Andy Roddick (former professional tennis player)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

Andy Roddick (Served) is a Grand Slam-winning tennis champion. Andy joins the Armchair Expert to discuss when his tennis rankings weren’t as good as his older brother’s until the day it flipped, whether he thinks you’re born or made with the disposition of an elite athlete, and how undervalued a skill it is to get beat and go to work the next day. Andy and Dax talk about the dividends gained from taking 10 years off of tennis, the protectiveness his father showed over his career and finances, and his mom bribing him with tickets to the US Open for a good report card. Andy explains the morning he woke up at 30 and decided to retire, the joy of doing SNL, and being spoiled by greatness in the sport of tennis today.

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0:00.0	Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to Armchair Expert early and ad free right now.
0:06.5	Join Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:10.0	Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts.
0:13.8	Welcome, welcome, welcome to armchair expert.
0:16.0	Experts on expert.
0:17.1	I'm Dan Shepard and I'm joined by Lily Patman.
0:18.9	Hi.
0:19.4	Today we have Andy Roddickon.
0:22.5	And if anyone was curious who this sexy guess was, who sweat a little bit, this is it.
0:29.2	He's, he was very...
0:31.4	Go all the way.
0:33.7	He's just very attractive person in general.
0:36.3	He looks attractive, he sounds in general. He looks attractive.
0:38.5	He sounds attractive and he is attractive.
0:41.6	And as it turns out, he's attractive.
0:44.2	Yeah, I was absolutely charmed to know and by Andy.
0:47.3	I really just thought he was spectacular.
0:49.0	He was very easy to talk to.
0:50.4	Yes, yes, yes.
0:51.7	He's not just easy on the eyes.
0:52.9	He's very easy on the ears.
0:54.3	Andy Rodick is a tennis champion, former world number one and U.S. Open champion, three-time
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