ATP Episodes

Feb. 5, 2021

Episode 97: Australian Open 2021 Preview

As we near the start of the first Grand Slam of 2021, we´ve brought together a panel of former and current pros to preview the Australian Open. Listen to Dan discuss all the latest from Melbourne with todays guests:- GB´s Bi…
Jan. 26, 2021

Episode 95: Mark Petchey - The man who views tennis through many lenses

Mark Petchey is a former top 100 ATP player and former British Number 1. He went on the be the Head of Men’s Tennis at the LTA before coaching Andy Murray as he transitioned from 350 to top 50 ATP. Mark´s last 15 years have …
Jan. 22, 2021

Episode 94: Skupski Brothers - Together again!

The Skupski brothers are back playing together on the ATP Tour 2021 after a couple of years apart. Neal Skupski has spent the last few years with fellow Brit Jamie Murray, while Ken Skupski has paired up many times with Sant…
Jan. 19, 2021

Episode 92: Justin Gimelstob - My Way

Welcome to our first episode of 2021! Justin Gimelstob is a polarising figure in the world of tennis. His career has included winning Grand Slams, coaching John Isner into the Worlds Top 10m, commentating, Media Companies, a…
Dec. 30, 2020

Episode 90: Oli Golding - The different ‘stages’ of Tennis Life

Oli Golding is a US Open Junior Singles Champion. As well as being World junior number 2, Oli was a childhood star on the stage, including the West End and he now works at Santander Bank. In this episode we discuss the chall…
Dec. 27, 2020

Episode 89: Xavier Malisse - The X Man!

Xavier Malisse is a former top 20 ATP player from Belgium. He made the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2002, and had wins over Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray during his career. In this episode, Xavie…
Dec. 12, 2020

Episode 85: Wayne Ferreira - Iron Man

Wayne Ferreria is a former World Number 6 in singles and 9 in doubles. He has had an incredible tennis career, which saw wins over 3 generations of greats of the game including Bjorn Borg, Roger Sampras and Roger Federer, wi…
Dec. 2, 2020

Episode 82: Allistair McCaw - Champion Minded

Allistair McCaw has dedicated his life to high performance through working with world class athletes including Xavier Malisse and Kevin Anderson on the fitness side of their game. This has evolved into mindset training and n…
Nov. 28, 2020

Episode 81: Nick Weal - LTA Head of Coach Education and Development

Nick Weal has spent the last 35 years as a Grand Slam Player, Grand Slam Coach and GB Davis Cup Coach and is now in charge of the LTA Coach Education. In this episode of Control the Controllables, he shares his experiences, …
Nov. 26, 2020

Episode 80: James Auckland - Pro to Parks

James Auckland is a former British Number 1 Doubles Player with a highest ATP Ranking of 57. Listen to him talk to Dan about his journey and how key failures led to the passion and fire to drive and ‘prove people wrong’. Thi…
Nov. 14, 2020

Episode 77: Dave Sammel - Mindset College

Dave Sammel was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has spent the past 30 years as a coach in the UK working with some of the best players in GB. He is currently Liam Broady´s coach. Dave has strong views and c…
Oct. 28, 2020

Episode 72: Dominik Koepfer - The Outlier

This week we speak to top 100 ATP player Dominik Koepfer. Koepfer sits as the current 65th best male tennis player in the world, yet he only played 1-2 times a week before he was 16 years old. From Germany, Koepfer played US…
Sept. 16, 2020

Episode 60: Lloyd and Anthony Harris - African Champions

In today´s episode of Control the Controllables, we speak to Anthony Harris who is top 100 ATP Player Lloyd Harris’s coach. Anthony also coached Dudi Sela in his formative years aged 11-19. We discuss his Academy and philoso…
Aug. 31, 2020

Episode 55: Cameron Norrie - College Stud to Pro Life

Cameron Norrie had an illustrious College career at Texas Christian University before seamlessly moving into the top 100 ATP. Since recording this, he has reached a career high of 12, and is the current British number 1. In …
Aug. 29, 2020

Episode 54: Nick Monroe - No stone unturned

Nick Monroe has been on the ATP Tour for the past 17 years with a career high of 30 ATP doubles. Nick speaks to us from the US Open Bubble as he prepares to play the event. Nick was a top USTA Junior, US College All-American…