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    The Tennis Abstract Podcast

    The Tennis Abstract Podcast

    The Tennis Abstract Podcast

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    Length:
    116 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    Jeff Sackmann talks tennis and analytics with a rotating cast of experts and superfans.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 116 episodes

    Title

    Ep 116: Tennis 128 Wrap-Up

    This year, I ranked the top 128 players of the last 100 years. I wrote long-form essays...

    174 minutes
    		Dec 23, 2022

    Ep 115: Jeff McFarland on Jim Courier and GOAT Algorithms

    Jeff McFarland is the proprietor of the analytics site HiddenGameOfTennis.com, and like...

    103 minutes
    		Mar 25, 2022

    Ep 114: Ana Mitric on Goran Ivanisevic and Tennis in the Former Yugoslavia

    Serbian-American writer Ana Mitric joins me to discuss the latest entry in my Tennis 12...

    68 minutes
    		Mar 16, 2022

    Ep 113: Grace Lichtenstein on A Long Way, Baby and Women's Tennis in 1973

    In 1973, New York Times reporter Grace Lichtenstein was approached to write a book abou...

    22 minutes
    		Mar 12, 2022

    Ep 112: Carl Bialik on Rosie Casals and A Long Way, Baby

    We're up to #115 in The Tennis 128, my year-long countdown of the greatest players of t...

    71 minutes
    		Mar 07, 2022

    Ep 111: Tim Boeseler on Michael Stich and Serve-and-Volley Tennis

    Tim Boeseler is a senior editor at Germany's Tennis Magazin, where he has been covering...

    45 minutes
    		Feb 15, 2022

    Ep 110: Carl Bialik on Stan Wawrinka (and the Australian Open)

    Carl Bialik rejoins the podcast to talk about player #127 on the Tennis 128, Stan Wawri...

    54 minutes
    		Feb 05, 2022

    Ep 109: Joe Posnanski on the Australian Open and GOAT Lists

    Returning guest Joe Posnanski is the author of the Baseball 100, and he writes about al...

    91 minutes
    		Feb 01, 2022

    Ep 108: Gerry Marzorati on Serena Williams and Tennis Coverage in the 21st Century

    Gerry Marzorati is a contributor to The New Yorker and Racquet magazine, and he's the a...

    57 minutes
    		Jul 08, 2021

    Ep 107: Book Club: Sudden Death, by Alvaro Enrigue

    A digressive novel centered on a 16th-century real tennis match inspires a discussion t...

    52 minutes
    		May 26, 2021