Jon Wertheim

Wertheim is the author of eleven books, including Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played, which gives a stroke by stroke analysis of the 2008 Men's Singles Wimbledon final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal and is a co-author (along with Toby Moskowitz) of the New York Times bestseller Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won, a wide-ranging statistical analysis of common misconceptions in American sports.

• (2021) Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever
• (2016) This Is Your Brain on Sports: The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon with Sam Sommers

• (2014) You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television with Al Michaels

• (2014) The Rookie Bookie with Tobias J. Moskowitz

• (2012) Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won with Tobias Moskowitz, L.

• (2010) Blood In The Cage: Mixed Martial Arts, Pat Miletich, and the Furious Rise of the UFC

• Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played (2009)

• (2009) Venus Envy: Power Games, Teenage Vixens, and Million-Dollar Egos on the Women's Tennis Tour

• (2008) Running the Table: The Legend of Kid Delicious, the Last Great American Pool Hustler

• (2005) Transition Game: How Hoosiers Went Hip-Hop

Wertheim is an on-air commentator for Tennis Channel and a regular contributor on Andy Roddick's Served podcast {{Cite web |title=Served with Andy Roddick Tennis Podcast |url=https://servedpodcast.com/ |access-date=April 25, 2025 |website=Served with Andy Roddick}} In 2025, he was among the on-camera analysts and interviewers at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, France for TNT Sports (United States).

On November 9, 2024, during the Tennis Channel's broadcast of the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wertheim made a joking comment about Barbora Krejčíková's appearance, unaware he was broadcasting on air with a hot mic. The following day, he was suspended by the Tennis Channel.{{cite web |date=November 10, 2024 |title=Barbora Krejcikova: Tennis analyst Jon Wertheim taken off air over comment about Wimbledon champion's forehead |url=https://news.sky.com/story/barbora-krejcikova-analyst-jon-wertheim-taken-off-air-over-comment-about-wimbledon-champions-forehead-13252440 |access-date=November 10, 2024}} In response to his comment, Krejcikova posted her reaction on social media and Wertheim publicly apologized to her. He returned on air to Tennis Channel on January 6, 2025.{{Cite web |date=January 6, 2025 |title=Jon Wertheim Reemerges On The Tennis Channel After ‘Indefinite’ November Suspension |url=https://www.sportscasting.com/news/jon-wertheim-reemerges-on-the-tennis-channel-after-indefinite-november-suspension/ |access-date=April 24, 2025 |website=SportCasting}}

2023 Nominee 75th Writers Guild of America Awards "The Longest Running Oil Spill" – 60 Minutes (CBS News) Shared with Oriana Zill de Granados

2022 Recipient International Tennis Hall of Fame Special Award Eugene L. Scott Award for communicating honestly and critically about the game, and having a significant impact on the world of tennis.{{Cite web |title=Hall of Fame Awards |url=https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-fame-awards |access-date=April 27, 2025 |website=International Tennis Hall of Fame}}

2020 Nominee Emmy Awards Outstanding Arts, Culture and Entertainment Report "A Central Ally/The Lost Music" 60 Minutes (CBS News) Shared with Katherine Davis and Bill Owens {{Cite web |date=August 6, 2020 |title=2020-41st News-Doc Emmy Awards Nominations FINAL |url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/news-41st-nominations-with-credits-v01.pdf |access-date=April 27, 2025 |website=TheEmmys.TV}}

2019 Nominee Sports Emmy Awards Outstanding Sports Long Documentary "Strokes of Genius" Shared with: Ken Solomon · Angus Wall · Linda Carlson · Paul Davies · Mick Desmond · Justin Falvey · Darryl Frank · Bob Whyley · Andrew Douglas{{Cite web |title=Strokes of Genius |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8638420/?ref_=nmawd_awd_3 |url-status=live |access-date=April 27, 2025 |website=IMDB.com}}

Wertheim lives in New York City with his wife and their two children.{{cite web |date=March 31, 2014 |title=Jon Wertheim – Archive |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/writers/jon_wertheim/archive/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331202927/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/writers/jon_wertheim/archive/ |archive-date=March 31, 2014 |access-date=December 12, 2022}} He has an undergraduate degree from Yale University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania.{{Cite web |title=Jon Wertheim |url=https://www.si.com/author/jon-wertheim |access-date=April 24, 2025 |website=Sports Illustrated}}

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