The Rennae Stubbs Tennis Podcast
Our tennis podcast has six grand slams—does yours? Join hosts Rennae Stubbs and Racquet magazine founder Caitlin Thompson as they talk to their friends and favorite tennis players about life, love and sometimes even tennis.
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Show overview
The Rennae Stubbs Tennis Podcast has been publishing since 2018, and across the 8 years since has built a catalogue of 223 episodes. That works out to roughly 170 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 36 min and 55 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Sports show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 months ago, with 16 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2024, with 55 episodes published. Published by iHeartPodcasts.
From the publisher
Our tennis podcast has six grand slams—does yours? Join host Rennae Stubbs as she talks to her friends and favorite tennis players about life, love and sometimes even tennis.
Latest Episodes
View all 223 episodesDrug Suspensions, Wildcards and Breakthroughs
Williamsx2
Keep Your Pants On
FAFO
Party in Paris
Rolling into Roland-Garros
Hannah Berner is Back
Hunger Games
We'll Call it Ugly: Madrid Updates, Alcaraz's Withdrawals, NCAA & Rafa Doc
Natural Surfaces; American College Tennis Without Americans, Reader Qs
Euro Swing
Moons Over My Hammy
Miami is over, and the Sunshine Doubles singles players (and Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova in women's doubles) repeated—hats off to Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka for doing the extremely difficult. Rennae expounds on what happened and why—as well as where we go from here as clay season looms...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Butts in Seats
We gotta get them there, no matter the cost—ok tournaments? A breakdown of Indian Wells, the return of accursed traveler Daniil Medvedev, what's up with Iga? and a little preview of a new and improved Miami.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Blocked and Reported
Rennae and Caitlin discuss bad behavior online and oncourt—from neckbeard gamblers harassing players to commentator tete a tetes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Indian Wells & The Future of US Tennis
Of course Rennae and Caitlin beam in from a Racquet Retreat in the desert to get into the first great tournament on US soil, Indian Wells! But first, we touch base on what's up for the future of the USTA: Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley's appointment as CEO of the US governing body and how it needs to change. Plus: Serena's comeback seems realer by the minute.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
AO Preview Show
Live from Melbourne, Rennae and Petko break down the men's and women's draw ahead of the Australian Open—from who's in form to who's in trouble, the Happy Slam promises to have it all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Wrapping up the Year in ATP
e do our damndest not to talk ONLY about Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, who were so clearly ahead of the rest of the pack that it's hard not to give them all the awards. Plus: what do players like Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton and Alex Zverev need to do to be competitive with the elite pack? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Wrapping up the Year in WTA
From the podiums to the pork chops, we review the year's highs, lows and whoas. Plus: Coco Gauff is the new face of the Mercedes Benz's WTA title sponsorship, and is Serena actually really coming back despite what she says on social media? We think the answer is... yesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MBAs
Spain and Italy can't keep their hands off each other, and Rennae ever so slightly relents on the weekly topic of Justine Henin's majestic backhand! As always, we're here to solve all of tennis' problems—from the NCAAs to PTPAs, Tour Finals (just join em, already!) and of course, team competition. As ever, we're thankful for all of you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hall of Fame
We recap the (predictably, but satisfying) ATP Tour Finals, discuss the Gazprom Open, bid farewell to Chris Eubanks and debate the justifiable entry into the International Tennis Hall of Fame of the GOAT (in our house, her name is Mary Carillo) as well as some guy named Roger Federer. Plus: who got snubbed and why?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.