For many, the 2025 ATP season has been about one heated rivalry and, well … not much else. We’re not necessarily here to contradict that narrative. But, there were five first-time Masters 1000 winners, and that’s not nothing! We’ll take you through the year’s highlights, month by month; question some tennis conventional wisdom; and go through your most memorable and funniest moments (math is hard!). Also, find out how our breakout picks fared and which ATP Awards need a rethink.

4:30 How we finished 2024

10:00 Themes of this season: duopoly, futility

15:00 The season’s notable moments in chronological order

35:35 Italy’s Davis Cup threepeat / RIP Nicola Pietrangeli

39:30 How did we do with our 2025 breakout picks?

43:40 ATP Awards: wheel and come again

48:05 Your most memorable moments of the ATP season

60:30 Your funniest moments: leave Jack alone!

65:50 Retirements, comebacks, and first-time titlists

It’s time to wrap the 2025 WTA season! We saw 5 different players split the Slams and the WTA Finals to form a season with a clear top tier but no outright dominance, allowing for surprises (Mboko, Andreeva, Swiatek at Wimbledon) and steady reliables (Sabalenka). As always, we’ll take you through the season chronologically while highlighting some key themes of the year both on- and off-court. We’ll survey the WTA Awards candidates, discuss our listeners’ most memorable and funniest moments of the season, and hold our own feet to the fire by seeing how our 2025 breakout picks performed. Thanks for joining us for an amazing season of women’s tennis!

We’ve just launched our 2025 GoFundMe -- thanks for all the support through the years. If you’d like to contribute, you can find it here.

0:35 Launching our 2026 GoFundMe

06:00 Major stories of 2025: parity but also not

11:40 Off-court stories: Mat leave, PTPA, plus Rybakina-Vukov test the WTA’s new safeguarding policy

24:25 Chronological recap, kind of

44:25 Awards season!

49:05 How did we do with our breakout picks?

52:50 What you’ll remember from the season

59:55 Your funniest moments of the season

68:35 Retirements, comebacks, maternity leaves

Jannik Sinner defends at the ATP Finals, again without losing a set, beating his chief rival #1 Carlos Alcaraz. The final was fine, even quite good at times, albeit a bit momentum-less; but hey, they can’t all be classics. Novak makes some valid points about Sinner’s doping case – yes, well-tread territory to be fair – and gets subtweeted by Darren Cahill for his troubles. Plus, Aryna is displeased with Nike (which itself seems indifferent to tennis), and we take a quick tangent into health care and politics.

1:55 Jannik repeats at the ATP Finals

7:05 The Big 3 broke tennis analysis

11:50 Semis and group stage: every era needs a de Minaur

17:45 The ATP fits and haircuts + the Nike snowsuit

21:50 Novak on Sinner’s doping case and Darren’s subtweet

32:05 Aryna is unhappy with Nike, and Nike doesn’t seem to care

38:30 Not a great week for churches! Plus a tangent on Canadian health care