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Served with Andy Roddick

Roddick Talks WORST Flights & More Travel Stories | Q&Andy

Served with Andy Roddick

Served Media

Sports, Tennis, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Want to be featured on the next Q&Andy? Send us a video on our socials or email us at askandy@servedmediagroup.com Andy Roddick pulls back the curtain on one of the most overlooked parts of pro tennis—the brutal, nonstop travel that defines life on tour—breaking down the “gritty” logistics and why 95% of players aren’t flying private. He reflects on a 2004 season that saw him rack up over 100,000 miles—enough to circle the globe 4 times—while explaining how constant travel impacts performance and preparation. Roddick mixes insight with stories you won’t hear in a post-match interview, from nearly losing his passport in Russia to a $1,000 bet with Sam Querrey involving a “bull dance” after a match against Rafael Nadal. Fans also get a look at the details behind the scenes, including racket tension at altitude, gear routines, and the real meaning behind his infamous “FIGJAM” Reebok line. 📱 Stay up to date with Q&Andy! Follow us on our socials: https://www.instagram.com/servedpodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@served_podcast https://x.com/served_podcast ⏰ TIMESTAMPS:  0:00 Welcome to Q&Andy  0:38 How do pro tennis players manage travel?  2:30 How do you travel with equipment? 3:44 How do you travel home with a trophy after winning?  5:35 Who decides what clothes players wear on tour?  6:47 The hardest city to travel to on tour  8:27 Breaking down Andy's insane 2004 travel season  11:24 How do pros choose hitting partners?  12:54 The $1,000 bull dance bet with Sam Querrey vs. Rafa  15:06 Andy's craziest travel day ever  16:13 Customs nightmares and lost passport stories  18:54 Random Question of the Day: What did "FIGJAM" stand for? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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All right, welcome to Q&Andi, the show.

1:13.4

One of the shows where I don't know anything.

1:15.6

Go ahead, producer, Mike. What do we got?

1:19.0

First off, as a reminder, if you want to be featured on the show,

1:25.4

send your questions to Ask Andy at Surf Podcast.com or hit us up on the DMs on social or comment here,

1:27.4

or please just submit a video question. If you might want to see yourself, we'd love to see our fans. I do like the video questions. Yeah. It's better than me reading it and stumbling through. Well, yeah. Also, water's wet. All right, go ahead. So these are about travel and logistics. We're in the middle of Madrid right now, so we figured we'd throw out in some travel and logistics.

1:51.4

First up, Mark wrote in and asked, since tennis is a global sport without teams, how do players manage travel?

1:58.4

Do they fly commercial, charter jets, or private planes? And does someone on their team handle all of those logistics?

2:01.1

Yes. Most of the time, they have someone who is handling those logistics. We have to remember that 95% of the tour is never in charter jet territory

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