Sony Open Dir Talks Renovation Tennis World Pays Tribute To Drewett ATP President Brad Drewett Dies At 54 Wimbledon Head Calls For Tours To Up Payouts ATP Narrows Search For Drewett Successor Expanded TV Coverage For WTA Event CBS Cuts Away From Sony Open Final French Open To Increase Prize Money Federer Shooting Wilson TV Spot Grand Slams To Up Drug Testing Funds
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Sony Open's Adam Barrett Talks Renovation Plans For ATP/WTA Event In Miami
Published May 14, 2013...Open Tournament Dir Adam Barrett said the annual ATP/WTA event at Crandon Park Tennis Center in Miami...
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Tennis World Pays Tribute To Passing Of ATP Exec Chair & President Brad Drewett
Published May 06, 2013...draw” of the Madrid Masters on Saturday for late ATP Exec Chair & President BRAD DREWETT, who passed a... ...GER FEDERER wrote, “In his short time running the ATP, he achieved a lot and his dynamic personality an... ...te, “Drewett was a great leader and the ultimate @ATPWorldTour contributor.” Player CARLOS MOYA wrote, “Probably the best ATP president, the closest to the players and the one...
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ATP President Brad Drewett Dies At The Age Of 54 Due To Complications From ALS
Published May 03, 2013 by Daniel KaplanATP Exec Chair & President BRAD DREWETT, who announce... "Sadly, the news is true,” an ATP spokesperson said, confirming a post RAFAEL NADAL... ...e a compromise candidate to take the reins of the ATP in January '12. The ATP is in the midst of replacing him, with two intern... Drewett was instrumental in spearheading the ATP’s efforts in Asia, and in running the successful...
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Wimbledon Head Calls For ATP, WTA To Follow Suit With Slams, Raise Payouts
Published April 25, 2013...xtravagant increases in prize money" and that the ATP and WTA "need to make a greater contribution to t... " ATP BOD rep Justin Gimelstob has been a "leading advo...
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ATP Narrows Search For Drewett Successor To Two Internal Candidates
Published April 12, 2013The ATP Tour has “narrowed its search to two internal can... ...rs are Chief Media Officer, Chief Legal Officer & ATP Americas CEO Mark Young and Commercial Dir & ATP Europe CEO Laurent Delanney.” The ATP board has been “looking for a successor” to Drewe... ” No successor is “likely to be named until the ATP board meets again during Wimbledon, which begins...
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Expanded TV Coverage, Top Players Highlight Family Circle Cup WTA Event
Published April 03, 2013...LoPrinzi noted the USTA has been talking with the ATP and WTA for the past year and feels that the new... The ATP Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart will become a grass cou... ...n in the lead up to Wimbledon was approved by the ATP BOD at its recent meetings in Miami. ...'15, a three-week gap will be incorporated in the ATP calendar following the French Open. ...week of tournaments in the lead up to Wimbledon (ATP).
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CBS Cuts Away From Sony Open Tennis Final To Begin NCAA Tournament Regional Final
Published April 01, 2013There were “thousands [of] tennis fans at home” watching the Sony Open men’s final between Andy Murray and David Ferrer who “didn't get to see the decisive tiebreaker as CBS-TV pulled an NBC-like 1968 Heidi Bowl move by shifting the match to Tennis Channel" to show the start of the Michigan-Florida NCAA Tournament Elite Eight game, according to Harvey Fialkov of the South Florida SUN-SENTINEL. Tournament Dir Adam Barrett in a statement said, “Although we wish the match could have been shown i...
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French Open Next In Line To Increase Purse; Players' Direct Discussions To Thank?
Published March 22, 2013” ATP BOD rep Justin Gimelstob said, “The French Open i... Outgoing ATP Exec Chair & President Brad Drewett has “played l...
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Roger Federer Shoots TV Spot For Wilson Tennis’ 100th Anniversary
Published March 07, 2013Roger Federer spent Tuesday "on the tennis courts at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort in Palm Desert shooting TV spots in advance of Wilson Tennis’ 100th anniversary" next year, according to Denise Goolsby of the Palm Springs DESERT SUN. Federer said, "It’s nice doing a commercial together and promoting the brand. It’s fun doing it here in the desert. It’s a different location than in a studio somewhere in front of a green screen.” Federer filmed a "series of commercials Tuesday, culmina...
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Tennis Grand Slams Will Pledge More Funds To Increase Drug Testing
Published February 28, 2013...source “put the anti-doping contributions of the ATP and WTA Tours at a mere” $326,000 each. ...ion to the fund, but it is unclear if the WTA and ATP Tour, which also help pay for the sport's anti-do...
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BNP Paribas Open CEO Calls ATP Decision To Not Increase Tourney's Purse "Bizarre"
Published February 12, 2013BNP Paribas Open CEO Raymond Moore said that the ATP World Tour BOD next week will "vote again on the... The ATP voted in November not to approve an $800,000 priz... " Ginn noted three ATP player reps at the BOD meeting "voted for the rai... ...ree tournament representatives voted against it." ATP Exec Chair & President Brad Drewett could have "c...
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ATP Chief Brad Drewett Announces He Has ALS, Will Soon Step Down From Post
Published January 15, 2013ATP World Tour Exec Chair & President Brad Drewett ye... ...en in his role for just over a year, but with the ATP for 35 years in some form as a player or administ... ...serve as Executive Chairman and President of the ATP, an organization that I've been a part of for mor... "I hold the ATP very close to my heart, and it's with sadness tha... 1, 2012," after the ATP parted ways with former Exec Chair & President Ad...
