Opelka Wants to Cut ATP Doubles. Wimbledon Champion Responds | Henry Patten & Robin Haase

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00:00 Intro
00:54 ATP proposals for Doubles tennis from 2028
05:00 The cost of Doubles tennis
06:54 Did top Singles players used to be better at playing Doubles?
09:40 Doubles is great preparation for singles
11:14 Singles players don’t care about Doubles
12:48 What the top Singles players think of the changes
17:55 Singles vs Doubles earnings at 100 in the world
23:21 Does the ATP have an agenda? Where is the data?
29:01 The number of ATP social posts of Doubles players vs Singles
32:05 It’s hard to promote Doubles when partnerships change
35:30 How can we market Doubles better?
41:39 What Tennis can learn from Golf
43:59 Time for the players to promote themselves
48:36 Rivalry between Singles and Doubles players
51:58 Embracing mavericks like Sander Arends
56:10 Trivia