Sources & Methodology

Last updated: August 2026

How we collect

Tênis do Brasil runs an automated pipeline monitoring official tournament, federation and athlete accounts, plus structured public data (scores and draws). Collection runs daily; the editorial pipeline publishes only what passes fact-check and legal gates.

We produce original editorial synthesis from official facts or public structured data, without reproducing third-party text.

As of August 2026 we do not scrape score aggregators (e.g. TennisExplorer) or commercial news portals. Structured scores come from a commercially licensed API (BallDontLie when configured); WTA rankings from the official API; draws/calendars from Wikipedia/Wikidata; story seeds from official X and YouTube accounts via API/RSS.

Monitored sources (news)

Official accounts and verifiable data only — not commercial news portals:

Brazilian

  • CBT, Rio Open, SP Open
  • João Fonseca, Beatriz Haddad Maia, Luisa Stefani — official athlete accounts

International

  • ATP Tour, WTA, Grand Slams, Davis Cup / BJK Cup — official accounts

Structured data (not portal text)

BallDontLie (licensed API), WTA (official rankings) and Wikipedia/Wikidata may supply factual data only — scores, draws, rankings, dates — never article copy or athlete portrait photos. We do not rewrite TenisBrasil, ge.globo, Guardian, ESPN, Ubitennis, Tennis365 or Perfect Tennis. We do not scrape TennisExplorer.

What we don't collect

Commercial news portals, tabloids, betting sites, unlicensed paywalls and disinformation accounts. Influencers appear only in Reactions, never as primary sources. Junior coverage is suspended pending minor-protection review.

Editorial pipeline

  1. Selection → generation/translation → de-AI and deterministic gates
  2. 4 independent reviewers — quality, ethics, technical accuracy and legal gate (honor, image, minors)
  3. Publication only with unanimous approval; when in doubt, we do not publish

Images

No athlete face photos as cover or og:image. Section SVGs, generic court/stadium photos without identifiable people, or permissive stock (Unsplash). No Getty, AFP, Reuters, ATP/WTA press or Wikimedia player portraits.

Full policy: Editorial Transparency.