Former world number two Michael Stich has criticised suggestions from Andy Murray that tennis players could strikeover what they consider to be an overcrowded schedule.
"These tournaments provide them with jobs and an income," the 1991 Wimbledon champion told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I don't think the complaint is a good one. I didn't complain - and I played in tournament singles and doubles."
Former British tennis chief David Felgate believes strikes are unlikely.
On Monday, Murray told BBC Sport: "We just want things to change, really small things. Two or three weeks during the year, a few less tournaments each year, which I don't think is unreasonable."
But Stich says the bodies that govern tennis - and the tournaments that make up its calendar - support its professionals.
He added: "I don't think it is a big issue. They are not playing more than we did 10 or 15 years ago and they have shorter seasons than we used to.
"When people like Stefan Edberg played in singles and doubles at Grand Slams, they [just] did their job. Andy Murray doesn't even play four rounds of Davis Cup each year.
"It's not down to the tournaments and the ATP [Association of Tennis Professionals], it's down to the players themselves. Perhaps they need to look out for their bodies and pick their tournaments better?
Stich, who said he sits on the board of some tournaments, added: "They should never forget this is a partnership.
"If they were to go on strike, they should think what would happen if the tournaments went on strike. They would have no career, no income, no profession. It [striking] is not a good solution."
Felgate - the former performance director at the Lawn Tennis Association, who has also sat on the performance board at the ATP - stressed that discontent from players over the schedule was an ongoing story.
He said: "I don't think we'll see a strike, certainly not from the Grand Slams. The guys aren't about to miss them.
"The biggest issue is where the Davis Cup falls after a Grand Slam - what we saw the guys having to do last week.
"The majority of players quite like those matches a week after [a Grand Slam] because most of them have lost halfway through. It is a problem.
"I don't know [what can change]. The conversation has gone on for years. There are so many factions. There's the ITF [International Tennis Federation], the four Grand Slams - who are all separate entities - then the ATP.
"You would hope they could all get together to sort it out but it's a cyclical story that just continues.
"The difficulty is, a lot of these tournaments are owned by people - you can't just shut them down. They would have to be a bought and taken off the tour to create more space."
