Tennis Players and their Agents

360 MANAGEMENT

8000 East Drive, Suite 201, Miami, FL 33141
Tel: (404)784-4479

<WOMEN>

Lindsay Lee-Waters


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ACE GROUP

Quayside Lodge, Suite 21, William Marris Way, London SW6 2UZ, England
Tel: (20)7384-4870 Fax: (20)7384-4871

<MEN>
Alex Corretja*
Gaston Gaudio
Fernando Gonzalez
Nicolas Lapentti*
Ivan Ljubicic*

<Cerebrity Pros>
Gabriela Sabatini

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AMI PROMANAGEMENT

370 Felter Avenue, Hewlett, NY 11557, United States
Tel/Fax: (516)569-8922

<MEN>
Tomas Cibulec
Martin Damm
Leos Friedl
Andrea Gaudenzi
Markus Hipfl
Donald Johnson
Petr Pala
Cyril Suk
Daniel Vacek
Pavel Vizner

<WOMEN>
Ludmila Cervanova
Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie
Anna Foldenyi
Evgenia Koulikovskaya
Tatiana Poutchek
Martina Sucha

<Celebrity Pros>
Thomas Muster
Jim Pugh
Michiel Schapers
Julie Halard-Decugis
Helena Sukova
Dominique Van Roost


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B&A SPORTS MANAGEMENT

Buckingham Court, 10 Church rRoad, Northolt, Middlesex UB5 5BA, Great Britian
Tel: (208)842-4611 Fax: (208)863-8265


<MEN>
Emanuel Couto
Tiago de Sousa
Mark Growcott
Franco Squillari
Antonio Van Grichen

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ELITE MANAGEMENT

31 Avenue Princess Grace, Monte Carlo 98000, Monaco
Tel: 79325-8634 Fax: 79216-0245

<MEN>
Goran Ivanisevic
Marat Safin

<WOMEN>
Dinara Safina


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EXCEL SPORTS MANAGEMENT

9975 Santa Monica Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Tel: (310)407-0517 Fax: (310)787-5537

<MEN>
Marcelo Rios


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IBF-TEAM SCANDINAVIA, INC.

P.O. Box 7942, Port St. Lucie, FL 34985
Tel: (772)398-0686 Fax: (2772)335-3858

<WOMEN>
Shiho Hisamatsu
Maiko Inoue
Nana Miyagi
Hiromi Okazaki
Utako Suzuki


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IMG

IMG Cennter, 1360 East Ninth Street, Suite 100, Cleveland, OH 44114,United States
Tel: (216) 522-1200 Fax: (216) 522-1145



<MEN>

Jose Javier Acasuso
Jakob Adaktusson
Mario Ancic
James Blake
Arnaud Clement
Guillermo Coria
Taylor Dent
Arnaud DiPasquale
Thomas Enqvist
Nicolas Escude
Brendan Evans
Roger Federer
Wayne Ferreira
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Mardy Fish
Guy Forget
Richard Gasquet
Jerome Golmard
Tommy Haas
Tim Henman
Thomas Johansson
Yevgeny Kafernikov
Feliciano Lopez
Nicolas Mahut
Xavier Malisse
Paul-Henri Mathieu
Max Mirnyi
Carlos Moya
David Nalbandian
Jarkko Nieminen
Magnus Norman
Mark Philippoussis*
Cedric Pioline
Mariano Puerta
Marcelo Rios*
Greg Rusedski
Fabrice Santoro
Andreas Vinciguerra
Jimmy Wang
Mariano Zabaleda


<WOMEN>
Cory-Ann Avants
Daja Bedanova
Cara Black
Elena Bovina
Jennifer Capriati
Lindsay Davenport
Nathalie Dechy
Gisela Dulko
Sylvia Farina-Elia
Clarissa Fernandez
Tatiana Golovin
Daniela Hantuchova
Jelena Jankovic
Jana Kandarr
Mirjana Lucic
Iva Majoli
Marta Marrero
Bethanie Mattek
Corina Morariu
Lilia Osterloh
Maria A Sanchez-L.
Arantxa Sanchez-V.
Monica Seles
Magui Serna
Maria Sharapova
Anne-Gaelle Sidot
Katarina Srebotnik
Alexandra Stevenson
Serena Williams*
Venus Williams*


<Celebrity Pros>
Nick Bollettieri
Bjorn Borg
Sergi Bruguera
Pat Cash
Jim Courier
Magnus Gustafsson
Henri Leconte
Shuzo Matsuoka
John McEnroe
Patrick McEnroe
Yannick Noah
Mats Wilander
Chris Woodruff
Chris Evert
Mary Joe Fernandez
Enonne Goolagong
Billie Jean King
Betsy Nagelsen
Martina Navratilova
Virginia Wade


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ROBERT KAPLAN

9 Lewis Drive, Maplewood, NJ 07040, United States
Tel: (917) 576-2819


<MEN>
Sargis Sargsian
Tom Shimada

<Cerebrity Pros>
Gilad Bloom
Barry Gilbert, Jr.
Jonathan Molin
David Rago
Gustav Stickley
Don Treadway


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OCTAGON

1751 Pinnacle Drive, Suite 1500, McLean, VA 22102, United States
Tel: (703)905-3300 Fax: (703)905-3304

<MEN>
Jonas Bjorkman
Byron Black
Kenneth Carlsen
Michael Chang
Lee Childs
Francisco Clavet
Brian Dabul
Todor Enev
Robby Ginepri
Sebastien Grosjean
Lleyton Hewitt
Dominik Harbaty
Nicolas Kiefer
Richard Krajicek
Gustavo Kuerten
Mikael Llodra
Cecil Mamiit
Felix Mantilla
Todd Martin
Jeff Morrison
Philipp Moukhometov
Gilles Muller
Lamine Ouahab
Mark Philippoussis*
Aisam Qureshi
Tommy Robredo
Sjeng Shalken
Alex Simoni
Raemon Sluiter
Vladimir Voltchkov
Peter Wellels
Mikhail Youzhny


<WOMEN>
Amanda Coetzer
Elena Dementieva
Vera Douchevina
Jaslyn Hewitt
Martina Hingis
Sandra Kleinova
Anna Kournikova
Lina Krasnoroutskaya
Magdalena Maleeva
Conchita Martinez
Amelie Mauresmo
Miriam Oremans
Nadia Petrova
Mary Pierce
Lisa Raymond
Virginie Razzano
Chanda Rubin
Maria-Emilia Salerni
Barbara Schett
Sandrine Testud

<Cerebrity Pros>
Tracy Austin
Zina Garrison
Katerina Maleeva
Manuela Maleeva-F.
Hana Mandlikova
Olga Morozova
Jana Novotna
JoAnne Russel
Betty Stove


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SFX SPORTS GROUP, INC.

2665 South Bayshore Dr. Suite 606, Miami, FL 33133, United States
Tel: (305)668-3266


<MEN>
Andre Agassi
Hicham Arazi
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
Cuillermo Canas
Alex Corretia*
Frank Dancevic
Jose De Armas
Ramon Delgado
Jan-Michael Gambill
Paul Goldstein
Levar Harper-G.
Luis Horna
Andrew Ilie
Alex Kim
Michael Kohlmann
Karol Kuccera
Nicolas Lapentti*
Irakli Labadze
Martin Lee
Inan Ljubicic*
Andy Roddick
Jan Siemerink
Artiom Sitak
Ramsey Smith
Paradorn Srichaphan
Vince Spadea
Dirk Stegmann
Janko Tipsarevic
Dmitry Tursanov
Brian Vahaly


<WOMEN>
Anna Bastrikova
Melanie Mammis
Anastasia Myskina
Nicole Pitts
Valerie Saillant
Melissa Torres
Iroda Tulyaganova
Vera Zvonareva


<Cerebrity Pros>
Stan Smith
Michael Stich


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SPORTS MARKETING CONSULTANTS INC.

7025 Beracasa Way, Suite 195G, Boca Raton, FL 33433, United States
Tel: (561)417-8405 Fax: (561)417-8471


<MEN>
David Adams
Karim Alami
Lan Bale
Noam Behr
Justin Bower
Juan Del Porto
Niels Desein
Slava Dosedel
Eyal Erlich
Tal Eros
Richard Fromberg
Amir Hadad
Chris Haggard
Brent Haygarth
Andrew Ilie
Michael Joyce
Robbie Koenig
Jiri Krkoska
Tomas Krupa
Jan Langer
Petr Langer
Radek Laanger
Kabela Maleka
Punch Maleka
Piet Norbal
Radovan Novak
Marcos Ondruska
Andrei Pavel
Eyal Ran
Michael Russel
David Sanchez
James Sekulov
Vince Spadea
Grant Stafford
Kevin Ullyett
Jack Waite


<WOMEN>
Catalina Cristea
Adriana Gersi
Lala Giltinan
Kveta Hrdlickova
Ruxandra Dragomir-Illie*
Ema Janaskova
Joannette Kruger
Eva Martincova
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Radka Pelikinova
Nicole Pratt
Jacquelyn Rebecca Rosen
Paola Suarez


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PAUL THEOFANOUS

198 West 75th Stereet, First Floor, New York, NY 10023, United States
Tel: (212)874-3043 Fax: (212)874-3997

<MEN>
Andrei Medvedev
Jeff Tarango


<WOMEN>
Larisa Neiland
Elena Tatarkova

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WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY

One William Morris Place, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Tel: (310)859-4000 Fax: (310)859-4462

<MEN>
Pete Sampras


<WOMEN>
Ashley Harkleroad
Marie-Eve Pelletier
Serena Williams*



* = more than one contract
Source from "TENNIS WEEK"

IMG

IMG Cennter, 1360 East Ninth Street, Suite 100, Cleveland, OH 44114,United States
Tel: (216) 522-1200 Fax: (216) 522-1145


My home town :D I've driven by this place a lot. I heard that Mary Joe Fernandez lives in Cleveland sometimes. I thought I read this in a chat transcript from this year.

What role do this agents have in the big picture?
Is it:
They fix the flight tickets, they enter and withdrew players at the right time,they decides where to play, they do most of the office work:confused:

Or is it:
They look after the players media image, they sends out press releases, decides what to say and when:confused:

Are this lists more or less the same year after year
:confused:

Why is some players under more than one agent:confused:

read properly salima, it says "more than one contract" OK

Originally posted by GoMonica
IMG

IMG Cennter, 1360 East Ninth Street, Suite 100, Cleveland, OH 44114,United States
Tel: (216) 522-1200 Fax: (216) 522-1145


I heard that Mary Joe Fernandez lives in Cleveland sometimes. I thought I read this in a chat transcript from this year.

yes she lives there cos her husband is an agent of IMG! :)

What percent of a players wining check do they get?
A player has to pay taxes, all of their medical bills, travel & hotel expences. The top players have to pay the coach & trainer, hitting partners, gaurds & all kinds of insurance.
I can see why it's so inportant to get commmercials. Kim father was right. The taxes are too high.

Wow.....definitely IMG and Octagon have the best ones.

this was the 2002 List

every deal is different between player and their management company.
depends on where you come from and what your needs are.

IMG and Octagon are the biggest by far.

Interesting. Pete Sampras and Serena Williams are signed to an entertainment agency. William Morris commonly handles movie stars and screenwriters.

William Morris is trying to break into Sports Marketing, that is why they hired Jill Smoller who represents Rick Fox(basketball) as well as the others listed. Serena only uses William Morris for entertainment purposes. IMG handles all of her sports related stuff. I know that Smoller is actively pursuing other tennis players to sign with William Morris.

I think these agents get around 10%-25% of a players' earnings and for that they get them endorsements, take care of their money (investments, paying bills, etc.), help them make up their schedule, get them appearance fees, get them into exhibitions and hire and fire their coaches. Plus, as everyone knows, IMG and SFX actually run several of the non-Slam/non-Masters touraments and get their lower ranked clients into various ones.:hearts:

These agencies try hard to find very young players who might become the next big thing so they can lock them into a contract and make money off them. So, it's a jungle out there and young players who do well in junior tournaments can take their pick of agents.:rolleyes: I think an American just won the Orange Bowl and, if I remember correctly, there were agents all over the place down there watching and he was the main attraction.:kiss: I think IMG has the inside track, but I can't remember. (I can't even remember the player's name, which shows how much I pay attention to junior tennis):o

Anyway, every agent dreams of getting an Andre Agassi or an Anna K. that they could live off of until they grow a big stable. Andre and Anna make more money than anybody from endorsements PLUS Andre actually makes money from playing tennis.:eek: Also, these players can earn a couple million a year from appearance fees and exhibitions that the agencies arrange.

Ramsey Smith

Interesting. He's Stan Smith's son and last I saw of him he was playing in college. I wonder how good he is.:) He's blond and handsome so, if he can get his career going he could make a mint in endorsements.:kiss:

Brian Baker won the boys
and Vera Douchevina won the girls, she's already been "tapped" up for some time ;)

IMG and Octagon are the ones that own a number of tourns

Ones i know (WTA)
IMG
Paris Gaz de France
Scottsdale
Indian Wells
Miami
Madrid
Stanford
LA

Octagon
Antwerp
Doha
Acapulco
s'Hertogenbosch
Sopot
Luxembourg
Moscow
Zurich

Aha! Now we see why Octagon clients play that Acapulco thing on clay despite the difficulty of the surface change! Maybe Mary Pierce and Nadya Petrova will join the others there this year! :)

I think that Lei Clijsters (who is Kim's manager) is working with Octagon

IMG
Paris Gaz de France
Scottsdale
Indian Wells
Miami
Madrid
Stanford
LA

So how does IMG feel about Venus, Jennifer, and Serena skipping Indian Wells?:eek:

Do you mean they get 25% before taxes? & is it 25% of everything, or just what they arange. I think it's too much.

So how does IMG feel about Venus, Jennifer, and Serena skipping Indian Wells.

Venus, Serena and Jennifer are so powerful and bring in so much money for IMG that those folks would not dare try to make them play Indian Wells.:mad: It wouldn't take much effort for any of those three to say "see ya" and sign on with another agent.:rolleyes: And, trust me, IMG knows that, which is probably why they have kept their mouths shut about those girls not playing there. They know better.

IMG doesn't own the ATP portion of Indian Wells, by the way. SFX runs a few of the mens' tournaments: San Jose, Scottsdale, Washington and a couple more.

Do you mean they get 25% before taxes? & is it 25% of everything, or just what they arange. I think it's too much.

It's according to what's negotiated and the more powerful a player is the more favorable it is to that player. Mostly the agency receives 10%-25% OFF THE TOP which means BEFORE TAXES. They receive this from everything (prize money, endorsements and even modeling assignments). I don't know if this has to be the case because of American tax laws or if that's just the way it is.:confused:

The very low ranked players and newer players are just happy to have an agent working to get them into tournaments/exhibitions, etc. and the highly ranked players are happy to be making so much money.:hearts: Agassi probably pays his agency (SFX) 10%-15% because he also has a personal agent (Perry Rogers) who is the one who deals directly with SFX and he probably gets 10%-15%. Together, all these people help Andre to earn over $20 million a year. So, I'm sure he's not unhappy with the arrangements.;)