Nadal Feeling 22 & Anderson Good-bye

Nadal won his 14th French Open title and 22nd grand slam overall. The distance between Nadal and his rivals, Djokovic and Federer, is widening. Nadal’s greatness on clay knows no bounds. On the grass at Wimbledon, Nadal has the chance to keep his hopes alive for the calendar slam. He has won Wimbledon twice, but he hasn’t played on the surface for 3 years. His last match at Wimbledon was a four set defeat to Roger Federer in the semi-finals. Besides Djokovic, who is the favorite, and Nadal, who else has the best chance of winning Wimbledon this year? We also cover the career of Kevin Anderson, who recently announced his retirement. The two time grand slam finalist was always a pleasure to watch. How do his career stats look? His big man game was exceptional on the grass especially.

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2019 Forecast


Happy Holidays from us at 15-30! The New Year is around the corner. That means more tennis. Many players are busy training preparing for glory at the Aussie Open. What will 2019 have in store? Djokovic’s continued return to dominance or a Fedal repeat of 2017? Or maybe just maybe the dawn of a new era will be formed by the minting of new champions – young and old. We have made our bold tennis predictions for 2019.

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Talking Tennis with Dr. Stephanie Kovalchik



Dr. Kovalchik obtained her PhD in statistics from UCLA and now works at Tennis Australia as a data scientist immersed in tennis. We talk about her findings including applying the Pythagorean win theorem to tennis, pressure ratings, and many other cutting-edge analytics that can help us better understand the modern game of tennis. Two rounds into the US Open she even gives her group’s picks for the men and women’s singles champions…