Hamburg City (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
NEW YORK -- The new chief of the ruling body of men's tennis should make communication with the players their first priority, world No. 1 Rafael Nadal said on Monday. ATP executive chairman and president Etienne de Villiers is stepping down in ...
Craig Hickman's Tennis Blog (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
London, U.K. – Etienne de Villiers, Executive Chairman and President of the ATP, governing body of the men's professional tennis circuit, today announced that he will not be renewing his contract at the end of the 2008 season. Executive Chairman since June 2005, Mr de Villiers has overseen the most extensive set of changes to the ATP Tour since its inception in 1990.The changes,...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
If the outgoing executive chairman of the ATP is correct - and if he is, one wonders why Etienne de Villiers should choose now to leave his post - Andy Murray is among those who are about to reap unprecedented rewards from tennis. Those earnings would have been unthinkable when the concrete colossus of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre was built on a patchwork quilt of...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
After more than three influential years on the job, ATP President Etienne de Villiers says he will step down when his contract expires in December.
MSNBC.com: Tennis (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
LONDON (AP) -Etienne de Villiers is set to step down as executive chairman and president of the ATP when his contract expires in December.
ESPN (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
ATP president Etienne de Villiers, who introduced video replay and increased prize money on the men's tour, will step down when his contract expires in December.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
London - Embattled ATP supremo Etienne de Villiers will not renew his contract and is set to leave his position at the end of the year, the men's sanctioning body confirmed on Thursday. ET, as the former Euro Disney executive preferred to be called...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
SOUTH African Etienne de Villiers, the boss of the ATP men's professional tennis circuit, said 2008 would be his last year in the post, the ATP announced.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
"I believe we have delivered the biggest modernization of the ATP Tour since its inception, have attracted unprecedented levels of investment into men's tennis and have begun to feed the growing appetite for men's tennis globally, both in established and emerging markets," said De Villiers, the ATP executive chairman. "I am honored to have played a part in taking our great sport to the next...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
Aug 21 (Reuters) - Sports news in brief from around the world:Tennis - Etienne de Villiers will step down as executive chairman and president of the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) at the end of the season, the ATP said in a statement.De Villiers, who joined the ATP in June 2005, was responsible for an overhaul of men's tennis, including the introduction of Hawkeye technology...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
McEnroe, 73, hopes to succeed Etienne de Villiers as chief executive of the ATP, which is responsible for men's tennis outside of the four grand slams. A New York lawyer, McEnroe's sons - John and Patrick - are two of the most influential figures in US tennis. John won seven majors and reached world No.1. Patrick, a grand slam singles semi-finalist, has won a Davis Cup as US captain....
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
... of its rules," read a statement from the sanctioning body, currently in flux as chief executive Etienne de Villiers prepares to step down under pressure at the end of the year. Russia's Davydenko, ranked sixth, lost a match in Sopot, Poland in August, 2007, against Argentine Martin Vassallo-Arguello which attracted massive online bets in excess of seven million dollars. The ATP initiated...
Hamburg City (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
The new chief of the ATP, the ruling body of the men's game, should make communication with the players the top priority, according to world number one Rafael Nadal. ATP executive chairman and president Etienne de Villiers is stepping down in ...
Hamburg City (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
NEW YORK, Sept 1 - The new chief of the ruling body of men's tennis (ATP) should make communication with the players their first priority, world number one Rafael Nadal said on Monday. ATP executive chairman and president Etienne de Villiers is ...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
... 1990) and highlights the growing appetite for men’s tennis globally," said ATP Executive Chairman Etienne de Villiers The 2009 Australian Open will be held January 19-26.
