The Team

David Law
Co-founder, Co-host

With more than 20 years’ experience in tennis, David started as an ATP Tour Communications Manager, conducting the first Media Guide Q&A with a 16-year-old Roger Federer in 1998.

After a few years living in Monte Carlo, where the ATP have their European HQ, David got the urge to become a freelance journalist, pursuing his passion for commentary. He has been one of the lead commentators on the BBC Radio 5 Live team since 2002, describing more than 20 Grand Slam finals and covering special moments in the careers of the Big 4 and Serena Williams. He also commentates on TV for BBC and BT Sport, and was one of the main voices on the Federer-Nadal documentary, Strokes of Genius. As well as his broadcasting work, David spent 12 years as Media Director of The Queen’s Championships.

It was David’s idea to start the Tennis Podcast back in 2012 and he remains the driving force behind it today, going full-time in early 2022. He is always coming up with new ideas, is a great storyteller, and his Mastermind topic would be tennis in the 90’s. David is working on getting more sleep.

When he is not working, David is likely to be watching his beloved West Bromwich Albion, or slightly-less-beloved Seattle Seahawks.

Catherine Whitaker
Co-founder, Co-host

Catherine first met David at Queen’s in 2007 and spent seven years working with him on the ATP Champions Tour. After moving into broadcasting, Catherine was part of the Eurosport team at the Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open, she worked for the BBC at Wimbledon, and presented Eurosport’s coverage of the Winter Olympics in Pyeonchang.

Since 2018, Catherine has hosted Amazon Prime Video’s coverage of tennis in the UK. On the night Emma Raducanu won the US Open, she presented the action to more than 11 million people watching live.

Catherine brings her presenting skills to the podcast, steering the show in a way only she can. She’s also conducted many of the big-name interviews which illuminate our Tennis Podcast archive and she runs our Instagram account (when it suits her).

Away from tennis, Catherine supports Reading FC, loves figure skating, is obsessed with The Olympics, and has recently become an F1 fan. A nap alongside Billie Jean K9, with cricket on in the background, is Catherine’s idea of heaven.  

Matthew Roberts
Podcaster

After years of listening to The Tennis Podcast on the school bus, Matt approached David and Catherine during his first year of university to see if he could help out as an intern. Beginning life with us as Student Matt, he helped with our social media and show planning in between lectures.

In November 2018, after he’d left university to become Grad Matt, David and Catherine invited him to a pod recording at a pub in London, put a microphone in his hand, and got him talking on-air for the first time. Listeners enjoyed his Karen Khachanov takes and helped us give him a full-time job in our 2019 crowdfunding campaign.

Since then, Matt has been a third voice on the show, travelling to Grand Slam tournaments as an on site reporter. He also writes our newsletter, edits most episodes, leads the research on our Tennis Re-Lived series, and shares Twitter duties with David outside of the slams. He loves stats, backhands, reading, languages, and Fulham FC.

Matthew Olarewaju
Cameraman 

When Matthew came to David for work experience at Queen’s in 2009, David knew straight away that he was a huge talent, able to see shots that nobody else could and tell stories through video. Since then, he’s honed his craft and spent many years travelling the ATP Tour as a cameraman, editor and producer. Lots of the players know and love him. 

Matthew has been an integral part of our transition to video podcasts, helping us to produce Live from Wimbledon for the first time in 2023. Throughout that week he became the breakout start of our Instagram, taking on David at our King of The 90s Quiz, but ultimately falling just short of victory. 

He’s an expert at obscure women’s tennis trivia, he’s the guy to come to if you want to know which tournament has the best food, and he takes great pleasure in being Matt's nemesis on the tennis court.

Simon Briggs
Pundit

Simon is the Senior Feature Writer and Tennis Correspondent for The Telegraph. A frequent and much-loved guest on The Tennis Podcast, especially during the Grand Slam tournaments, Simon always raises the intellectual bar of the show to an otherwise unattainable level, which is both a good and a bad thing. A stunning writer, he covers the sport of tennis year-round.

Editors and contributors

We are also lucky to work with the following superb editors and contributors: Patrick Whiteside (Editor), Jibril Monsanto (Editor), Barbara Perry (Agent - Billie Jean King Enterprises, Charlie Eccleshare (The Athletic), Mary Carillo (Legend in every way), Pam Shriver (Legend in every way, co-founder of The Barge), Matt Futterman (The Athletic), Christopher Clarey (formerly New York Times, now author and Tennis in Beyond substack writer).