Break Point (2023): Season 1

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Break Point: Part 1

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Netflix | Season Premiere Date: January 13, 2023

Summary: The sports documentary series follows a group of professional tennis players as they compete in tennis tournaments around the world.

Genre(s): Sports, Reality, Documentary

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E5. Episode 5
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E4. Episode 4
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S1:E3. Episode 3
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Daniel D'Addario

Jan 11, 2023

Netflix’s pleasingly watchable sports serial. ... “Break Point” makes a strong case for having cameras there to capture what thoughts play out in those moments, and helped convert a onetime serious watcher who hasn’t had time for the sport since Sharapova’s heyday into someone who will be seated for this year’s grand slams. For the filmmakers behind this project, that’s game, set and match. Read full review

The Telegraph Benji Wilson

Jan 13, 2023

The editing in Break Point is so accomplished, the links between a player revealing their state of mind and then manifesting that state on court so adroit, that you’ll be rooting for people whose names you couldn’t spell within 20 minutes of having met them. Read full review

John Anderson

Jan 13, 2023

Highly polished documentary. ... There are sufficient moments in "Break Point" that for purely athletic reasons will leave an audience on the edge of its seat, even if it knows what the outcome of a match will be. ... There's enough player access and candid moments captured in "Break Point" to establish beyond a doubt the self-absorption of the world's best players. But also enough insight to win them sympathy. Read full review

Daniel Fienberg

Jan 12, 2023

Competitors are unguarded to an occasionally detrimental extreme, which makes Netflix’s Break Point seem immediately less revelatory than its predecessor. But the 10-episode series about the 2022 professional tennis season still has exceptional photography, a carefully curated selection of stars and enough on- and off-court drama to hook those with even casual curiosity. Read full review

The Guardian Jack Seale

Jan 13, 2023

The big dramas happen inside the players’ heads, and Break Point is an only intermittently successful attempt to capture them on screen. Read full review

Isaac Butler

Jan 26, 2023

Break Point only gives us this inside look at a player’s strategic thought process a few times over its first five episodes. For the most part, it instead relies on close-ups of players striking the ball, as majestic as they are repetitive, while dramatic music gooses the stakes. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Barbara Ellen

Sep 10, 2024

The opener features “bad boy” racket-smasher Nick Kyrgios, but even he’s a bit underpowered here. It’s telling that the most riveting sequence in five episodes features Nadal’s pre-match warm-up, involving some brazenly alpha (read: intimidating) bouncing about. I haven’t lost hope (yet) but I’m not sure Break Point is serving aces. Read full review

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bertobellamy

Apr 17, 2023

It's interesting to look at the emotional state of young tennis players. The 'Drive to Survive' formula also works here, transforming the players' testimonies into an addictive watch. Nothing extraordinary, but quite engaging if you're into tennis.

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Qhasi

Jan 15, 2023

I found this series unbearable. What stands out is how this new crop of players lack personality and they feel so entitled to the fame and adolation that Roger, Serena, Rafael and Novak got. They're a bunch of weak babies who wouldn't have stood a chance in the 80s, 90s, let alone the earlyI found this series unbearable. What stands out is how this new crop of players lack personality and they feel so entitled to the fame and adolation that Roger, Serena, Rafael and Novak got. They're a bunch of weak babies who wouldn't have stood a chance in the 80s, 90s, let alone the early to mid 2000s… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: January 10, 2024
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 13, 2023
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  S1:E5. Episode 5
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E4. Episode 4
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E3. Episode 3
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E2. Episode 2
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E1. Episode 1
  Air Date: November 30, -0001