Search For New ATP Chief Is Narrowing

Written by: Staff on 12th April 2013

Search For New ATP Chief Is Narrowing |

The search for a successor to Brad Drewett as head of the ATP appears to have been narrowed to a pair of longtime senior executives within the company, reports indicate. USA Today said the choice is down to the sanctioning body’s North American boss Mark Young and Frenchman Laurent Delanney, who runs the European division plus deals with commercial operations.

Former player Drewett announced in January that he would be stepping down once a successor was in place after being diagnosed with motor neuron disease. Prior to Drewett. the ATP had been run by two successive outsiders, South African financial executive Etienne de Villers and New York lawyer Adam Helfant. Neither proved to be the ideal candidate and had relatively short tenures of a few years each.

“The board is focusing on a number of strong internal candidates and is not considering external candidates at this stage in the process,” the ATP said in a statement.

Reports indicate that no decision on any new chief can be made before a board meeting scheduled for Wimbledon in late June. Drewett took over from Helfant 15 months ago.

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