Greg Sharko

Greg Sharko was the director of Media Relations and Information for the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) but he is perhaps best known for his statistical work, sometimes called the "staff guru" of the ATP. He has been nicknamed "Shark" and is considered a statistical and historical expert on men's professional tennis.

He lives in Ponte Vedra, Florida.

Biography Sharko has worked for the ATP since 1986.

Sharko has said that when he first joined the ATP, a lot of statistical categories and charts weren't yet developed; he helped develop statistical data in part to help create content for the annual ATP Media Guide. and journalist Peter Bodo has jokingly referred to Sharko as "the hands-down MVP of the ATP Tour (Roger, Rafa and Novak nonwithstanding)" Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim has called Sharko "the Roger Federer of tennis research."

The International Tennis Writers Association honoured him with the Bud Collins Award for services to the media by people in tennis.