Earlier this year, in March, the Professional Tennis Players’ Association (PTPA), co-founded by the Serbian Novak Djokovic in 2020 to increase player influence, made headlines. The group filed legal action against tennis governing bodies, accusing them of “anti-competitive practices and a blatant disregard for player welfare” . At the time, even PTPA executive director Ahmad Nassar added, “Tennis is broken.” Now, the situation has taken a significant turn before the 2026 season, as Tennis Australia has broken away from the other tennis organizations and agreed to settle the lawsuit with the PTPA.

It is still unclear who made the decision to settle the case separately, but some believe it may have come from Tennis Australia as an organisation, the CEO Craig Tiley, or outgoi

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