{"id":484917,"date":"2026-02-17T03:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T03:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/484917\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T03:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T03:32:10","slug":"bombshell-tennis-shake-up-as-craig-tiley-set-to-quit-tennis-australia-to-take-top-job-with-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/484917\/","title":{"rendered":"Bombshell tennis shake-up as Craig Tiley set to QUIT Tennis Australia to take top job with US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            Comes after transforming the Australian Grand Slam\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-144\/josh-alston.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JOSH ALSTON, SPORTS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  20:28 EST, 16 February 2026   |  Updated:  20:32 EST, 16 February 2026   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Australian tennis is bracing for Craig Tiley\u2019s potential exit amid speculation he could lead the United States Tennis Association.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The long-serving boss will reportedly be confirmed next week as USTA CEO, ending a two-decade run transforming the <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/australian_open\/index.html\" id=\"mol-ad5170d0-0b9e-11f1-a6cc-e1bfc3d84bb0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Australian Open<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tiley has served as Tournament Director since 2006 and as CEO of Tennis Australia since 2013, overseeing record-breaking crowds, soaring prize money and major infrastructure upgrades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Confirmation of his move came via The First Serve Live on SEN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;One thing we can tell you tonight is the confirmation of Craig [Tiley&#8217;s] announcement as the new CEO of the USTA will take place next week,&#8217; Brett Phillips revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Back in January, we were right in the cut and thrust of the bubble of the Australian Open&#8230; there was a lot of speculation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2502e7b07a76ff8c\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/106441431-15565377-image-a-16_1771291322542.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Reports suggest Tiley may step down as Tennis Australia CEO and Australian Open Tournament Director\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Reports suggest Tiley may step down as Tennis Australia CEO and Australian Open Tournament Director<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-fbf38d6b08a18ba0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/106441443-15565377-image-a-17_1771291328011.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The long-serving administrator is being linked to a possible leadership role in American tennis\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The long-serving administrator is being linked to a possible leadership role in American tennis<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d6efedb0dd059827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/106441439-15565377-image-a-18_1771291330867.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Under his watch, the Australian Open became one of sport\u00bfs biggest commercial events\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Under his watch, the Australian Open became one of sport\u2019s biggest commercial events<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Everyone felt that this was a done deal, but we haven&#8217;t yet had official word, but we are going to have official word pretty shortly.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tennis Australia has been contacted for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tiley had publicly played down rumours during this year&#8217;s tournament, which again drew massive crowds to Melbourne Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Under his leadership, the Australian Open evolved into a hybrid sports and entertainment festival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It&#8217;s about entertainment, music and food, and then tennis,&#8217; Tiley previously said of his vision for the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">That approach divided traditionalists but delivered unprecedented commercial success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Earlier this year he also unveiled bold redevelopment plans, declaring: &#8216;Our objective is the quality of the experience of our fans.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Now he will attempt to bring that same growth model to the US Open and American tennis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">His exit leaves a significant leadership vacuum in Australia, with strong expectations the CEO and Tournament Director roles will be split.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">There is speculation the job will now be split between the CEO and Tournament Director instead of one person having both.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Names already being floated as potential successors include Tom Larner and Peter Johnston.<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Bombshell tennis shake-up as Craig Tiley set to QUIT Tennis Australia to take top job with US Open<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Comes after transforming the Australian Grand Slam\u00a0\u00a0 By JOSH ALSTON, SPORTS REPORTER Published: 20:28 EST, 16 February 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,100,588,85,747,12741],"class_list":["post-484917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dailymail","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-us-open-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484917","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=484917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}