Andrew Castle on his media career.

Andrew Castle – a name that has arguably become synonymous with the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. He has been part of the BBC’s bafta nominated tennis commentary team, leading the commentary on all men’s singles finals since 2003. Working alongside John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Jimmy Connors, Tim Henman and John Lloyd, he has been a consistent presence on the TV for quite some time.

However, Andrew had to put in his hours in the sports commentary world. In an interview with Betway, Andrew details his path to the BBC sport tennis team: “I remember being up in Slaley Hall in Northumberland during the first week of Wimbledon,” he says. “I was covering the golf for Sky Sports. “I was sitting there in my room thinking: ‘It’s a bit mad that I’m doing the golf when all this tennis is going on’.

I called an old friend who was actually in charge of the Wimbledon broadcast and managed to get on board with that, luckily. My first commentary was a Rafael Nadal match out on court 12, and I remember him standing out. It grew from there. Now I get to sit in the Centre Court commentary box with these legends watching guys like Nadal and Roger Federer. How lucky is that?”