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Article: ATP president Etienne de Villiers to step down
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- August 21, 2008
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Etienne de Villiers is set to step down as executive chairman and president of the ATP when his contract expires in December.
De Villiers will leave the post after instigating a series of changes since taking over the men's tennis tour in June 2005, including the introduction of the Hawkeye system of judging line calls, a reshuffle of the tour calendar and increased prize money.
The ATP said Thursday that the changes had been the most extensive in its 18-year history.
"I believe we have delivered the biggest modernization of the ATP Tour since its inception, have attracted unprecedented levels of investment into men's tennis and have begun to feed the growing ...