Max Eisenbud - Agent to Sharapova, Raducanu, Li Na

The Tennis Podcast

David Law

Sports & Recreation, Wimbledon, Sports, Tennis

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Max Eisenbud has spent the last 20 years as an IMG agent to tennis stars Maria Sharapova, Emma Raducanu and Li Na. In this hour-long interview, he tells us about what makes a good agent, how his life changed when Maria Sharapova became part of it, dealing with tennis parents, and why he doesn't expect to see Emma Raducanu change her approach to hiring coaches.

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0:00.0	I didn't play with toys as a kid. I played with engines.
0:03.2	Became a mechanics apprentice at 16, but eventually I wanted a new challenge.
0:07.5	So I joined the Navy and I took what I knew about cars and applied it to destroyers.
0:13.2	I learned to fix anything, anywhere in any situation.
0:17.2	And now I help keep 1 billion pounds of warship up and running at all costs.
0:21.6	Me.
0:22.7	Ravi.
0:23.7	Born in Stockport.
0:25.0	Made in the Royal Navy.
0:26.8	Start your journey.
0:28.2	Search Made in the Royal Navy.
0:30.4	Hi, this is Billie Jean King.
0:34.4	This is Maiden Bartotti.
0:35.6	I'm Matt Vellander.
0:36.8	This is Mary Carillo.
0:37.9	This is Pam Shriver.
0:39.0	This is Janik Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
0:44.1	Well, hello and welcome to the tennis podcast.
0:56.9	It is, as you listen to us the week after Wimbledon for us, it is the week before Wimbledon.
1:03.0	It is all ahead of us.
1:04.6	So don't tell us what happens.
1:07.2	You'll know that by now.
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