Netflix to Serve Up Documentary Series Following Men's and Women's Pro Tennis Players Throughout the ATP and WTA Tours and the Grand Slam Tournaments

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Netflix to Serve Up Documentary Series Following Men's and Women's Pro Tennis Players Throughout the ATP and WTA Tours and the Grand Slam Tournaments

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14 January 2022

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For the first time, fans will be able to share in a year in the life of some of the world's best tennis players as they journey around the world, seeking to win on the sport's biggest stages.

To bring this unique immersive documentary series to the screen, Netflix has teamed up with the four Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP Tour, WTA Tour, and ATP Media beginning with the 2022 season at the Australian Open.

The series will offer an unfiltered look at life inside the competitive sport of professional tennis through the perspective of the players and their teams, in the same spirit as Formula 1: Drive to Survive and the recently announced project featuring golf's PGA Tour.

Through a historic collaboration that will take cameras behind the scenes of the two tours, the Australian Open, Roland-Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open, the series will also be the first sports program of its kind to provide an equal platform to the men's and women's competitors of the sport, in keeping with the equal stage they share throughout the year.

"We are excited to continue bolstering our lineup of sports programming with this behind-the-scenes documentary series," said Brandon Riegg, Netflix Vice President of Unscripted and Documentary Series. "Tennis is beloved all over the world, with high-stakes tournaments hopping across continents and athletes hailing from countless countries. Through this historic partnership with the four Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP Tour, WTA Tour, and ATP Media, the series will be packed with rare access and rich personal stories that are sure to draw in longtime fans and new audiences alike."

The series is produced by Box to Box Films (Formula 1: Drive to Survive) with James Gay Rees and Paul Martin as serving as Executive Producers. Filming is underway now at the Australian Open.

About Box to Box Films

Box to Box Films is an award winning production company based in London. At Box To Box Films the storytelling is thoughtful, insightful and challenges the norms of the traditional documentary format. Box To Box Films is helmed by Academy Award -winning producer James Gay-Rees and BAFTA-nominated producer Paul Martin. Together they are responsible for Box To Box's ever-growing list of stellar productions: from the Netflix international hit series, FORMULA 1: DRIVE TO SURVIVE, to four-part series THE KINGS for Showtime, MAKE OR BREAK for Apple TV as well as THE THREE KINGS and MAKE US DREAM for Amazon Prime.

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