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In The News • October 2, 2024

Tennis Injuries Keep Coming As PTPA Publishes Player Welfare Report

Everybody hurts. The Grand Slams may be over for 2024, but the ATP and WTA tours roll on remorselessly. Carlos Alcaraz recently remarked that the schedule is “going to kill us in some way.” World No. 1 Iga Swiatek added “it won’t end well.” The evidence is mounting that tennis stars are struggling to cope with the demands of the day job. The grind of the tour will ultimately impact the quality of the product if players literally can’t stand up to it.

In The News • September 4, 2024

Upsets, Late Nights Put Focus on Player Fatigue at U.S. Open

Shock upsets, marathon encounters and late nights are nothing new at the U.S. Open, but a handful of notable matches at the year’s final Grand Slam have put the sport and its packed season schedule under greater scrutiny.

In The News • May 17, 2024

PTPA joins World Players Association

The World Players Association, a global advocacy group for professional athlete unions and players associations, has accepted the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) as a member organization following an application process that included a review by the World Players Executive Committee and staff.

In The News • December 20, 2023

What the PTPA Believes It Can Do To Help Players

Djokovic “means it when he says he just wants to make things better for tennis and the players,” says Ahmad Nassar, executive director of the Professional Tennis Players Association.

General • In The News • September 25, 2023

PTPA Gains Momentum Three Years After Creation

Before play got underway at the spectator-less, pandemic-restricted 2020 US Open, No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic and fellow ATP player Vasek Pospisil announced the creation of the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA)…