Stacey Allaster (R), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), gestures next to World Sports Group's Chief Operating Officer Andrew Georgiou as they prepare to pose with the Billie Jean King trophy after a WTA announcement in Singapore May 8, 2013. REUTERS/Edgar Su
(Reuters) - Women's Tennis Association CEO Stacey Allaster, once named as one of the most powerful women in sport, will resign next month for personal reasons, the organisation said on Tuesday.
Allaster, 52, was named chief executive in 2009 and played an instrumental role in securing equal prize money for women tennis players at six WTA events and all four grand slams.
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