By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis now| Tuesday, March 18, 2025
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Professional Tennis Player Association (PTPA) filed a lawsuit for bombs against ATP, WTA and ITF today.
More: PTPA led by Djokovic submits lawsuits against ATP, WTA and ITF
Now, ATP is shooting back.
In a statement, ATP broke out PTPA’s claims of corruption as “completely without merit” and further knocked PTPA for trying to draw attention to its cause through “separation and distraction”.
“While the ATP has remained focused on providing reforms that benefit players at multiple levels, PTPA has repeatedly chosen sharing and distraction through designs on progress,” ATP said in a statement. “Five years since its beginning in 2020, PTPA has fought to create a significant role in tennis, making his decision to follow legal actions at this unexpected point.
“We strongly reject the premises of the PTPA claims, we believe that the issue is completely merit without merit, and will strongly protect our position. ATP remains committed to working in the best interest of the game – towards continued growth, financial stability and the best possible future for our players, tournaments and fans.”
Guided by Novak Djokovic, investment Bill and Canadian Vasek pospisil, PTPA filed a lawsuit in the Federal Court of New York and the United Kingdom and the European Union on Tuesday.
The lawsuit claims that ATP, WTA and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) are actively engaged in corrupt business practices that limit the ability of players to make money and limit their professional lives.
𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝘅.Today, PTPA, and on a dozen players, on behalf of the entire professional population, presented a wide range of legal actions against ATP, WTA, ITF and ITIA to reform professional tennis. https://t.co/1r4lwqpopp
– Professional Tennis Tennis Association (@ptpaplayers) March 18, 2025
Established in 2019, PTPA protects that players should make more money priced in different tournaments than allowed for WTA and ATP rules.
Gjokovic said that despite the fact that PTPA was “not accepted” by ATP, WTA and Grand Slams, the organization is gaining financial withdrawal and support and “should live”.
“I think there are many legal challenges along the way,” Gjokovic said in a past interview. “We have managed to overcome all those challenges, and we are collecting the right team of people with advisory board, people who will help financing the association, of course people from the world of tennis who will help us set ourselves within the ecosystem, which I think are very important as we were not accepted and embraced by great clashes, but this is not. lived. ”
PTPA is essential because it is only committed to giving players a voice in the decision -making process that affects the sport, Djokovic said.
“It has to be there because the players don’t have 100 percent representation in the tennis world, unfortunately,” Gjokovic said. “With the association they have it. We hope that more players will show the willingness to understand what PTPA can do for them.
“It’s a process that will take a longer time just because we are not getting credibility from other governing bodies, so it will last longer, but we will stay there, and it’s something we hope it can stay for many decades.”
