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Breaking: Naomi Osaka to Leave Evolve

Osaka, one of the highest-earning female athletes in history, is departing the agency she co-founded with her longtime agent, Stuart Duguid.

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Ben Rothenberg
Dec 18, 2025
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One of the most high-profile tennis business partnerships of the past decade has ended, Bounces can exclusively report.

Four-time major winner Naomi Osaka is parting ways with her longtime agent, Stuart Duguid, and the agency they co-founded three years ago, Evolve.

To read the rest of this news and where Osaka is going next—and a history of Naomi Osaka’s off-court business ventures to put this big tennis business story in context—please subscribe to Bounces! -Ben

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