FLORIDA: WTA boss Steve Simon will relinquish his role as CEO but stay on as executive chairman, the governing body of women’s tennis said today as it announced an organisational restructure.
Simon has been chairman and chief executive of the WTA for eight years but has come under increasing fire from the players recently, not least over the decision to hold the season-ending WTA Finals outdoors in the Mexican resort of Cancun.
The WTA added that Micky Lawler, who has served as president since 2015, had decided to leave the organisation at the end of the year to pursue new opportunities.