Hot Shots: Shep Rose on team tennis and why “quiet please” has to go
Talking to the Southern Charm star about growing up around Stan Smith, his reality TV doubles picks, and the tennis traditions he’d happily scrap.
Today I’m launching Hot Shots—a new series of quick-hit conversations with tennis-loving tastemakers and celebs diving into into their hottest takes, funniest stories, and how they think the sport should evolve.
I know many of you, like me, live in the center of the Venn diagram between Bravo and tennis fans, so this first installment with Shep Rose—an OG star of the reality show Southern Charm—should be a treat. I called up the reformed (or, shall we say, reforming?) Charleston bad boy to talk about his halcyon childhood in Hilton Head watching legends compete at the Family Circle Cup (now the Charleston Open), growing up with Stan Smith’s kids, how his castmates would fare as doubles partners, and what tennis rules he would change if he could.
Rose recently joined Intennse Tennis—a nascent, team-based pro tennis league—as an advisor and ambassador. With a fas…
