SiriusXM has announced it has added Patrick McEnroe to its team. McEnroe has spent a lifetime in tennis and experienced the sport as a player, team captain, coach, executive and broadcaster. He will host a new weekly show, Holding Court, which will be dedicated to tennis and the world of racquet sports.
The show will debut Saturday, January 4 at 7 a.m. ET, one week prior to the start of tennis’ first Grand Slam event of the season, the Australian Open. The one-hour show will air every Saturday morning throughout the year on SiriusXM’s Mad Dog Sports Radio channel.
Sirius said McEnroe “will cover the latest news and topics from the world of professional tennis, share instructional advice and equipment tips with players of all skill levels, and expand the conversation to other racquet sports including the growing game of pickleball.” Additionally, McEnroe will veer off into other sports such as college football, baseball, basketball and more.
“I’m really excited to be working with SiriusXM and to have a platform where I can talk with tennis fans like me across the country,” said McEnroe in a release. “I’ll share my thoughts on the game today on every level, from the Grand Slams to the weekend matches at your town courts, and I’m looking forward to taking calls and hearing our listeners’ views as well. We’ll also have the freedom to expand our weekly conversations to other racquet sports and the big stories in the other pro sports that we’re fans of as well. This will be a fun wide-ranging conversation every week and I can’t wait to get started.”
“Tennis enthusiasts have been underserved when it comes to audio content related to their favorite sport. ‘Holding Court’ is addressing that unmet need for those fans,” said Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM’s President and Chief Content Officer. “Nobody knows more about the game than Patrick. He brings an incredible wealth of knowledge and experience to this new show and we’re thrilled to have him sharing his perspective on racquet sports and more with our listeners every week.”
McEnroe won 16 doubles titles and reached a career-high ranking of #3 in the world in doubles. He won the men’s doubles gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games with Luke Jensen, the French Open men’s doubles title in 1989 with Jim Grabb and the Paris Indoor with his brother John in 1992. In the Davis Cup, McEnroe represented his country as a doubles player in 1993, 1994 and 1996.
McEnroe has worked as a tennis commentator for ESPN since 1995 as a play-by-play voice, analyst and studio host.
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