ATP makes money selling match data to SportRadar. One of the three player reps on the ATP Board works at SportRadar.
“According to Lewis, many of the problems dated back to the International Tennis Federation’s decision in 2012 to sign a $70m deal with the data company Sportradar to distribute live scores from small and intermediate tournaments around the globe. It meant bookmakers could provide odds on those matches, particularly on the lucrative in-play market – and unscrupulous gamblers had a prime opportunity which they could exploit.”
“The report noted: “The panel has seen little empirical evidence that betting was widespread on the lowest levels of ITF tournaments before the deal in 2012. But in 2013, the year after the first ITF-Sportradar contract, 40,000 matches at ITF Men’s Futures and Women’s 15k and 25k events were made available to the betting market. By 2016 that number had increased to over 60,000.””
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...oblem-betting-match-fixing-independent-review
I understand after this report the ATP banned sponsorships by betting companies at the ATP and challenger tournaments.
If you want to read the report:
http://tennisirp.com/