Dirk Hordorff - "Nobody would need the ATP and the WTA"
The Vice President of the German Tennis Federation Dirk Hordorff is positive about an association of umbrella organizations in tennis. Hordorff explained this in conversation with Christopher Kas at "Kasi Live" (daily from 6:00 p.m. in our Instagram account " tennisnetnews ").
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last edit: Apr 25, 2020, 08:05 am
Roger Federer's suggestion that the major player organizations ATP and WTA should merge is not very well received by Dirk Hordorff, the Vice President of the German Tennis Association. “You have to tackle the whole thing fundamentally. The world association has to lead the sport, ”said Hordorff at“ Kasi Live ”on Friday evening.
"But you didn't meet too many professionals in the world association," continued Hordorff, who as Coach of Rainer Schüttler and Janko Tipsarevic had great success on the ATP tour. “The bottom line is that the money that has been generated is distributed fairly. And that associations that do not have a major can also survive. It cannot be that the Grand Slams earn all the money and the world association is responsible for the youngsters. ”
Hordorff makes no forecast for the Davis Cup
ATP and WTA are the result of poor work by the ITF. "If the ITF were to do a clever job, no one would need the ATP and the WTA." At the moment, the professionals had too little confidence in the world association, which is headed by the American David Haggerty. And who recently scored a very expensive own goal with the reform of the Davis Cup. Hordorff did not want to place a bet on whether the second finals of the final tournament in Madrid would take place in November of this year. He is not one of the 80 million virologists who are currently expressing their opinions in Germany.
Dirk Hordorff said he was convinced of the success of the joint fundraising campaign by the umbrella organizations, the majors and the top players. After all, there are already commitments in the millions. But: "Players who are between 200 and 700 should not be dependent on alms." A sustainable concept must come from here.