focus required to win. This can create mental fatigue and stress. Marcelo doesn't dan…
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Paul McNamee is one of the best doubles players AND doubles coaches of all time. He has four men's doubles major titles, plus a Wimbledon mixed title. Today, he's best known for being the mastermind coach behind one of the best and most entertaining doubles players in today's game, Hsieh Su-wei. Paul joined me as the grass court season was just get…
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David Starbuck Smith joins us for the 65th episode of Baseline Intelligence. David wrote the popular book "Ageless Painless Tennis" and specializes in overall health and performance. We talk: 1:31 Getting older doesn't mean getting weaker 5:32 How active is active enough? 9:45 Developing good posture 12:45 What is core strength? 17:48 Elbow pain 20…
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Angela Kulikov is a WTA doubles player with a career-high ranking of 57 in the world. She played college tennis at USC where she was the #1 doubles player in the country. She joins me from California as she rehabs an ankle injury. We discussed her wide array of hobbies including flag football, coaching tennis, and now, golf. She shares her path to …
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Mini episode this week with current WTA number 63 Diane Parry. I met Diane at the Asics Rally for Your Mind event in central Paris. We discussed: Playing in Paris as Parisian Her 1 handed backhand Advice for parents/players The best advice she has received Louis Rouach who runs event activations for Asics also tells us about the Rally for Your Mind…
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Marc Lucero joins us for the 65th episode of Baseline Intelligence. Marc has coached several top players on both the ATP and WTA tours, including Shelby Rogers, Steve Johnson, and currently Amanda Anisimova. We talk: 0:52 the week before a grand slam 2:44 Cramming for the exam 5:47 The differences in the red clay 9:02 Moving on slick surfaces…
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Greg Moran has coached tennis for over 45 years and specializes in the recreational player. He's a member of the Wilson Advisory Staff, the Cardio Tennis National Speaker's Team, and the USTA's Coach Developer program. He's also written several books and in this conversation we discuss his latest, The Truth About Tennis: The Definitive Guide for th…
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Today I chat with former pro and entrepreneur Peter Clarke. Peter was a fiery Irish promising tennis who quickly reached an ATP ranking of 229. Retiring quite young today, he got into coaching and soon after set up multiple successful businesses. He talks about growing up in Australia, his tennis days, some good anecdotes and his most recent projec…
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Watching pro doubles can 100% help you improve your own game, regardless of your skill level. Here are 5 things to look for when watching ATP or WTA doubles live or on TV. In between the points. Formations and variety. Net position, movement, court coverage, & shot selection. Baseline... When they MISS! If you're not currently watching pro doubles,…
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Gigi Fernandez joins us for the 64th episode of Baseline Intelligence. Gigi won 17 grand slam titles, 2 Olympic gold medals, was ranked #1 in the world and is a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. We talk: 1:24 Playing her best tennis in big matches 4:53 Focusing on yourself 6:15 Detaching from the outcome 7:59 Understanding the game o…
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Over the past six months, I've closely studied net players at every level of tennis. One of the most difficult concepts to teach is where the your eyes should be at the net. This episode covers where to focus your eyes and what to look for when you're at the net. Almost no club-level players get this right because it goes against our natural tenden…
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I chatted to Italian coach Andrea Ramundo who I met at the IMG Future Stars Event. Andrea works with promising Italian Juniors, Ilary Pistola, Tommaso Panto and Pietro Marinelli. We discuss Coaching Journey Italian Tennis Federation What he learned at the IMG Future Stars Event Working for free for 1 year with his mentor Jofre Porta Member of Team …
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Murphy Jensen is the 1993 French Open doubles champion, tennis coach, cardiac arrest survivor, mental health advocate, keynote speaker, co-founder of WEconnect, TV host, and the most impactful guest we've ever had on the Doubles Only Podcast. This episode is not about doubles. It's far more important. Murphy suffered from depression and addiction w…
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Emma Doyle joins us for the 63rd episode of Baseline Intelligence. Emma is a speaker, coach, trainer, and author of the book "What Makes a Great Coach". We talk: 1:51 What makes a great coach 9:19 Empowering your player to make decisions 13:46 What makes a great question 17:28 Five gaming principles 21:25 Being a good listener 28:50 Why the coach/p…
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I'm just back from the IMG Future Stars event in Greece where I saw some of the world's best 12 years in action. Last year I did a special episode on 14 things that make these kids special, this year I decided to change it up and better understand the journey these kids are on. What stood out is how hard it is, you probably already know this but I …
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