Tennis

The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has announced that the overall prize fund for this year’s Wimbledon Championships will total £25m (€30.4m/$42m), an increase of £2.4m on the previous year’s grand slam tournament.

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has become the first international sports league to agree a strategic partnership with the Vixlet technology platform.

Steve Healy, president of the Tennis Australia national governing body, has called for an overhaul of the Davis and Fed Cup national team tournaments in order to ensure their survival.

The Association of Tennis Professionals has announced that its ATP World Tour 250 event in St. Petersburg, Russia, will be relocated to Tel Aviv, Israel, in a move that will see the men’s tour return to the country for the first time since 1996.

The International Tennis Federation has announced the launch of the ITF Junior Masters, a new international event for the top ranked players aged 18-and-under in the governing body’s Junior World Ranking.

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has announced that the 2014 French Open will offer total prize money of more than €25m ($34.5m), an increase of €3m in comparison with the 2013 edition of the grand slam tournament.

Tennis superstar Maria Sharapova has added to her growing commercial interests by agreeing a partnership which sees her become a co-owner of skincare brand Supergoop.

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has announced a new three-year plan designed to transform its marketing operation into a digital and mobile centric editorial and publishing organisation, making two senior-level appointments to help drive this change.

Experienced tennis executive and new ATP chief Chris Kermode gives Matt Cutler his vision for men’s tennis, and why he wants to turn ATP World Tour events into sports entertainment behemoths.

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has announced that women’s tournament the Open GDF Suez will move from Paris to Toulouse next year.

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has appointed the Lagardère Unlimited sports marketing division of media conglomerate Lagardère to provide consultancy services to help improve online advertising for the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris.

Experienced tennis executive and new ATP chief Chris Kermode gave Matt Cutler his vision for men’s tennis.

Team owners and competition organisers on Sunday gathered in Dubai for the inaugural International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) draft, with $23.975m (€17.5m) spent on some of the sport’s leading stars.

The Progressive Sports and Entertainment Marketing agency has won a competitive pitch to deliver a consumer engagement activity for the Women’s Tennis Association.

The Association of Tennis Professionals has released its 2015 ATP World Tour calendar, with the season set to incorporate a three-week grass-court swing in the lead up to the Wimbledon Championships for the first time.

The Women’s Tennis Association has announced a revamp of its WTA Championships as the season-ending event prepares to move from Istanbul to Singapore this year.