July 24, 2026 – On Monday, July 20, the D.C. Superior Court recognized that an illegitimate attempt to takeover the Professional Tennis Players Association justifies none of the substantive emergency requests pushed by the terminated general counsel and his purported board that pretend to control the actual PTPA. The Court found the terminated general counsel’s purported board was unlikely to succeed on the merits of their claims, all of which were based on the wrongful assertion that they represented the true PTPA. In addition, the Court recognized that they failed to demonstrate irreparable harm.
The underlying message from the ruling is straightforward: there is one Professional Tennis Players Association. It was founded by players, it is governed by players, and it exists to improve the economics and governance of professional tennis for players around the world.
Throughout this process, the PTPA acted transparently at every turn. Anyone who wants to know the facts can simply read the public record: the filings of the longtime player leaders who govern the PTPA in Washington, and the PTPA’s own complaint in Chicago. There was never a legitimate dispute about who leads the PTPA, and the fictions perpetrated by this lawsuit only have injured the PTPA.
None of this happened in a vacuum. This attempted takeover came in the middle of the players’ landmark antitrust case against the tours and the Grand Slams, at precisely the moment that case matters most. Within days of the D.C. takeover lawsuit being filed, the Grand Slam and tour defendants were citing it in federal court in New York, arguing that the players’ association should be removed from the players’ own case. On July 20, the court found those takeover claims were unlikely to succeed. That speaks for itself.
There is one PTPA, one Executive Committee, and one legal team with the authority to pursue and resolve the players’ claims.
The focus of the PTPA has not changed. We remain committed to advancing the interests of players and strengthening the future of professional tennis. That work continues today with the same leadership, the same Executive Committee, and the same resolve.
The PTPA belongs to the players. It always has. And after this ruling, there should be no confusion about that.