{"id":392091,"date":"2026-01-05T00:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T00:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/392091\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T00:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T00:46:09","slug":"novak-djokovic-exits-professional-tennis-players-association-ahead-of-australian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/392091\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic exits Professional Tennis Players Association ahead of Australian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Novak Djokovic says he is stepping away from the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA), which he co-founded, citing concerns over transparency and governance within the organisation.<\/p>\n

In a post on X, Djokovic wrote the decision was also driven by how his voice and image had been represented.<\/p>\n

Djokovic launched the PTPA alongside Vasek Pospisil in 2020 with the aim of strengthening player representation within the sport.<\/p>\n

“I am proud of the vision that Vasek and I shared when founding the PTPA, giving players a stronger, independent voice,” Djokovic wrote.<\/p>\n

“But it has become clear that my values and approach are no longer aligned with the current direction of the organisation.”<\/p>\n

In March, the PTPA launched legal action against tennis’ governing organisations<\/a>, including the ATP, WTA, International Tennis Federation and the International Tennis Integrity Agency.<\/p>\n

The PTPA accused the organisations of anti-competitive practices and failing to safeguard player welfare.<\/p>\n

Organisers of the four grand slam events were added to the case in September.<\/p>\n

Djokovic, a 24-time major singles champion, said at the time he did not agree with all elements of the lawsuit, while both the ATP and WTA strongly rejected the allegations.<\/p>\n

The PTPA said in November that it was close to a deal with Tennis Australia, which is currently preparing for the Australian Open.<\/p>\n

The Australian Open begins in Melbourne on January 18.<\/p>\n

Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic says he is stepping away from the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA), which he co-founded, citing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[753,64,63,6571,47275,107870,139396,3592,109809,209754,85,747,2637],"class_list":["post-392091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-atp","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-open","tag-grand-slams","tag-itf","tag-majors","tag-novak-djokovic","tag-professional-tennis-players-association","tag-ptpa","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-wta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}