Serena Williams loves a song from the movie Flashdance.
Serena Williams now. Alberto Pezzali/AP Images
Speaking to the "Today" show last week, Williams revealed that she sometimes listens to Michael Sembello's "Maniac" from the 1983 movie "Flashdance" before matches.
More recently, however, she said the song "THIQUE" from Beyoncé's new album, "Renaissance," is helping psych her up.
Tim Henman relied on Counting Crows.
Tim Henman. Getty/Ian Walton
"One of my big breakthroughs was in 1994 and I was in Tokyo," Henman told Insider. "I qualified for a tournament and you used to get a gift and I remember I got given a Sony Discman."
Discman was Sony's brand name for its portable CD players.
"So I got this Discman and one of the CDs I bought was out there was by a band called Counting Crows.
"I used to listen to that a lot and that 'Mr. Jones' song, every time I hear it now it brings back a lot of really good memories because I made the third round and ended up playing Pete Sampras for the first time."
Rafael Nadal loves himself some flamenco.
Rafael Nadal. Getty/John Berry
Though Nadal has never spoken about what music gets him pumped up, the former world No. 1 Mats Wilander said he once overheard the Spaniard listening to flamenco music before a match.
"I was next to him in the locker rooms at Roland Garros, maybe 10 years ago, and I was hearing music," Wilander said earlier this year, according to Essentially Sports.
"I was getting ready to play a legends doubles. I was hearing this music, and I was like, 'Oh it's Rafa,' and I would love to know what kind of music he was listening to.'
"Eventually I heard it and it was some sort of Spanish romantic flamenco music, and I just melted. He's getting excited, the music was as relaxing as anything."