In May 2012, David Law and Catherine Whitaker sat around David’s parents’ dining table and recorded the first edition of The Tennis Podcast. Roughly 10 people listened to it (all of them relatives), and they were treated to a discussion of the week’s tennis, an interview with Carlos Moya, and David predicting that Serena Williams would win the French Open. She lost in the first round. 

Catherine and David recording The Tennis Podcast at Queen's 2017.

Catherine and David recording The Tennis Podcast at Queen's 2017.

Similarly awful predictions followed, frequently, but apart from that, The Tennis Podcast went from strength-to-strength.

More than 1,250 episodes were produced in the ensuing 12 years, more than 100,000 devices reached, and Catherine, David and Matt Roberts (who joined in 2015) now work full-time on the show that they record weekly year-round, and daily, on-site, at the four Grand Slam tournaments - the Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open.

A multi-talented team of contributors add to the mix of podcasts, YouTube Live shows, Newsletters, social media and community content produced by The Tennis Podcast, which is now the most-listened-to podcast in the sport, with Billie Jean King, Mary Carillo and Lin-Manuel Miranda regularly tuning in.

Profiled in the New York Times, the Melbourne Age and the Sydney Morning Herald recently, The Tennis Podcast was named one of the 10 best podcasts of 2022 by Time, and Best Sport Podcast in the 2023 British Podcast Awards.