IMG has signed 21-year old tennis player Denis Shapovalov to a worldwide marketing and management agreement. IMG Senior VP/Tennis Clients Max Eisenbud will represent him. Shapovalov is the No. 16 ranked player in the world. He turned pro in 2017 and did not previously have any representation. The Canadian won the Stockholm Open in 2019 […]
The short answer: yes. Over the past year, the 22-year-old tennis star collected $37 million in earnings surpassing Serena Williams to become the highest-paid female athlete of all-time. According to Forbes, Osaka earned $37.4 million in prize money and endorsements, $1.4 million more than Serena, placing her 29th on Forbes’ annual 100 highest-paid athletes list. […]
After seven months since his decision to leave Roger Federer’s agency, Team8, Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has signed with TLA Worldwide for representation. Though the fifth-ranked male tennis player in the world, Grigor Dimitrov has been in desperate need of a morale boost. During this year’s French Open, Dimitrov would defeat the odds (go […]
Per a company press release, Bleachr and Lagardere Sports have partnered to improve the life experience at the Citi Open Tennis Tournament. Bleachr, is a Minneapolis-based mobile platform developer with patented in-venue technology. The company’s patented geo-fenced social and transactional platform “amplifies the live experience for fans, while delivering them convenience and fueling fan loyalty […]
On the back of her impressive run through qualifying to the 3rd round, CiCi Bellis has announced that she will turn professional. Coinciding with this, Bellis has signed a representation agreement with IMG. CiCi burst onto the scene as a 15 year old at the US Open, beating 12th ranked Dominika Cibulkova in the first […]
In 2014, one of the biggest stories in tennis representation was Genie Bouchard. Her contract was up at Lagardère, a company that had represented her since she was 14. She eventually signed with powerhouse WME-IMG, where she was managed by power agent Jill Smoller, who lists Serena Williams as one of her clients. That agreement […]
Lagardere Sports has signed rising tennis player Noah Rubin. He will be represented by Senior Vice President of Tennis Julien Cassaigne and Shane Kelley. Following a highly-touted junior career that saw him ranked no. 6 in the world and no. 1 in the United States, Rubin continued his playing career at Wake Forest University. He entered […]
Arguably one of the biggest headlines in athlete representation last year was the firing of agents from Lagardère Tennis. The firm had lost two high profile clients in Eugenie Bouchard and Victoria Azarenka, and the CEO made the decision to replace several members of team. During the reshuffle Sam Duvall resigned from his position as […]
Per a pair of Tweets by SBJ’s Daniel Kaplan, tennis star Andy Murray will be making some changes in his business team. The prominent change will be his dropping of Lagardere as his marketing agent. He will now turn to his own agency, 77, for his marketing representation. Murray and his manager, Simon Fuller, set […]
Junior tennis star, Tommy Paul, has signed with Team8 Global, as reported by ESPN’s Darren Rovell on Twitter. Team8 Global is a Cleveland-based, boutique sports management firm, whose 2013 creation was spearheaded by tennis icon, Roger Federer, and his agent, Tony Godsick, shortly after the two left IMG in 2012. As a junior, Paul went […]