Four-time tennis Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka has rejoined agency giant IMG for representation.
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Osaka to be represented by IMG Tennis, the tennis division of WME Sports
Max Eisenbud to lead Osaka’s representation team, according to Sports Business Journal (SBJ)
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Osaka had been with IMG since 2016 but left in 2022 to co-found her own agency Evolve in a move designed to give the 28-year-old greater flexibility over her commercial partnerships. Osaka left Evolve at the end of 2025.
Evolve’s clients currently include women’s world number one Aryna Sabalenka, along with Anna Kalinskaya, Iva Jovic, Eva Lys and Nick Kyrgios.
Players on IMG’s books include men’s world number one Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek, Emma Raducanu and Taylor Fritz, as well as tennis legend Serena Williams. Last year, IMG bolstered its roster with the signing of two-time major winner Coco Gauff, who joined from Team8, the agency co-founded by Roger Federer.
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