WTA Chief Talks Money, China and Why Tennis Needs More Female Coaches

NY Times | November 7, 2022

Even without China’s “zero-Covid” policy, Steve Simon said that unresolved concerns about Peng Shuai would keep women’s tennis away from Shenzhen and a lucrative 10-year-deal to stage the Finals.

“We’re not going to compromise our principles,” Steve Simon, WTA president and chief executive, said about the continuing suspension of tournaments in China.Credit...Tim Heitman/Associated Press

FORT WORTH — The WTA Finals, the elite season-ending women’s tennis tournament, was supposed to take place in Shenzhen, China, for 10 years and fill the WTA’s coffers.

It has not worked out as planned.