New ITF President David Haggerty says the governing organizations in tennis are inclined to increase the sport's anti-doping budget after next year's season.
In an interview with the *New York Times*, the former USTA president said he has spoken with the ATP and WTA tours and the Grand Slams, which together with the ITF provide funding for the approximately $4 million anti-doping program. He said the ITF department in charge of the anti-doping program has been instructed to re-examine the program and potential costs.
Haggerty said that dramatic changes were unlikely as the current program is fairly thorough.
"But I think we do have a plan that has integrity that will work for '16, and it’s not as if we are going to triple in '17, which would mean we are so bad in '16, " he said. "I think we are comfortable with where we are."
Haggerty also suggested that the federation could eventually have anti-doping as well as anti-corruption programs either organized or supervised externally, given the recent problems arising in other sports.
"It makes us want to make sure we are the best we can be and have programs that really have integrity, whether it’s anti-doping, anticorruption or governance," Haggerty said. "Because to me, good governance in federations is the biggest issue today we face."
According to its figures, the ITF has increased the amount of testing significantly since 2012.