The Ball Boys are back and ballsier than ever. On the premiere episode of 2025 we have our first ever Lady Ball Boy, Ivy Pochoda, novelist, writer for Racquet Magazine and Second Serve, and former professional squash player. On this episode we breakdown the first slam of the season, profile out ATP player João Lucas Reis da Silva and what coming out might do to his game, and Ivy tells us maybe the greatest doping story ever told. Buckle up, it's 2025.

Welcome to our special rear-end...I mean year-end episode where we celebrate the highs, lows, and blows of 2024 with the first annual Ballies. Tune in to find out who wins Worst Man, Tennis Supreme, and the Lobsbian of the year. Plus a special Steel Ballie for the player who has balls. And today Paul is joined by two Matthew's because two in the hand is better than one in the net.

On this episode of The Ball Boys we're putting the silly in resilience and the barbs in Barbora. It’s officially the end of the season, and the Rafa era. Some players went out with a bang and some hit snooze til 2025. We recap the highlights of the ATP and WTA finals, including the latest hot take from Chat LGBT, and we play Billie Jean is my Lover to predict what will be named after her next. All this with special guest Ball Boy Matthew Coleman where we finally decide who’s on top in this super-sized episode.