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By Erik Gudris | @atntennis | Thursday, June 26, 2025
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The Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) recently entered into discussions with organizers of the four Grand Slam tournaments.
As a result, the majors—Wimbledon, Roland-Garros, US Open, and Australian Open—are no longer listed as defendants in the PTPA’s current lawsuit.
That could change, however, if, after 90 days, the talks do not prove fruitful.
According to The Athletic and Front Office Sports, the PTPA filed an amended complaint on Tuesday, connected to its wide-ranging lawsuit initially filed in March.
The lawsuit, as of now, only targets the main tours (ATP and WTA) over issues of revenue sharing and having players compete in severe weather conditions, among others.
“Plaintiffs and the Grand Slams have agreed to engage in discussions on the matters raised in Plaintiffs’ complaint without the need for court intervention,” PTPA lawyers wrote in a letter to Margaret Garnett, the federal judge overseeing the case.
The amended lawsuit also dropped the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), which oversees drug testing and other issues, from the case.
Since the focus of the lawsuit is on revenue sharing and increasing player rights on and off the court, and the ITF and ITIA do not specifically oversee or play a part in those issues, that is why they were removed from the lawsuit.
When the PTPA originally announced the lawsuit, critics argued that if the organization wanted to increase player prize money, it should focus on the majors, which offer the most prize money of all events during a given season. With the PTPA now negotiating directly with the Grand Slams, it is hoped that the ATP Tour and WTA will eventually follow suit with their own negotiations.
Another change to the lawsuit was the addition of several players in support of it, including Sachia Vickery and Nicolas Zanellato, bringing the total number to 14 total.
However, big names like Novak Djokovic, who co-founded the PTPA with Vasek Pospisil, along with Coco Gauff and Carlos Alcaraz were removed from the original lawsuit as they do not publicly agree with its terms.