Professional Tennis and Transnational Law: Contractual and Regulatory

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Ilias Bantekas (Hamad bin Khalifa University) Marko Begović (Molde University College)

Professional Tennis and Transnational Law

Contractual and Regulatory

Ilias Bantekas (Hamad bin Khalifa University), Marko Begović (Molde University College)

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Cambridge University Press
31 July 2025

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.

Edited by: Ilias Bantekas (Hamad bin Khalifa University), Marko Begović (Molde University College)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781009597654
ISBN 10: 1009597655
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 31 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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.

Ilias Bantekas is Professor of Transnational Law at Hamad bin Khalifa University (a member of Qatar Foundation) and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. He has advised in the field of sports contracts, international law, and human rights as part of his professional practice and served as arbitrator chiefly in international commercial disputes. He has authored twenty-two books and close to 250 peer-reviewed articles. Marko Begović is an Associate Professor of Sport History, and Sport Management at Molde University College in Norway. In 2022, he served as Director in charge of sport and youth affairs with the Government of Montenegro and currently Program Director of the Sports Diplomacy Program at the Hungarian University and member of the UNESCO Chair on Governance and Social Responsibility.