The Ball Boys

The Ball Boys are wrapping up the US Open like half the field is wrapping up their shoulders, wrists, and egos.  Tune in as Paul and Matthew run down the top moments from the men’s and women’s competitions. We celebrate the Taurus champions Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka who really are meeting the moment.  We have SIX Lobsbians for you from the players puppy cam to red hot matches.   And we return with another case of Cross Court, the case of Public Indecency.  Tune in and hear the verdict.  

And Just Like That, we’re back in the Big Apple for one last slam in 2025.  And Matthew Coleman is back, debuting a hot new beard and some extra hot takes on all the action leading up to the US Open.  We send off Cincinnati in true WKRP fashion, debate what worked and didn’t about the mixed doubles at the Open (let’s just say we were mixed about the mixed), and we consult our crystal balls for the stories, upsets, and big winners to look for over the next two weeks in New York. 

The Ball Boys are back with a Canadian Open recap where we continue a season of firsts.  First wins, first masters titles, first dates!  Ivy and Paul cover the tournaments highs and lows including a fresh set of Cold Plays.  We have a deep dive into Ben Shelton - has he found a new gear that the tour should be afraid of? And why is the gear he wears always drenched in sweat? And we finish things off with Cross Court, where we are the line judge and jury in the case of the Messed up Mixed Doubles.  

The Ball Boys have a new B in town, with Coach B joining us to break down the action from the ATP and WTA tours.  We’re recapping the hot hot action coming out of DC, including live reactions to the men’s final.  Sorry Ms Kidman, heartbreak does NOT feel good in a place like this.  We also have this summer’s must see TV show, where Venus finds a new mixed doubles partner Bachelorette style.  And we try our first case in a new segment of tennis transgressions in Cross Court.  Come on in, this court is in session!

Pop the corks and toss the strawberries, we are done with Wimbledon.  Join Paul and Colby to break down the hits and misses from two weeks on grass. We sum up the tournament by deciding how many balls it gets in our new rating system S.E.R.V.E.  Plus we have a proposal for how to save the players sanity, no cap - actually all cap.  And we finish off with a game that deciphers how Novak Djokovic can get to 25 grand slams.  

It’s time for the Crown Jewel of the Grand Slams and we’re breaking down the grass, talking trash, and covering the sass.  Reporter, former top junior, and grass enthusiast Colby Grey (no relation to Sasha or Kerri) joins as this week’s co-host and talks about his time playing with some of today’s pros and he does his best to keep Federer in the GOAT debate.  Plus we have a few modest proposals for the tour, like why not let us tip for a great match if we’re tipping for everything else?  And we make our always spot on predictions for who’s going deep at Wimbledon and who’s bottoming out early. 

For this special Father’s Day episode we’re celebrating all the dads and daddies of the tennis tour.  Join Paul and Ivy as we cover as many dads as possible and play some brand new games like Who’s Your Daddy, and Dad, Daddy, or Dandy.  We talk about our favorite dads of the tour and predict who will be the next dad to win a grand slam.  And of course we have a new BaeTP but this one is just for the dads.  

Paul and Matthew are showering off the Terre Battue of Roland Garros and recapping what’s been one of the most entertaining grand slams in recent history.  We’re vamos’ing ourselves for Pride Month and bringing you the best stories from Paris. From sending off Rafa in style to the top talent bringing their A games to lots of jockeying for the BaeTP top 8.  Plus we play French Roast and French Toast, celebrating the best and worst of the tournament.  Join us on Instagram @tbbtennis and let us know if you agree.  

It’s time for the second slam of the year and Paul and Matthew are breaking down all the action for you.  We’re out of the best smelling WTA final where Jasmine battled Coco, and Sinner may have been bullied into losing to Carlos.  All this has us covered in so much clay we’re in the red just like Tommy Paul’s truck payments.  And did we just come up with the next great reality show - The Real Midwives of New York City?  Check it all out and hear our picks for Roland Garros glory.  

We have the mother of all shows for you as we celebrate Mother's Day with all the MILFs on tour - Moms I’d like to Fan, Moms I’d like to Face, Moms I’d like to Fact and more.  Our Mother Ball Boy Ivy Pochoda joins Paul to talk about the top moms and highlight our favorite box mothers. Plus we make our trusty predictions on who is getting knocked up next and what mom is going to win a grand slam.  So after you call your mom for Mother’s Day send her this episode.   

This episode welcomes a new ball boy to the fold with John Griffin helping Paul navigate the clay courts that are all starting to blend together. We swear we've seen this all before. We break down the action from Madrid where Casper Ruud gave the rest of the tour a ruud awakening. And we look ahead to Rome where Sinner will return just as the Pope leaves. Plus we have a jam packed BaeTP for you to weigh in on. Olé!

On this episode Paul and Matthew are going the full monty in Monte Carlo and dishing the dirt about clay.  And no, we don’t mean our ex.  We’ve got your covered from Houston to Charleston to the Riviera bringing you the highlights and insights with Balls on the Ground.  Plus we updated the BaeTP rankings and have another new number 1.  

We’re wrapping up Miami and the Sunshine double and boy are our mouths tired.  Paul and Ivy break down the action with some fresh Lobsbians that will take your breath away, and the Novak deep state code has finally been cracked. Plus we have a new segment, Balls on the Ground, with firsthand takes from Miami.  And of course we’ve updated the BaeTP rankings with some surprising new entrants.  Head over to our Instagram @tbbtennis for the full list.

On this episode of the Ball Boys we are fresh out of the desert and boy are we hoarse.  We’re recapping Indian Wells with a few not so surprising winners (did we actually predict this one?!) and we’re calling bologna on the Indian Wells cuisine. Plus we talk about the most extra country in tennis, and of course we mean Romania.  And finally we debut the BaeTP Rankings, taking into account performance on and off the court for the men’s tour.  Check it out and see who comes out on top.  

On this episode we are joined by writer and tennis insider Ivy Pochoda to navigate the wild world of tennis on and off the court. Catch up on the latest hottie bracket news, including the addition of a qualifications round! And we gear up for Indian Wells by talking about the blockbusters that the tennis Gods might be giving us in the third and fourth rounds.

Since 2025 is turning out to be pretty damn messy and the Ball Boys aren't holding anything back. We're putting the Butt in Rebuttal with our in-depth probing of the "Hottie Bracket," have an immodest proposal for all doping going forward, and celebrate the ladies of the WTA who have to put up with messes that frankly a Ball Boy just misses.  Tune in, get dirty, keep it clean.  *In keeping with the theme of "Messy" a previous version had some technical issues, so if that one downloaded, ignore her; this is the one you want.

The ball boys are bouncing around the globe hitting all our favorite 500's and eating up the results and insane trick shots. We talk the Dallas Open which is hotter than ever as a 500 and on the heels of Queen B winning AOTY at last week's Grammys.  Plus we honor two timing broads - that’s a bad girls club we want to join - and Paul and Matthew almost come to blows over calls the chair umpires are just plain blowing.  And we are both applying for the new job of Official Ball Czar. 

The Ball Boys are recapping the Australian Open, shoving everything we can into our extra wide segment of This Week At The Tennis. We celebrate Madison Keys who single handedly saved the tournament and provided a bright spot in a very questionable 2025, plus we talk about how she metamorphosized and how important it is for the players (and the rest of us) to be adaptable. All that plus Matthew wants to sign us all up for BallCoin and Paul is looking for love in the Ballchelor. And stick around at the end to play our new game from down under, Slip Slop Slap to see how players can metamorphosize their games in 2025. It’s an extra long episode so enjoy it all at once uncut or if you prefer cut there's 3 segments for your pleasure. Mwuah.

The Ball Boys are back and ballsier than ever. On the premiere episode of 2025 we have our first ever Lady Ball Boy, Ivy Pochoda, novelist, writer for Racquet Magazine and Second Serve, and former professional squash player. On this episode we breakdown the first slam of the season, profile out ATP player João Lucas Reis da Silva and what coming out might do to his game, and Ivy tells us maybe the greatest doping story ever told. Buckle up, it's 2025.

Welcome to our special rear-end...I mean year-end episode where we celebrate the highs, lows, and blows of 2024 with the first annual Ballies. Tune in to find out who wins Worst Man, Tennis Supreme, and the Lobsbian of the year. Plus a special Steel Ballie for the player who has balls. And today Paul is joined by two Matthew's because two in the hand is better than one in the net.