Ajla Tomljanovic on Beating Serena Williams, Chris Evert Friendship & More

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Sports, Tennis, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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4-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters and tennis reporter Blair Henley sit down with Ajla Tomljanovic for a personal discussion on her career, including being the last player to defeat Serena Williams at Arthur Ashe Stadium, navigating public breakups, and the impact of mentor Chris Evert. Kim and Blair also cover the Dallas Open, including Ben Shelton crowdsourcing a doubles partner on Instagram and the All-American Classic with John McEnroe and Andy Roddick. Welcome to Love All! If you want to hang out with us behind the scenes follow us on all of our socials: https://www.instagram.com/loveallpodcast/ https://www.tiktok.com/@loveallpodcast https://x.com/loveallpodcast ⏰ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Welcome to Love Al 1:34 Ben Shelton’s viral partner search & the Dallas Open draw 2:22 The All-American Classic: McEnroe, Roddick, and "Podcast Wars" 4:44 Henley’s Headlines 9:01 Sorana Cîrstea’s farewell tour 10:41 Ajla Tomljanovic joins the show 14:32 Ajla on changing her citizenship 18:47 Ajla’s relationship with her father and coach Goran Prpić 22:35 Mentorship with "Savage" Chris Evert 28:14 Mental Health & Longevity: Avoiding regrets at the end of a career 32:24 Ajla on beating Serena Williams 35:58 Alja’s DMs are “popping” 37:17 Dating on Tour: Public breakups and Netflix’s "Break Point" 41:20 Breaking down Sabalenka, Gauff, and Samsonova 49:08 Game Evolution: Kim and Ajla on depth vs. power in the modern era 55:13 Record Prize Money: The Charleston Open’s $2.5M milestone 1:01:30 Kim’s pick to win Dallas Open & Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.6	Hi everyone, welcome back to Love All. Really, really exciting episode. We get to talk to Ayla Tomyanovich today and see what she's up to. But first, let me tell me a little bit about where you're at. You're in Dallas at home, but you're also working. So what are you up to? That's right. I live in Fort Worth this week. I am working in Dallas, which everybody's like, it's a home tournament.
0:57.0	I'm like it is, which is amazing.
0:58.7	I get to take my kids to school in the morning.
1:01.0	But it's just far enough away that it makes the commute a huge pain in the butt.
1:05.7	How long is it from home?
1:07.5	Like 52 minutes we'll go with.
1:10.5	But it's such a gift to be able to see my girls in the
1:14.7	morning. Sleep in your own bed too. Sleep in my own bed. And this is one of my favorite weeks of the year.
1:19.9	It is so much fun. The event has in five years gone from a 250 at SMU, which was wonderful.
1:26.9	But now we are at the Dallas Cowboys practice facility.
1:30.7	You have these unbelievable practice courts.
1:33.6	There's great fan access to the players.
1:36.1	And the draw has really grown as well in terms of degree of difficulty.
1:42.3	I mean, top seeds, Fritz Shelton, Alejandro Dividovich, Fekina, Koboli, Tommy Paul,
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