Diary of a Professional Tennis Coach

It's been a few weeks, but we're back with a look at the current happenings on the WTA and ATP Tours, plus we chat with a crucial member of Felix Auger-Aliassime's team! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the latest edition of DOAPTC, 2002 Australian Open Champion Thomas Johansson chats to us from Melbourne, detailing his coaching philosophy, why tennis in Sweden is suffering at the moment, and how he had a huge bar bill after his Major success 22 years ago. It's a great listen. Plus, Mark and I discuss the difference between Indian Wells and Miami and how to get out of a mini-slump! Enjoy and please pose your questions to Mark on X. You can find us at @DOAPTC or @CandyRH.Have a great week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark and I are in Indian Wells and Acapulco, respectively, and enjoying the sun. We speak about Alex De Minaur defending his ATP title in Mexico and a couple of new coaching collaborations on the WTA Tour.Our guest this week is the current coach of Jiri Lehecka and the former hitting partner of Thomas Berdych, Michal Navratil, who has a fine tennis pedigree. Michel tells us all about why the Czech Republic has such a long tradition of producing tennis champions. Enjoy, and keep listening until the end to find out all about an exciting coaching webinar, led by Mark.Please contact us for more info @DOAPTC.Have a great week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Middle Eastern swing is over for Team Linette and now it's time for a bit of R&R before Indian Wells and Miami. Mark is back at home in Delray Beach and together we listen to a chat I did with Carlos Martinez - the husband and coach of Nicole Melicar-Martinez and her doubles partner Ellen Perez. Carlos also coached Karolina Pliskova for a while and tells us why he couldn't continue with the former world number 1. He also tells us why he studied Geology before becoming a top tennis coach and his coaching philosopy, plus a lot more. It's a great listen!Please let us know your thoughts and send questions into Mark @DOAPTC.Also, Mark has organised a wonderful line-up of top professionals for an upcoming Tennis Webinar on March 15/16th at 9am EST (1pm GMT).If you'd like to listen in to experts who've worked with the likes of Magda Linette, Elina Svitolina, Belinda Bencic, Shelby Rogers, Sloane Stephens, Tommy Paul and Dennis Shapovalov, then you don't want to miss this!Contact me on X @candyrh for a discount!Tennis - First Strike TennisAll the best! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this edition of DOAPTC, we speak Abu Dhabi and Doha, Stanislav Khmarsky joins us to speak about Jelena Ostapenko's success, and we discuss the unexpected split between Jessica Pegula and David Witt.Enjoy and don't forget to subscribe to the pod and let us know if you have any coaching questions - @DOAPTC is the handle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this edition of DOAPTC, we talk everything Italian after Jannik Sinner won his first Major Title at the AO'24.Italian Tennis Federation CEO Angelo Binaghi reveals the secrets to Italy's success and you might be surprised at one of them! Mark and I certainly were.Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elite Tennis Centre Professional, Xavier Pujo, joins us on this weeks podcast to talk all about his player, Vavara Gracheva, and others whom he's recently worked with like Anna Blinkova and Mirra Andreeva.Xavier is a very experienced coach and is happy to be grilled by Mark and Candy - telling us all about his coaching philosophy, do's and don'ts of coaching pro tennis players, and when he thinks Andreeva will win her first Major!Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A slight delay to 2024, but we get back to it at the first major of the year, The Australian Open, which hasn't been kind to Mark Gellard and TeamLinette. An unfortunate injury has derailed the early season plans, but Mark and co. will recover from this set-back and come back stronger!Enjoy and don't forget to ask your questions @DOAPTC!We'd love to hear from you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We finish our first year of podcasting with a Quiz - it's a contest between Magda Linette and her coach Mark Gellard. We get to know how much they know (and don't!) about each other, with a few surprising and funny answers! Plus, Mark talks about pre-season and what the players have to go through ahead of the new season. Merry Christmas to you all and a Happy New Year!Twitter @DOAPTC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Team Linette is taking a much needed break after an 'A' rated season - find out how Mark has been spending the time, what he thinks of record-breaker Novak Djokovic, and when he, Iain Hughes and Magda will get back to it, plus what's in store for the new season!Enjoy and please send in your questions @DOAPTC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.