Craig O’Shannessy the world’s leading tennis strategy expert Global Tennis Expert
Tennis is a game of patterns & percentages. Craig is the expert at bringing them to life.
Craig O’Shannessy is widely recognized as the world leader in teaching and analyzing tennis strategy. Craig specializes in this specific area of the sport, creating his online Brain Game Tennis business to teach players, coaches and fans the patterns of play, and winning percentages that dominate our sport.
How you hit the ball matters. Where you hit it matters more.
Craig’s unique talents comes from a blend of developing three specific skills to an exemplary level. It creates the total package of tour coaching experience, media savvy, and the ability to discuss the game in a refreshing, informed and tactical manner.
1. Coaching Craig has coached on tour for 20 years, developing players such as Kevin Anderson, Amer Delic, Rajeev Ram, Melinda Czink, Jesse Levine, Brendan Evans, Marcel Ilhan & many more.
2. Technology Craig was the first coach in the world to develop Dartfish Match Tagging software to chart tennis matches, cutting them up into specific patterns of play to analyze. Video is the ultimate learning accelerator in our game.
3. Media Craig has a BA Journalism degree from Baylor University, and is the tennis analyst for the world’s leading newspaper, the New York Times. Craig also writes for several leading global tennis publications. 2015
Wimbledon Analyst
Mats Wilander and Annabel Croft welcomed Craig to the Live@Wimbledon team this year, previewing & reviewing matches, commentating on Centre Court, providing strategy analysis, and interviewing special guests such as Boris Becker - enhancing digital content with data-driven tactical insights.
Australian Open Analyst / Expert
Craig featured as the AO Expert in the daily video preview of the Match of the Day, and also wrote detailed match reviews as the AO Analyst on the tournament’s website. Craig also took over the event’s live Twitter feed for featured night matches, providing in-depth strategic coverage. Wimbledon Coaching
Dustin Brown defeated Rafael Nadal
Craig was part of Dustin Brown’s coaching team, specializing in the strategy that defeated two-time Wimbledon champion, Rafael Nadal. Craig helped orchestrate the game plan, making small adjustments to Dustin’s game, and fine-tuning the tactics that produced the most memorable match of the 2015 Championships.
Match Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_fqw_i31_k
USPTA Touring Coach of the Year Award
With more than 15,000 members, The USPTA is a global leader in tennis teacher certification, and professional development. Craig will be awarded the 2015 Tim Gullickson Touring Coach of the Year Award at the World Conference in New Orleans in September. The award is special recognition from the tennis industry of Craig’s remarkable work at the top level of our sport. Global Tennis Leader
USPTA / Tennis Channel Shows
Craig’s expert strategy is being turned into a series of television shows on the Tennis Channel, debuting August 15, 2015. The USPTA Series, titled OnCourt with USPTA, will initially focus on serve strategy. The second show will debut later in 2015, focused on baseline play.
See the show here: http://youtu.be/i9V0w3byNkk
ATP World Tour
Craig covers all the biggest matches of the year for the ATP, including Masters Series finals and Grand Slam finals. The “ATP Brain Game Match Analysis” logo identifies Craig’s stories, which are some of the most widely read on the world’s most popular tennis website. Fans learn about the key match-ups in the biggest matches on tour, and go to the dedicated Brain Game section on the website to read all of his analysis. Holding Court Live - Presented by Barclays
Craig made several appearances on the ATP’s live preview show at the 2014 World Tour Finals in London, breaking down the key metrics of the world’s best players in the end of season championships.
WTA Tennis
Craig is also the lead strategy expert for the WTA Tour, regularly contributing to the WTA Tennis website, analyzing the biggest matches in the women’s game. Craig works closely with WTA partner, SAP, to highlight a new level of tennis metrics.
New York Times
Craig has been the lead tennis strategy analyst for the past four years for the NYT, delivering insightful match analysis to the Times’ discerning global audience.
Match Commentating
Craig’s expert analysis is a breath of fresh air for tennis fans, as he explains what to look for with the specific match-ups, and stays focused on “who is doing what to whom” as the match progresses. Craig commentated several Centre Court matches at Wimbledon this year, as well as Caroline Wozniaki’s stunning upset of Maria Sharapova at the 2014 U.S. Open for the BBC’s Five Live. A Fresh Viewpoint / An Informed Analyst
Craig is one of the first people that the world’s media interview to get the facts at the elite level of the game. Here’s a sample of recent interviews.
Bloomberg: Nadal Succumbs ao Dustin Brown’s Moneyball Stats at Wimbledon
The Telegraph: Wimbledon Has a New Cult Hero
The Guardian: Dustin Brown d Rafael Nadal
ESPN: Dustin Brown & Organized Chaos
Sports Illustrated: How Can Sharapova Beat Williams?
Wall Street Journal: The Sport that Forgot about Scouting
BBC Sport: How Andy Murray can Beat Novak Djokovic
Bleacher Report: 2014 ATP World Tour Finals
Tech Page One: The New Data Jedi
Sloane Sports Conference: Tennis Analytics
Contact: Craig O’Shannessy Austin, Texas, USA
[email protected] +1 214 263 2519 @braingametennis