As we approach the final weeks of the 2026 season, I want to update you on our plans to strengthen the Tour from 2028 and beyond.
Tennis is in a strong position today.
Our events continue to grow, fans are engaging with the sport in more ways than ever and player earnings have reached record levels.
To stay strong, the sport has to keep evolving. We have a responsibility to strengthen competition, better align incentives and extend support to more players, helping them to address the costs of competing on the Tour.
The Tour is built around the world’s best players performing at our biggest events. These are the moments that drive fan interest, grow the sport and enable greater investment in the sport of tennis as a whole.
Players remain free to build their own schedules, and the sport’s biggest tournaments are where the strongest competition, ranking points and financial rewards come together. By aligning compensation, rankings and the calendar more closely, we can help players perform at their best on the biggest stages and give fans more chances to see them there.
This is why we have worked with players, tournaments and stakeholders across the Tour to define the next phase of progress under OneVision.
Three principles sit behind these proposals. First, rewards should follow where fans engage most, and as the sport grows, more players share in that growth. Second, player welfare: the structure should reduce the pressure to overplay and help players manage the demands of the season. Third, incentive, not obligation: players choose where and when they compete, and the structure should make the best choice also the most rewarding one.
Subject to further consultation and approval, the proposals would take ATP’s annual central investment in the sport through player compensation and support to more than $100 million from 2028, in addition to on-site prize money and tournament-level profit-sharing. The wider package is built around four connected areas:
· Player Compensation: significantly expanding and securing ATP’s central investment in players.
- An increase in the ATP Bonus Pool from $21.5 million to $50 million, rewarding the players who commit to the Tour’s biggest events.
- A year-end rankings bonus for players finishing in the Top 250 of the PIF ATP Rankings, providing $25 million in career support to help players meet the costs of competing on the Tour.
- An annual player pension contribution of approximately $30 million, enhancing pension and retirement benefits for 300 players each year.
· Rankings & Points Distribution: evolving our rankings system so that results at our biggest events carry greater weight across the season, while reducing the incentive for players to overplay after a disappointing result.
· Calendar & Scheduling: optimising the Tour calendar by creating a clearer season structure and dedicated tournament category weeks that help players plan their seasons and adjust schedules as the season unfolds, while players remain free to compete across the full breadth of the Tour. The previously announced addition of a 10th ATP Masters 1000 event in Saudi Arabia forms part of this broader effort to strengthen the Tour’s top tier.
· Competition Formats & Doubles: reviewing the long-term structure of our competition formats, including potential adjustments to doubles draws, with the aim of enhancing the sustainability of doubles and its role on the Tour. Any prize money reallocated from doubles would remain dedicated to player compensation and is expected to be reinvested into singles qualifying and early-round prize money, helping more players invest in their careers and compete with the world’s best players.
Including all central compensation components, on-site prize money and tournament-level profit-sharing, total ATP player compensation (excluding Grand Slams) is estimated to reach $350 million from 2028.
Together, these proposals are intended to give players a clearer framework for planning their seasons, reward performance at the Tour’s biggest events and extend support to more players. For fans, this means seeing the world’s best players compete against each other more often, with rivalries built across the year and higher stakes at the moments that matter most.
We will continue to develop these proposals with the Player Advisory Council, Tournament Advisory Council and ATP Board, while consulting with our wider membership, with the goal of bringing a final package forward for consideration at our year-end meetings in Turin.
OneVision has already helped strengthen our Tour and the sport of tennis. The next phase is an opportunity to make the season more coherent for players and fans and to ensure that the growth of the sport creates opportunity across the Tour. Our immediate focus is the ATP Tour, but the ambition reaches further: ensuring tennis wins the competition for the next generation of fans.
Thank you to the players, tournaments, partners and fans who continue to help drive our sport forward.
Andrea Gaudenzi
ATP Chairman
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