405 - Patrick McEnroe - 4/8/2026

The Jim Rome Podcast

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Sports, Football

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Patrick McEnroe on when another American male will FINALLY win a major, if Carlos Alcaraz is on a GOAT trajectory, his impossible loss to Jimmy Connors at the 1991 US Open, how Bjorn Borg’s early retirement hurt Johnny Mac and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know, the Europeans surpassed us in teaching tennis, in coaching tennis, of how to use the court.
0:08.0	Of course, growing up on Clay Helps, and I think you're starting to see that in European basketball.
0:13.0	You know, these guys come in and look what happened in the NCAA tournament.
0:17.0	Right.
0:18.0	You know, the play, you know, how more players coming from Europe. And that's going to continue to happen.
0:27.7	Welcome to episode number 4005 of the Jim Rome podcast, my original side hustle where I come to stretch out, go long form, and have the types of conversations that we simply cannot have on our daily program.
0:39.2	It's a place for guests that need additional real estate and runway, and this is yet another example of that very thing.
0:44.9	I've got profound respect for this week's guest.
0:48.3	He's a former pro tennis player, term broadcaster, and executive.
0:52.3	He was the U.S. Davis Cup captain.
0:55.3	From 2010, he led the team to the 2007 championship. He's worked as a broadcaster for ESPN since 1995.
1:02.2	He's got a weekly show on Sirius XM. He's also the president of the International Tennis Hall of Fame,
1:08.0	and he serves as the executive director of the John McEnroe Tennis Academy.
1:12.5	By now, you have probably gathered I am talking about Patrick McEnroe.
1:17.1	It's episode number 405 of the Jim Rome podcast.
1:20.7	It's awesome, and it's coming at you right now.
1:28.8	There he is, Patrick.
1:30.1	It is so awesome.
1:31.5	Always to get caught up with you.
1:32.3	Bring me up to date.
1:33.9	How's everything with you and the family?
1:34.8	What's going on?
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