Steve Simon

WTA chief Steve Simon sticks to his guns in Peng Shuai case

After threatening to cancel tournaments in China, the WTA on Wednesday announced "the immediate suspension of all WTA tournaments in China, including Hong Kong"

Novak Djokovic says he 'supports fully' WTA's decision to suspend tournaments in China

WTA Tour chairman Steve Simon on Wednesday announced the "immediate suspension" of all its tournaments in China, including Hong Kong over concerns about the safety of female player Peng Shuai, who accused a top Communist Party official of sexual assault.

WTA suspends all tournaments in China after 'serious doubts' over Peng Shuai's safety

WTA chair and CEO Steve Simon said the move — which could cost the organisation hundreds of millions of dollars — had the "full support" of the tour's board of directors.

Women's Tennis Association threatens to pull out of China over Peng Shuai's disappearance

WTA is willing to pull tournaments out of China if tennis star Peng Shuai remains unaccounted for and her sexual assault allegations not investigated.

Email 'written' by Peng Shuai 'only raises concerns' on her safety, says WTA chief Steve Simon

Simon said in a statement that he had a "hard time believing" the email was written by Peng, who has not been heard from since alleging two weeks ago that a powerful Chinese politician had sexually assaulted her.

WTA firms up plans for upcoming tournaments after French Open delay

The women's tennis tour had already released the first 27 weeks of its 2021 schedule, which has been rolled out in phases because of the continuing coronavirus pandemic.

WTA Tour weighing possibility of changing 'frozen' COVID-19 rankings like men's tennis

WTA CEO Steve Simon said in a statement that the tour is "currently reviewing if any further adjustments to the rankings process will be made."

WTA can weather revenue hit caused by cancelled tournaments but no normalcy until 2022, says CEO Steve Simon

WTA, which has lost a big chunk of tournaments since the forced shutdown in early March, will finally resume after a five-month break with the Palermo Open from 3 August.

WTA chief feels next month's Palermo Open will lay pathway for organising tournaments in 2020

WTA's Simon said the Tour was looking to stage as many tournaments as possible in 2020 and the second week of the patched-together calendar will see events in Prague and the United States.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Tennis to resume in August as ATP and WTA announce revised schedules

The men’s Tour will resume on 14 August with the Citi Open, ATP 500 event in Washington, DC, while the first WTA event will be staged in Palermo, Italy from 3 August.