Perfect Match? is a tennis podcast where we talk about tennis as it relates to the culture (and sometimes our relationship as it relates to tennis).
Co-hosts, partnered couple and dare we say doubles partners, Bryan and Michele get into it exploring the big game, their own game and anything else that's making tennis fans talk from the sidelines.
Episodes drop weekly. Stay in touch: Bluesky at @perfectmatchpodcast.com (https://bsky.app/profile/perfectmatchpodcast.com) or @shellsteak (https://bsky.app/profile/shellsteak.bsky.social), and Instagram at @perfectmatchpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/perfectmatchpodcast/).
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Love, 15, 30, 40: Music to tennis fans' ears and seemingly more complicated than A.P. Calculus to non-tennis people. This week, we attempt to explain how to explain tennis scoring. Bryan takes particular joy in this exercise as a man who loves to explain things (they should have a word for that!). Can tennis scoring be explained, or must it be lived?
Also,
Elf and Polymarket are running the latest annoying Tennis Channel ads
The history and possible future of the tiebreak in tennis
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23 Sept 2026
Happy Bisexual Awareness Week!
Michele is out of town this week, which happens to also be Bisexual Awareness Week. I kept myself occupied by recording this short, (I believe) thoughtful essay on bisexuality. For all our bisexual listeners, you are awesome 💜
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16 Sept 2026
Bro Hard or Bro Home: The 5 Types of Bros in Men's Tennis
On Sunday, we had a Brodown: (Total Bro) Ben Shelton battled (Toxic Bro) Alexander Zverev, not for the title of Top Bro but for the adjacent title of 2026 US Open Men's Champion. This week we break down Bros in Tennis: the Total Bro, Partial Bro, Nouveau Bro, Not a Bro and Toxic Bro. We feel that these entirely made up categories of bro-dom are a useful framing device for Men's Tennis in 2026. Or are they?
Also:
Sabalenka is a sore loser at the US Open Final
Two out gay male players compete in a final in a Challengers match for the first time 🏳️🌈
And other stuff...
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Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
YouTube views
871
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.9 / 5
12 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
11 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
Quality
72
Social presence
90
YouTube
64
Engagement
51
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