Professional Tennis and Transnational Law
Contractual and Regulatory

A fascinating reading for those with an interest in the unique legal, structural and organizational nature of tennis.

Ilias Bantekas (Edited by), Marko Begović (Edited by)

9781009597654, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 21 August 2025

370 pages
28 x 19 x 2.2 cm, 0.708 kg

This book examines the intersection of professional tennis and legal regulation, unveiling a fascinating world where tennis meets domestic, international and transnational law, and showing the many ways these legal frameworks impact tennis. Filled with firsthand accounts of the legal landscape and its implication on tennis, the work provides an accessible, engaging portrait of the tennis ecosystem that is equally suited for academics, athletes, sports lawyers and journalists. It is an essential read for those working within sports law generally, and the tennis industry specifically. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

1. THE INTERSECTION bETWEEN LAW and Tennis Ilias Bantekas and Marko Begovic
Part I. CONTRACTUAL: 2. LEGAL and CONTRACTUAL ASPECTS of AGENCY and PLAYER-AGENT RELATIONS in PROFESSIONAL TENNIS William Bull
3. PROTECTION, COMMERCIALISATION aND ENFORCEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN PROFESSIONAL TENNIS Désirée Fields
4. MORALITY CLAUSES IN TENNIS AGREEMENTS: TENNIS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE DIGITAL WORLD Miguel Crespo
5. RESTRAINT OF TRADE IN PROFESSIONAL TENNIS Ilias Bantekas
6. PROFESSIONAL TENNIS PLAYER UNIONS Brendan Schwab
PART II. REGULATORY: 7. ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN TENNIS DISPUTES Ilias Bantekas
8. THE ITF, ATP AND WTA AND THE GOVERNANCE OF GLOBAL TENNIS
Marko Begovic
9. SAFEGUARDING in TENNIS: An ENFORCEABLE DUTY of CARE Ilias Bantekas
10. INTEGRITY in TENNIS: DOPING, MATCH-FIXING and OTHER CORRUPTION OFFENCES Ross Brown, James Singer and Lily Elliott
11. REGULATING ON-COURT INDISCIPLINE Ben Livings
12. COMPATIBILITY of SELECTED ATP Rules with EUROPEAN UNION ECONOMIC LAW
Katarina Pijetlovic
13. THE REGULATION of ETHICS in the ITF'S GOVERNANCE Ilias Bantekas.

Subject Areas: Public international law [LBB]