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Drawing on the literature of recovery-stress balance (Kallus & Kellmann, 2000; Kellmann, 2002) and daily recovery from work-related stressors during non-work time (Sonnentag & Binnewies, 2013; Sonnentag & Kuhnel, 2016), this study examined the significance of recovery experience during discretionary time in the men’s professional tennis tour. Interviews and personal conversations with former and current male athletes competed in the professional tennis tour were analyzed using interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) to understand the recovery experience during discretionary time and its underlying psychological pathways. 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