For tennis players

The match is over. The abuse has only just started.

Fendr removes abusive, sexist, and hateful comments from your Instagram in real time — before your audience sees them and before you have to deal with them.

Sign-up takes two minutes. No card needed.

Individual performance is completely visible. There is no team to absorb a bad day.

Tennis players live much of their professional lives in public. The tour schedule is relentless, the scrutiny is constant, and social media is part of how players maintain their connection with fans between tournaments. It's also where the abuse arrives.

For women players the scrutiny is distinct — comments about appearance and body that have nothing to do with the tennis, and sexualised abuse that arrives regardless of performance. For players who have spoken about mental health or anything beyond their sport, the targeting becomes more deliberate. For players from ethnic minority backgrounds, racial abuse adds another layer.

Most tennis players have been told the same things: ignore it, report it, take a break. None of that stops it — and staying off social media isn't a solution, it's giving something up you've earned.

The platforms aren't catching it.

By the time a comment is reported and reviewed it has already been live for hours — already seen, already liked. Reporting it to Instagram rarely works: 70% of reported hate speech stays up. (Appeals Centre Europe, 2026) The governing bodies have made welfare commitments, but the tools to protect players on their personal accounts haven't kept pace.

Fendr is proactive. It removes hate comments before they go live — before your audience sees them, before they can spread, before you have to decide what to do with them.

Removing it changes more than you think.

A hate comment left visible on your post doesn't just affect you. It signals to everyone who visits your profile that this space is unmoderated — and that more hate is welcome. Research into online behaviour consistently shows that visible hate shapes the environment and produces more of it, not less.

Removing abusive comments in real time doesn't just protect you from one comment. It changes what your comment section communicates to the thousands of people who see it.

What Fendr does

Fendr removes abusive comments in real time — your audience never sees them. Every comment Fendr acts on is logged in your dashboard, available to review whenever you choose.

Stops hate going live

Removed before it appears on your post, before anyone can like, reply, or amplify it.

Catches sexist, appearance-based, and identity-based abuse

For female players who face multiple forms simultaneously, Fendr catches all of it.

Handles tournament-driven spikes

When a high-profile result attracts hostile attention, Fendr is already working.

Built around you

Fendr understands your identity and the specific abuse tennis players face. Not a generic filter.

Learns over time

Recognises repeat abusers and catches them faster.

Full control, always yours

Switch Fendr on and off whenever you choose.

How it works

Up in minutes.

1

Connect your Instagram

Through Meta's verified integration. Fully secure, takes minutes, and no credentials are ever shared.

2

Tell Fendr who you are

Your background, your identity, what kind of abuse you face. Fendr builds around you, not a generic filter.

3

Stay protected

24/7, automatic. During tournaments and between them.

The abuse used to be relentless. But after the first match I lost while using Fendr, the difference in my comment section was amazing — and the knock-on effect on my mental health was so positive.
Anonymous — professional tennis player
  • During one coordinated attack on a public figure's account, Fendr removed over 3,500 abusive comments in real time — out of 6,300 total. None of them went live.
FAQ

Questions, answered.

Does Fendr catch sexist and appearance-based abuse?

Yes. Because it reads context and can be tuned to your identity, it recognises gendered and appearance-based abuse that generic filters treat as opinion.

Can it handle the spike after a high-profile match?

Yes. Fendr works in real time, so a tournament-driven surge is removed automatically as it arrives.

Are comments removed before my followers see them?

Yes — Fendr works in real time, so harmful comments are removed as they arrive, before they spread or reach you.

Which platforms does Fendr support?

Instagram today, with TikTok, X, and YouTube on the way.

Protection from €49/month.

Free for 14 days. No card required. During tournaments and between them.

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Stop Abusive Comments on Instagram — Fendr for Tennis Players