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Tennis Canada Enacts Broad Layoffs, Furloughs, Pay Cuts

Tennis Canada has had a "series of layoffs, furloughs and pay cuts across the board for employees" as it braces for the "expected decision by the ATP Tour" that the summer season is canceled, according to sources cited by Arash Madani of SPORTSNET.ca. Sources said that nearly 50 people "had their jobs terminated on Monday, while another three dozen were laid off with intent to bring them back in the fall." The organization is now "down to approximately 35 active staff members, who have accepted a reduction in salary." No facet of the business was "immune to the cuts, from ticketing to coaching, not to mention marketing, fundraising, sales, media relations, facilities and operations." The organization was "already reeling from the announcement that the Coupe Rogers in Montreal won't happen in August," as the Rogers Cup and Coupe Rogers generates approximately 90% of its revenue. Tennis Canada CEO Michael Downey said that the "loss is expected to be around" $17M. It is believed that it "will take three years, at a minimum, to recover from the losses of not holding the 2020 events in Toronto and Montreal." (SPORTSNET.ca, 4/21).

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