Should Vuori ditch Draper over injury-hit tennis season? Sport Business California-based performance and lifestyle brand Vuori signed Jack Draper from Nike in August 2025 to global headlines. At the time it looked like a masterstroke. He was ranked world No5 and was well placed to challenge Nike’s big two players, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. Combined with his Burberry deal Draper appeared to cement himself [...]
Fery reveals tennis Player Council ambitions as he gets Laver Cup call-up Sport Business British tennis star Arthur Fery has revealed his ambition to join the sport’s burgeoning player power movement after capping a breakthrough season with a Laver Cup call-up. After a stunning run to the semi-finals at Wimbledon earlier this year, new British men’s No1 Fery has been added to the European squad as an alternate for [...]
Tennis elite pauses Grand Slam protest after achieving $30m prize money boost Sport Business Top men’s and women’s tennis players including Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka have agreed to cease their public campaign for more prize money and power at Grand Slams. It follows agreement with organisers of the four majors to establish a Grand Slam Player Council and substantial hikes in payouts since the campaign began last year. [...]
Fritz accuses US Open supplier Wilson of misleading players September 11, 2026 Tennis player Taylor Fritz has accused US Open supplier Wilson of misleading players over the quality of their replica balls. The American player, who was beaten by Francisco Cerundolo in the third round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows, issued a rant on X accusing the firm of distributing different quality balls despite assurances [...]
Alcaraz ditches tennis player group demanding prize money hike September 7, 2026 Reigning US Open champion Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from a group of top tennis stars demanding a larger proportion of prize money from the four grand slam tournaments. The Spaniard, who will take on US star Ben Shelton in a quarter-final match-up this evening, was initially part of a group which chose to take on [...]
Billionaire Ackman slams US Open ticket prices as absurd August 20, 2026 Billionaire hedge fund investor Bill Ackman has slammed organisers for the US Open tennis Grand Slam organisers over the price of tickets. A day one ground pass will set fans back $363, or £268. This will not give fans access to the show courts, with tickets for those set at an even higher price. an [...]
Wimbledon won’t slap sponsor on new show court but eye US growth August 12, 2026 Wimbledon is quintessentially British, and its branding is understated. But what’s next for the Grand Slam? Matt Hardy finds out. “I’m not sure it’s Wimbledon style to have a naming right on a court,” the tennis Grand Slam’s marketing and commercial director Usama Al-Qassab tells City AM when asked whether a new show court at [...]
Exclusive: Wimbledon chiefs ready to defend brand amid Saudi tennis complex similarities July 28, 2026 Wimbledon chiefs stand ready to defend its distinctive green and purple branding after plans emerged for a Saudi tennis mega-complex with a similar colourway. Renders for a National Tennis Centre in Saudi Arabia’s Qiddiya giga-project were released in June, showing a central court draped in foliage and 29 other courts decked out in a purple [...]
Wimbledon: HMRC set to slap Sinner and Noskova with £1.6m tax bill July 13, 2026 Wimbledon winners Jannik Sinner and Linda Noskova have been slapped with whopping multi-million pound tax bills after bagging £3.6m apiece at the All England Club. Sinner defended his title with a four-set win over French Open champion Alexander Zverev on Sunday while Noskova toppled Czech compatriot Karolina Muchova in three sets on Saturday. Both picked [...]
Why Raducanu may have harmed Fery’s post-Wimbledon commercial earnings July 10, 2026 There’s a new wonder at Wimbledon: Arthur Fery. The 23-year-old Paris-born Brit is on a roll at the All England Club and this week became the first Open Era wild card to reach the semi-finals since Goran Ivanisevic in 2001. And we all know what happened that year. You’d be forgiven if, before this tournament, [...]