
Christian Harrison Interview: Offseason Training, Partnership Adjustments, Injury Prevention, & More
About this episode
Christian Harrison is the top-ranked American player on the ATP doubles tour. He began 2025 outside the top 80 before climbing to No. 15 in the world.
We discuss his year with fellow American Evan King and his new partnership for 2026 with Neal Skupski. You'll learn about his off-season planning, drills, and smarter training. This brief talk blends stories from Christian's season with lessons on chemistry and insights into the ATP doubles tour.
- Key wins, narrow losses, and confidence swings across the season
- Why margins in doubles are thinner than ever
- Structured off-season planning
- Exactly how Christian's day went, training with his new partner, Neal Skupski
- Switching return sides
- The formation of his new partnership with Skupski
- Learning from the British system
- What he's learned from injuries and how his training has changed
- The case for better marketing and storytelling in pro doubles
Check out Christian on Control the Controllables with Dan Kiernan.
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