The 2025 Australian Open is underway and this episode previews new teams and picks for the first major of the year.

I recorded this from Melbourne with Tennis Tribe beat writer, Hanlon Walsh. We review the ATP then WTA draws discussing new partnerships and making 3 picks each for the 2025 AO Champions.

I'll have more conversations with players and coaches from Melbourne over the next several weeks.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Read Hanlon's 2025 Australian Open Doubles Preview
• Podcast with Nate Lammons
• Podcast with Coach Dan Kiernan
• Podcast with Marcel Granollers & Horacio Zeballos
• Gaby Dabrowski's announcement about her breast cancer diagnosis

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To celebrate the new year, I'm re-releasing the three most popular episodes of 2024. This was the top #1 episode from 2024... enjoy!

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 simplify the game and help players focus on the most effective things that lead to winning tennis.

We dive deep into the most common errors:

• During the first four shots (the most important!)
• Why net errors frustrate Jonathan so much
• How to reduce your double faults
• Your one goal for the serve +1 and return +1
• Specific drills to improve the Stokke Six
• and more...

Jonathan's last episode was one of our most popular and I know this one will be as well. Listen to our first conversation here: https://www.thetennistribe.com/jonathan-stokke-interview/

• Instagram: @stokketennis
• Youtube: stokketennis
• Baseline Intelligence Podcast
• Baseline Intelligence Substack

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To celebrate the new year, I'm re-releasing the three most popular episodes of 2024. This is #2...

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 times. I believe it will change the way you practice and play. We cover:

• Tony's favorite doubles drills to help adult players better understand how points are won and lost in doubles.
• The one error you must avoid to improve.
• How to level up from 3.0/3.5 to 4.0/4.5.
• What most player get wrong about how they win or lose.
• The 3rd String Theory (this will help your volleys a ton!)
• The most important shots in doubles.
• How to captain a winning USTA team
• and more...

I expect this to be one of our most popular episodes and will have Tony on again.

Mentioned in this interview:

• Baseline Vision Camera
• The Bolt Tennis Racquet
• Australian Open & Cincinnati Open
• Pressure Tennis by Paul Wardlaw
• Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt

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