Wimbledon has been forced to report more than 2,500 abusive social media posts about players.
Thousands of messages have had to be deleted beneath Wimbledon’s Instagram and Facebook accounts, with some reported to have been left up for 24 hours.
It comes as both players and former tennis players have called for more to be done to prevent the online abuse.
Last year, Wimbledon introduced a new monitoring system called Threat Matrix to help flag death threats, racism or sexism on players’ public profiles, the Times reports.
A Wimbledon spokesperson said: “On wider player online abuse, Threat Matrix has analysed 150,000 posts which mention players and/or the championships.
“Just under 10,000 posts have been flagged for human review, of which 2,504 have been risk-assessed and triaged for further action, which could include reporting accounts to platforms and security/law enforcement escalation where required.”
An analysis by the Times found hateful comments about British player Sonay Kartal were still visible on Wimbledon’s official Facebook posts 24 hours after she was knocked out of the tournament.
The newspaper found more than 1,000 comments had to be deleted beneath posts of her leaving Centre Court.
Earlier in the tournament, British player Jodie Burrage revealed she was trying not to look at her phone following her first-round Wimbledon defeat after opening up about the amount of online abuse she receives from possible gamblers.
The 26-year-old lost in straight sets to American Caty McNally last Tuesday despite a series of encouraging results on the grass.
Following her defeat, the British Number Seven called for more accountability on social media platforms, explaining that she often receives messages from people saying she has lost them money.
Burrage told reporters that more could be done to try and prevent the online abuse, describing how “it’s not easy to deal with”.
She said: “I think it’s very simple to have someone’s ID connected to their account and that would quickly stop what people write and make them more accountable.
“I’m just guessing that they’re gamblers. Some of them say ‘you’ve lost me this amount of money,’ so some of them are.
“That’s the only explanation I’ve got otherwise, they are just very bad people.
“Yes, it’s tough… I’m trying not to look at my phone. It’s not easy to deal with, but I do think there could be more being done.
“I don’t know if there is anything behind the scenes or anything. But that’s out of my control, I can just deal with what we’ve got at the moment.”
The tennis player previously explained to Ok! Magazine that she faces abuse online after nearly every game, with many appearing to insult her appearance.
British number two Katie Boulter has also recently revealed the scale of abuse aimed at her online.
The 28-year-old shared her experiences, which included death threats, with BBC Sport to highlight the issue of players encountering toxic messages on social media ahead of Wimbledon.
Examples of the abuse included someone telling her to buy “candles and a coffin for your entire family” with a reference to her “grandmother’s grave if she’s not dead by tomorrow” and one stating she should “go to hell” as she had cost the poster money.
Former tennis player Johanna Konta, 34, said that more could be done to prevent online abuse when asked about the issue by reporters on Wednesday.
She added: “[For] some players it’s water off a duck’s back, others take it more personally, more to heart — depends what headspace you’re in.”
