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ATP appoints former AS Roma executive Sano as chief business officer
The Association of Tennis Professionals has appointed former AS Roma executive Daniele Sano as its chief business officer
Saran serves up ATP Tour rights extension in Turkey
Saran Media, the Istanbul-based media-rights agency, has retained broadcast rights in Turkey and Azerbaijan to tennis’ ATP Tour.
The new three-year agreement runs from 2021 to 2023.
Swiss Tennis to sell 50-per-cent stake in Gstaad ATP event
Swiss Tennis, the sport’s governing body in Switzerland, has agreed to sell its 50-per-cent shareholding in the Swiss Open Gstaad, the ATP 250 tournament held in the Swiss Alps.
ESPN Brasil makes tennis play with move for ATP Tour rights
The Brazilian arm of global sports broadcaster ESPN is close to acquiring the rights to a host of ATP tournaments as it makes a play for premium tennis properties in the country
ATP sets out fresh calendar, plans for fans at London’s Finals
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has issued a provisional calendar for the remainder of the 2020 men’s season, adding that it hopes fans will be in attendance for the season-ending Finals i…
Round-Up: Chinese sponsors exit English football deals, Seoul shuts out fans again, Uighur group calls for Beijing 2022 rethink, and more
Chinese company LD Sports is to walk away from its £7.5m ($9.8m/€8.3m
ATP Tour, Diamond League cancel China legs
The Association of Tennis Professionals' remaining tournaments in China this year and the Diamond League athletics meeting in Shanghai in September have been cancelled
Spotify’s collective model inspires new ATP chairman Gaudenzi
ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi talks about a challenging first nine months as ATP chairman and explains what tennis can learn from the music industry. Ben Cronin reports.
Gaudenzi: “Linear programming wasn’t a good fit for tennis”
In the latest video interview from SportBusiness, ATP chairman, Andrea Gaudenzi, speaks to Europe editor Ben Cronin about plans to resume the international tennis tour in August and his vision to centralise…
ATP Media revenues up 15 per cent after key European broadcast deals
Revenues at ATP Media, the ATP Tour’s international media rights sales and broadcast production arm, reached $139.5m (€128.6m) in 2019 thanks, in part, to new broadcast deals in France, Spain and the UK.
IMG Arena and ATP Media’s virtual tennis product to provide much-needed content
IMG Arena, the sports betting arm of the IMG agency, and ATP Media, the ATP Tour’s international media-rights sales and broadcast production arm, have developed a virtual ATP Masters 1000 tennis product f…
Cancellations sweep global sport as coronavirus spreads
Fifa said it would not require football clubs to release players for international matches in March and April, and recommended the halting of internationals in that period
Miami Open called off as ATP suspends tour for six weeks
The Miami Open has become the latest professional tennis event to be called off following the global coronavirus outbreak
Coronavirus latest: IPL at risk, Bahrain F1 behind closed doors, Indian Wells cancelled
The Board of Control for Cricket in India could be forced to postpone the start of the Indian Premier League following an advisory by the Indian government that mass gatherings in the country should be…
Tennium recruits ex-Lagardère agents to expand tennis representation business
Emerging tennis agency Tennium has hired two former Lagardère executives to expand its player representation business.
StarHub adds to tennis offering with beIN Sports 2 addition
Singapore telecoms operator StarHub has bolstered its tennis offering by reaching an agreement to launch the beIN Sports 2 channel via its StarHub Entertainment service
ATP to trial electronic review system at clay court tournaments
Men’s tennis organisation the ATP Tour will debut an electronic review system at clay court tournaments, with Spanish technology company FoxTenn appointed to conduct the first trial.
Noventi extends Halle Open title sponsorship
Healthcare provider Noventi has agreed an early extension to its title sponsorship of the Halle Open, Germany’s leading tennis tournament on the men’s ATP Tour and a traditional warm-up event for the Wim…