Quotes from Patrick Mouratoglou

If we don't know who is who because everyone is behaving the same then it's boring. We don't think it's boring because we love tennis. But bring someone who doesn't love tennis and they will think it's incredibly boring.

If David Goffin wants to remain calm and quiet, fine. But perhaps he would enjoy to have a little more freedom to show another side of his personality.

I think coaches sometimes think it's always their way.

So I don't see any stress from players or coaches with coaching during the matches, to be honest.

I think I had a lot of impact on every player. Maybe it sounds cocky, but if I don't feel I have an impact or a big impact, I wouldn't be able to be excited about my work every day.

I think we have great personalities in tennis, but I think they don't dare anymore expressing their emotions and expressing who they are. It's all about being politically correct all the time.

But I think there is a space for a second league, which is UTS, that is more modern, and is targeting a difference audience.

Tennis is fake. We have real characters, but they don't dare to be themselves, and the code of conduct has a lot to do with that.

The whole idea is to propose an immersive experience. When you watch tennis, you watch from the outside, you're far from the court, the camera is far away and the whole story is about two persons hitting a tennis ball and trying to win.

If you look at the figures, the average age of the tennis fan is 62 years old.

My brother is a musician and I'm in tennis.

My reality was that I would become a tennis player. I never had any doubt about it. It was my life.

I think that the ATP and the WTA are doing a good job because they're satisfying their fans, and I am one of their fans.

When you watch the top guys, you know there will be no drama all match. They're gonna wipe their face between points, they're gonna ask for balls, they're gonna choose the ball, they're gonna bounce the ball 200 times, they're gonna hit the ball, and that's it. That's the whole story.

Every time the ATP or WTA speak about changing something, you see the reaction. So I think they're doing a good job because those people are still watching tennis 40 years later and they are still fans so I'm not sure they should change because I don't know how the fans would feel.

After a certain point I know my players so well, I can anticipate their reactions.

A very good leader is someone who has a great team, it's all about the team. You only have 12 hours or 14 hours a day, if the people that are with you are doing a great job, you can have a great business. If not, it's not going to work.

Tennis is failing to renew its fanbase. And that's very worrying, because the future doesn't look bright.

I think tennis needs to be reinvented. I think there is a space for two different tours. This exists in many other sports.

A game is a game. I don't think we will change... should have shorter sets. No, do simple things to let people enter through a door that makes them be excited. If you let all the players express themselves, show who they are.

It's time to realise that tradition is fantastic but if because of tradition and only tradition you lose everyone it's less fantastic so you have to keep some tradition to this sport of course but you also have to live in your century.

My goal is to help make tennis transition to what's coming next and to be able to continue to grow rather than falling down, because no new fans come to our sport.

Young kids do not see tennis as a 'fun' sport.

I don't think any player will miss a grand slam if they can play.