David Shaftel
Editorial Director, The Second Serve and Open Tennis
David Shaftel is an expert in all things tennis, and he currently serves as the editorial director of both The Second Serve and OPEN Tennis magazine. Previously, he was a cofounder and editor-in-chief of Racquet magazine from 2017 through late 2023. Before working in tennis, he was a contributor to The New York Times, the Financial Times, Air & Space Smithsonian, and Monocle. He’s lived and worked in Mumbai, Port of Spain, London, and Phnom Penh, and is an alumnus of The Source magazine, The Cambodia Daily, and The Village Voice.