The Craig Shapiro Tennis Podcast
1) Matt Futterman of The Athletic Talks Tennis Business with Craig Shapiro
Matt Futterman from The New York Times and I sat down and chopped it up right outside of the media centre on the grounds at The Australian Open, and we discussed all of the hot button topics dominatin...Show More
2) German High Performance Coach Torben Beltz Talks Tennis with Craig Shapiro
Torben Beltz and I have been floating around each other for a lot of years. He made his bones on the Angie Kerber bag, taking her to #1 in the world in 2016. He has coached Raducanu, Vekic, and Anette...Show More
3) Claudio Pistolesi Talks Tennis with Craig Shapiro
Claudio Pistolesi was one of the names that always caught my eye when I would read the rankings on the back page of Tennis Week Magazine- something about that name- PISTOLESI- and we spoke for the fi...Show More
4) Charlie Eccleshare of The Athletic Discusses the 2025 Season with Craig Shapiro
Charlie Eccleshare has distinguished himself as one of the omnipresent and respected full time tennis writers on the globe, thriving as the sheer numbers of the like have dwindled. He files stories fo...Show More
Charlie Eccleshare of The Athletic Discusses the 2025 Season with Craig Shapiro
51:24 | Nov 29th, 2025
5) Caty McNally Talks Tennis with Craig Shapiro
After an elite junior career Caty McNally blasted onto the pro tennis scene in 2019, where she played Serena Williams tough in the 2nd round night session at the US Open. With an extremely versatile g...Show More
6) Dan Evans Talks Tennis with Craig Shapiro
Almost 2 years ago to the day Dan Evans and I chatted via Zoom- I was in New York, he in Stockholm. He was ranked around 35 in the world, getting ready to play the Swedish Open. That summer he won Wa...Show More
7) 2025 US Open Mega Special With Brad Gilbert
We kick off the 12th Season at our nation's major with the prolific coach and broadcaster, the singular Brad Gilbert. We talked about the tournament in full effect, and there is nothing like it. Recor...Show More
8) Nenad Zimonjic Talks Tennis with Craig Shapiro
Nenad Zimonjic was summoned to the Djokovic camp before Monte Carlo in 2024, and was on his bag when he won his Olympic gold in Paris, but that's just a portion of Nenad's incredible story. Born and r...Show More
9) Tatiana Golovin Talks Tennis with Craig Shapiro
Tatiana Golovin's pro tennis trajectory was similar to The Flight of Icarus, she flew to just outside of the top 10, in 2006 reached the quarters of The US Open, and then retired abruptly due to a deb...Show More
10) Natalie Dechy Talks Tennis From Wimbledon with Craig Shapiro
Natalie Dechy was born in Guadalupe, grew up in France, got to 11 in then world in 2006 and was a top 20 player for the better part of the 2000s, and along with Amelie Mauresmo was a prominent cog in ...Show More