The president of ATP, Andrea Gaudenzi admitted that he can imagine restoring ATP ranking points for the 2022 Wimbledon in case some rules are met.
Russian and Belarusian players won't be allowed to participate in the 2022 Wimbledon and therefore the tournament won't have any ranking points as agreed by ATP and WTA. However, the ATP chief, Andrea Gaudenzi can imagine a scenario when this year's tournament will be still played with points.
“Such a decision should have been taken collectively involving all seven components of tennis. This story proves once more that we need a unique governance in tennis.”
“Having said this, we would be very happy to return the points to Wimbledon if the ban on Russians and Belarusians, who have said they are willing to make written statements because none of them is in favour of war were lifted."
“From a ranking point of view, we want to have a ranking in 2022 where each player had access to the same number of points. This is the only way to have a fair ranking at the end of the year."
“If we gave protection to those who played well at Wimbledon in 2021 it would be even more unfair to those who play well in 2022, because the points would still expire after 52 weeks as always happens."
“We can’t protect seven or eight players by creating even more damage to everyone else. Unfortunately, Wimbledon points will be missing in the year-end ranking, but from our point of view it is the fairest choice and WTA agrees with us.”
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