When is Netflix’s tennis documentary coming out and what we learned from the trailer

Netflix has confirmed the release date of its new tennis documentary series Break Point.

Created by the production team behind it Formula 1: Drive to Survivethe show follows top men’s and women’s players such as Nick Kyrgios, Stefanos Tsitsipas and world number one Iga Swiatek in the 2022 season.

Other players in serious play include current men’s No. 3 Casper Ruud and Felix Auger-Aliassime and women’s No. 2 Ons Jabeur.

Here’s everything we know about the series so far:

Release date of Break Point

The first five episodes Break Point will be released on Netflix on January 13, 2023, with episodes 6-10 coming out in June.

The first episodes cover the first half of the tennis season, starting with the Australian Open and ending at Roland Garros with the French Open.

The second half of the series covers the grass court swing, including Wimbledon, Eastbourne and Queens, as well as the US Open and the WTA and ATP Finals.

What do we know about Break Point so far?

Break Point follow a fly-on-the-wall style Drive to survive, which has exclusive access to some of the world’s top players. It also features interviews with legends of the game such as Martina Navratilova, Maria Sharapova and Chris Evert.

Break Point is up close and personal with these players competing around the world on the ATP and WTA tours, the series’ press release said.

From career-threatening injuries and emotional heartbreak to triumphant victories and personal moments off the court, viewers get a behind-the-scenes look at the pressure-tested lives of the world’s best tennis players.

Mainly following the sport’s younger stars, the aim is to chart the changing of the guard in tennis after Roger Federers retired earlier this year. You can watch the trailer at the top of this page or at YouTube here.

Who performs at Break Point?

This is a list of players appearing in the first series Break Point:

• Good luck Auger too
• Paula Badosa
• My Matthew Berrett
• Taylor Fritz
• Our Jabeur
• Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Nick Kyrgios
• Casper Ruud
• Aryna Sabalenka
• Maria Sakkari
• Sloane Stephens
• Every Swiatek
• Frances Tiafoe
• Ajla Tomljanovic
• Stefanos Tsitsipas

The series also includes interviews:

• Paul Annacone
• Chris Evert
• Patrick Mouratoglou
• Toni Nadal
• Martina Navratilova
• Andy Roddick
• Maria Sharapova

Can Break Point match the success of Drive to Survive?

Kyrgios Australian Open doubles win is the focus of the first episode. Known for his outbursts both on and off the field, the Australian could well help garner viewership early on.

Executive producers are Paul Martin and James Gay-Rees, the same team that created Drive to survive.

Many hope the documentary will have the same impact as tennis Drive to survive was in F1. The series, which was renewed for a fifth and sixth season earlier this year, is considered by many to be a significant part of F1’s massive rise in popularity in recent years.

McLaren CEO Zak Brown called Drive to survive the single most important influence on Formula 1 in North America, also saying that people are going, ‘I’ve never seen a Formula 1 race in my life, and I never miss a Formula 1 race.’

This series is expected to build on an already growing tennis audience, with the US Open seeing a 33 percent increase from 2020 to 2021, and the BBC reporting that Wimbledon 2022 had a record 53.8 million live streaming audience.