Would you like a backstage pass to hear what happens when John McEnroe, Pat Cash, Goran Ivanisevic, Henri Leconte and the rest get together on the BlackRock Tour of Champions?

Do you want exclusive interviews on all things tennis with some of the greatest players ever to play the game?

Well, on the first day of every month, the BlackRock Tennis Champions Podcast will bring you exactly that.

We'll bring you all the Tour news, take you to the players' parties and into the locker room to really get to know the household names you remember from the 80's and 90's.

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Episode 10

• In 10th and final episode of the BlackRock Tennis Champions Podcast for 2007, the champions square off at the season's finale at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
• Comedian Jimmy Carr and entertainer Jonathan Ross offer John McEnroe some advice.
• Paul Haarhuis bathes in the glory of his title treble, looks ahead to the 2008 BlackRock Tour of Champions, and throws down a challenge to Pete Sampras.

   

Episode 9

• With the BlackRock Masters Tennis at London’s Royal Albert Hall just days away, the ninth edition of the BlackRock Tennis Champions Podcast looks ahead to the season-ending finale.
• Just prior to the event in London, the Davis Cup final between the United States and Russia will take place in Portland, Oregon.
• years. Who does McEnroe think will win? Why? And how will he feel watching his brother Patrick – the current USA captain – sit on the sidelines?
• And finally, over recent years, the players on the BlackRock Tour of Champions have adopted lowly British football teams to support - Goran Ivanisevic and John McEnroe in particular left people scratching their heads in 2005 by declaring their undying support for West Bromwich Albion.
• Now it is Bjorn Borg’s turn to reveal his personal favourite, and his choice is similarly bizarre.

   

Episode 8

• What would Roger Federer ask Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe if they appeared on the same radio show? More to the point, what would they ask him? Now is your chance to find out.
• Federer makes a special guest appearance on Episode 8 of the BlackRock Tennis Champions Podcast, which is available to download now for free from iTunes and the BlackRock Tour of Champions website.
• Federer quizzes six-time Roland Garros champion Borg about how to win the French Open, McEnroe about his greatest tennis regret, and then fields questions from the two tennis legends. Who would he have supported if he had been courtside for the Borg vs. McEnroe Wimbledon finals? Will he still be playing Rafael Nadal in 25 years time when, like Borg and McEnroe, they will be in their early 50’s and late 40’s respectively.

   

Episode 7

• Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe have renewed the greatest rivalry in tennis history. We take you behind the scenes in Eindhoven where the pair faced off for the first time in five years on the BlackRock Tour of Champions.
• Hear a vintage McEnroe tantrum, their post-match press conference, and what happened when Richard Krajicek and Sergi Bruguera hit the showers together.

   

Episode 6

• With the long awaited Bjorn Borg vs. John McEnroe clash only days away at the Alex Tennis Classics in Eindhoven, the BlackRock Tennis Champions paid a visit to Paris in France.
• As well as playing at the Trophee Jean Luc Lagardere, the entire field, including McEnroe, Thomas Muster and Sergi Bruguera saw their first ever rugby match – the France vs. Ireland World Cup clash at the Stade de France.
• We join them on the BlackRock Tennis Champions Podcast for an entertaining journey that saw McEnroe risk the wrath of the French crowd by wearing an Irish scarf, Cedric Pioline gloating and Thomas Muster singing.

   

Episode 5

• With Roger Federer aiming for a 12th Grand Slam title in New York, Bjorn Borg has spoken exclusively on Episode 5 of the BlackRock Tennis Champions Podcast and said that Federer will go on to be the greatest player of all time, finishing with 15 or 16 Grand Slam titles.
• Borg joins fellow Wimbledon champions Michael Stich and Pat Cash for a full, exclusive preview of the US Open and a look back at BlackRock Tour of Champions events in Algarve, Portugal and Graz, Austria.

   

Episode 4

• The great Bjorn Borg is back and the fourth edition of the BlackRock Tennis Champions Podcast features an exclusive interview with the Swede ahead of his return to the BlackRock Tour of Champions in the Algarve, Portugal.
• Pat Cash details his favourite Borg memories while Henri Leconte gets a nasty shock when he weighs himself.

   

Episode 3

• In 2001, Goran Ivanisevic completed a fairytale run to the Wimbledon title. With Wimbledon approaching, Goran joins the BlackRock Tennis Champions Podcast to give us his own, personal guide to Superstition, and nobody does it quite like him.
• Michael Stich and Wayne Ferreira to try to work out if Roger Federer will win the French Open before Rafael Nadal wins on grass at Wimbledon.

 

Episode 2

• John McEnroe showers Novak Djokovic with praise as he named the teenage Serbian the BlackRock Tennis Champions Podcast Player of the Month.
• McEnroe urges Roger Federer to change his tactics against Rafael Nadal, having watched the Spaniard win his fifth straight clay match against the World No. 1 in Monte Carlo.
• The American also had some words of encouragement for Britain’s Andy Murray, who endured a torrid clay court season last year.

 

Episode 1

• John McEnroe and his father J P McEnroe talk together about what went into making a seven-time Grand Slam champion and the most talked-about tennis player in history.
• We gatecrash the Belfast players party as McEnroe and Pat Cash face off in a guitar solo clash. Henri Leconte also gets involved, with comical results.
• Anders Jarryd calls in to talk about his first ever title on the BlackRock Tour of Champions.
• McEnroe looks forward to visiting Barcelona, April 19-22.