Rajeev Ram Interview: 2023 US Open Men's Doubles Champion

This is my second interview with Rajeev Ram. The first interview is down below.

2023 US Open men’s doubles champion, Rajeev Ram joins the show for the second time. Rajeev shares his experience winning his third consecutive US Open alongside partner, Joe Salisbury.

I asked Rajeev about the 2023 season which has been a bit of a rollercoaster for him and Joe. One of my favorite parts of this episode is when Rajeev explains how his communication with Joe has improved and how he worked on that when he transitioned from singles to doubles earlier in his career.

We also discuss his relationship with coach Chris Eaton, Davis Cup, 2024 Olympic plans, and more. Towards the end, Rajeev shares advice for turning matches around, playing well in 10-point tiebreakers, and answers your questions from Instagram.

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Rajeev Ram Interview: 2020 Australian Open Men’s Doubles Champion

This is my first interview with Rajeev from February 2021.

In this episode, I talk with ATP doubles player Rajeev Ram. He is number 15 in the world in doubles right now, and last year reached a career-high of number 5.

When I catch up with him he is in his hotel room in Australia on a 14-day quarantine. He is one of the players who is not allowed to leave his hotel room at all for fourteen days.

Rajeev Ram 2020 Australian Open Men's Doubles Champion

We talk about how he manages to train while he is stuck in his hotel room 24/7, and then dive into his career and doubles strategy.

We discuss World Team Tennis, how he got started playing tennis, his time in college playing at Illinois, his pro career, July 10, 2009 when he played four ATP matches in one day, before diving into doubles strategy. I ask him:

How he game plans before a match.
How he and Joe Salisbury make in-match adjustments.
What his biggest strength & weakness is on the doubles court.
When he likes to use signals vs talking (while serving).
and a lot more…

Note: Rajeev’s hotel wifi was not great, so you will hear some audio issues. We did our best to edit as much as possible.

Interview Notes from this Podcast

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