Read the Match began after one of my son Henri's tennis matches.His notebook was filled with thoughts about the score, his mistakes, his opponent, what was working, and what he should change. The problem was not that he wasn't thinking. He was trying to hold too much at once.I began asking a simple question: Could we help a young player organize what they see, learn from it, and carry the right lesson into the next practice or match?That question became Read the Match.
Junior players create useful information every week. Coaches give direction. Players discover patterns during practice and competition. Parents notice things from outside the court.
But that information often ends up scattered across notebooks, phones, conversations, and memory. Much of it disappears before it can help.
Read the Match is being built to connect that work. We are developing a player workbook, a courtside Match Card, and an AI-assisted review system designed to help families capture what happened, find useful patterns, and ask better questions.
This is not a replacement for a tennis coach. Coaches bring the technical and tactical expertise that shapes a player's game. Read the Match is meant to help preserve that work and help the player take greater ownership of it over time.
I'm Luis Lozano, Henri's dad and the founder of Read the Match.
Henri's development is where we test these ideas first. It is our starting point, not a promise that every player's path will look the same.
We are still building Read the Match. As we test the workbook, Match Card, and the system around them, I will share what we are learning, what changes, and what we are working on next.
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