Here s the history behind the rule.
Dress code for female tennis players.
Several players have broken strict dress code at tennis.
Top players welcome the new policy approving leggings and compression shorts to be worn without a skirt or dress.
1 competitors must be dressed in suitable tennis attire that is almost entirely white and this applies from the point at which the player enters the court surround.
Was deemed especially controversial at that time considering the convention for female tennis players to wear longer skirts.
After catsuit controversy women s tennis modernises dress code.
But while players are required to adhere to a strict all white dress code ticket holders are not.
The following refers to all clothing including tracksuits and sweaters worn on the championship courts both for practice and for matches.
Tennis player alizé cornet dress code violation 2018 us open tennis clearly has a problem policing female players clothing.