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lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                WTA Tour player Panna Udvardy.                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>WTA Tour player Panna Udvardy has revealed that she was sent \u201cdisturbing\u201d and threatening messages about her family on WhatsApp, after an alleged leak of the WTA database.<\/p>\n<p>World No 95 Udvardy is currently competing in a string of WTA 125 events in Antalya, with the Hungarian beaten in the quarter-final of one of those events by Anhelina Kalinina.<\/p>\n<p>However, the 27-year-old revealed on Instagram that ahead of the match, she had received vile abuse directly through WhatsApp \u2014 with her family threatened.<\/p>\n<p>The troll, whose phone number appears to be British, said in the messages \u2014 posted on Instagram by Udvardy \u2014 that they would send groups to her mother\u2019s house \u201cto kidnap her\u201d, while claiming they knew the \u201clocations\u201d of several of her family members.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old was also sent a picture of a gun as part of the sick messages, and in her Instagram post, she revealed that her mobile number may have been accessible after an alleged WTA database leak.<\/p>\n<div>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-222568 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net\/content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Udvardy-messages.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: A screenshot of Panna Udvardy's Instagram post.\" width=\"799\" height=\"497\"><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption caption-222568\" style=\"margin-top:-8px\">\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\"> Panna Udvardy\u2019s Instagram image detailing abusive messages (Credit: @panna_udvardy on Instagram)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p>She wrote: \u201cLast night around midnight I received several very disturbing messages on WhatsApp from an unknown number on my personal phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe person told me that if I didn\u2019t lose my match today, they would harm members of my family. They said they knew where my family lives, what cars they drive and that they had their phone numbers. They even sent photos of my family members and a picture of a gun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was honestly very scary to receive something like this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI immediately contacted the WTA supervisor, sent the screenshots, and informed my parents. My parents then contacted the consulate, and when I woke up this morning I also spoke again with the WTA supervisor. I was told that similar threats have recently happened to other players and that they believe personal information may have leaked from the WTA database, which is currently being investigated.<\/p>\n<h2>Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/amanda-anisimova-emma-raducanu-high-quality-comment-indian-wells-meeting\">Amanda Anisimova makes Emma Raducanu \u2018high quality\u2019 comment ahead of Indian Wells meeting<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/novak-djokovic-amazing-tim-henman-jannik-sinner\">Tim Henman admits he was \u2018finding it hard to believe what he was seeing\u2019 with Novak Djokovic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe consulate responded very quickly and sent three police officers to my match, which I\u2019m extremely grateful for. Police also went to my parents and grandmother\u2019s homes, and after the match I filed an official police report here in Turkey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Udvardy\u2019s story will spark huge concern across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\">WTA Tour<\/a>, with Lucrezia Stefanini also revealing earlier this week that she was the target of vile abuse after her qualifying defeat in Indian Wells.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns over abuse sent to tennis players have been growing in recent months, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/news\/carlos-alcaraz-heavy-social-media-comments-abuse\">with the likes of Carlos Alcaraz, Jessica Pegula, Gael Monfils, and Katie Boulter speaking out in 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, when asked about Udvardy\u2019s post during her press conference in Indian Wells on Friday, WTA world No 6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/amanda-anisimova\">Amanda Anisimova<\/a> admitted it was frightening to see another player go through that experience.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cIt was a super scary post that I saw the other day with Panna.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I mean, I wouldn\u2019t wish that upon anyone. It\u2019s really crazy and I don\u2019t think she got any sleep the night before her match, which is just unbelievable that, yeah, she gets threats like that to her family and close, I mean, super horrible, really scary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing is that I hope that there are safety measures, security measures, and I feel like they were taken seriously in the post from what I have read that a lot of people are trying to step in and help and make her feel safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? 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