{"id":812393,"date":"2026-07-20T14:38:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/812393\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T14:38:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:38:33","slug":"wta-tour-announces-mandatory-sry-gene-test-for-players-to-determine-their-sex-in-order-to-compete-tennis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/812393\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA: Tour announces mandatory SRY gene test for players to determine their sex in order to compete | Tennis News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The WTA has announced that tennis players will have to undergo genetic sex testing to play on the women’s tour.<\/p>\n

In an update to its eligibility policy, the WTA confirmed that athletes will have to undergo a one-time test for the SRY gene, which determines biological sex, coming into effect on Tuesday, with players facing disciplinary action should they refuse testing.<\/p>\n

Previous WTA rules allowed the participation of transgender women provided their declared gender was female and they maintained a lower testosterone level for two years before competing.<\/p>\n

There are no known transgender women on the WTA Tour or at any level of professional tennis.<\/p>\n

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“The updated policy is intended to provide a clear eligibility standard for participation in WTA tournaments,” a statement from the WTA read.<\/p>\n

“Eligibility to participate in WTA tournaments will be confirmed through a required, one-time screening process for the SRY gene.<\/p>\n

“Player screening will begin in 2026, following all appropriate confidentiality and data privacy safeguards and concurrent with a comprehensive player engagement program.<\/p>\n

“The WTA recognises that this is a sensitive and complex issue and is committed to treating all players with dignity and implementing the policy in a respectful and thoughtful way.”<\/p>\n

The change in regulations follows the enforcement of SRY testing for female athletes by World Athletics and World Boxing in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WTA has announced that tennis players will have to undergo genetic sex testing to play on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-812393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812393","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=812393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}