Tennis: Hewitt likely to be prime target of splinter group

World No 1 Lleyton Hewitt is reportedly a prime target for a tennis players' breakaway circuit.

A splinter group, called the International Men's Tennis Association, claims many players are dissatisfied with how the Association of Tennis Professionals is running the game, the Sydney Daily Telegraph newspaper reported yesterday.

Hewitt would be top of the rebel group's hit list because of his ongoing dispute with the ATP over a A$200,000 ($217,000) fine, the newspaper said.