Support The Right Of Israeli Players To Compete In Dubai

This petition was published by Chip M on Feb 15, 2009

We, the undersigned, call on the ATP and WTA to discontinue endorsing tennis tournaments in the United Arab Emirates unless future assurances can be made by the UAE government guaranteeing visas for all qualified players wishing to participate.

We feel that it is inappropriate for international sporting organizations to support events in regions where all the players that the tours represent cannot compete.

A recent incident involving Israeli WTA player Shahar Peer (described here: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=3908957) and an alleged situation involving Israeli ATP players Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram (Doug Robson explores this issue here: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2008-03-30-israelis-dubai_N.htm) violate not only the ideals of the ATP and WTA but also of international sports as a whole.

We ask that the ATP and WTA take leadership roles in ensuring that international sporting events in all regions are open to all qualified participants, regardless of nationality.

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