Overview

• Katie Boulter shared screenshots of hostile messages, including death threats against her and her family and a “Hopefully you get cancer” comment.
• She believes most abuse comes from individuals who have bet on her matches and says threats arrive after both victories and defeats.
• Other top players such as Iga Swiatek, Emma Raducanu and Eva Lys have also publicly reported similar harassment.
• The WTA introduced an AI-powered system in early 2024 that flagged about 12,000 abusive posts and referred 15 accounts to law enforcement.
• Boulter warns that the unrelenting threats have made it difficult to distinguish genuine danger, illustrating how toxic behavior has become normalized.