Week 15, 2025

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Gill Gross & Ben Ornstein
April 16, 2025

ATP Events This Week: Barcelona 500, Munich 500

WTA Events This Week: Stuttgart 500, Rouen 250

  • A Day With Andrey Rublev & Marat Safin

    Why It’s Interesting: Thankful for English subtitles on this one. Reporter Sofya Tartakova spends a day filming and interviewing Rublev and co. at 4Slam Academy in Barcelona.

  • Ari Emanuel & Group Set To Acquire Miami Open & Madrid Open

    Bonus Note: After leaving his post as ATP CEO, Massimo Calvelli will be joining RedBird Capital Partners as an Operating Partner.

Ari Emanuel consortium outbids CVC in $1bn deal for Madrid and Miami tennis tournaments | Private Equity Insights

Ari Emanuel consortium outbids CVC in $1bn deal for Madrid and Miami tennis tournaments A consortium led by Ari Emanuel and backed by Apollo Global Management and RedBird Capital Partners has reportedly outbid CVC Capital Partners in a deal to acquire the Madrid Open and Miami Open for over $1bn, according to Bloomberg. The transaction, […]

pe-insights.com/ari-emanuel-consortium-outbids-cvc-in-1bn-deal-for-madrid-and-miami-tennis-tournaments

  • Greek Media Outlet Reports Tsitsipas Will Enlist Ivanisevic

    More Context: Tsitsipas declined to confirm the report, which states the partnership is set to begin after Roland Garros.

  • Sparks Fly Between ATP & PTPA In Gag Order Hearing

    Why It’s Interesting: Must-read details here on the first formal court hearing in PTPA v ATP.

    Golden Nugget: “The ATP’s bylaws require members who sue the tour and lose to pay its legal fees. According to locker room talk, the ATP is prepared to spend $50 million to $100 million defending the case."

Tennis Player Testifies ATP Threatened Him For Supporting Lawsuit

Reilly Opelka said the ATP chairman sent a player to threaten him financially over adding his name to a lawsuit that seeks to reshape tennis.

frontofficesports.com/tennis-player-testifies-atp-threatened-him-for-supporting-lawsuit

  • Saudi Arabia Masters 1000 Still On Track For 2028

    Why It’s Interesting: The National’s Reem Abulleil reports on updates from departing ATP CEO Massimo Calvelli, including his passionate support for a tour merger as a revenue booster.

ATP 'committed' to bringing Masters 1000 event to Saudi Arabia 'potentially from 2028' | The National

Departing CEO Massimo Calvelli in discussion with PIF regarding 'incredible opportunity' to add to kingdom's growing portfolio

www.thenationalnews.com/sport/tennis/2025/04/15/atp-committed-to-bringing-masters-1000-event-to-saudi-arabia-potentially-from-2028

  • The Obligatory Tariff Impact Story, Tennis Edition

Tariffs are serving up challenges to the tennis equipment industry | Tennis.com

The sport’s manufacturers brace for the impact of the new tariffs and their ripple effects on players and the broader market.

www.tennis.com/baseline/articles/tariffs-are-serving-up-challenges-to-the-tennis-equipment-industry

  • Popular Tennis Novel, Carries Soto Is Back, Is Getting Cinematized

Serena Williams Executive Producing ‘Carrie Soto Is Back’ Tennis Drama Series In Works At Netflix

Netflix is developing Carrie Soto is Back, a series adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s tennis-themed novel. Serena Williams will executive produce.

deadline.com/2025/04/serena-williams-carrie-soto-is-back-tennis-series-netflix-1236366911

  • Leaving You With Maximum Silliness From Overtime

On The Point, Gill dissects Carlos Alcaraz's feel good title in Monte Carlo, beating a banged up Lorenzo Musetti in the final. He discusses Musetti's physical woes, the critical start of the 2nd set and how Alcaraz used his soft skills and positive attitude to ascend to the lead, why his drop shot is most effective on clay and why Musetti's return strategy is a good matchup for Alcaraz.

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