ATP Board Votes Not to Remove Justin Gimelstob

Justin Gimelstob, right, said a confrontation on Halloween began when an acquaintance provoked him with insults about Gimelstob’s father, who had recently died. Demetrius Freeman for The New York Times

The Association of Tennis Professionals board of directors voted on Thursday not to remove Justin Gimelstob from that governing body.

The vote was called a day after Gimelstob pleaded not guilty to a charge of felony battery with serious bodily injury after an altercation in Los Angeles on Halloween night. The breakdown of the vote is not known, but a unanimous decision of five voting members of the seven-member board is required to remove one of its members.

By rule, the vote did not include…