By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday April 2, 2025
Lower than two week after Novak Djokovic’s Skilled Tennis Gamers Affiliation – PTPA – introduced a authorized go well with towards the game’s primary governing our bodies, the Prime 20 gamers of each tour are additionally taking over the trigger.
In an article printed by the French sporting journal L’équipe, it was revealed that the Prime 20 gamers from the ATP and WTA Tour have signed a letter that calls for a higher proportion of revenues from the 4 Grand Slams.
The gamers are demanding a considerable improve in prize cash, citing the truth that they obtain a considerably smaller proportion of revenues than different sporting leagues, such because the NBA (reportedly close to 50 p.c sharing).
L’équipe says that tennis gamers obtained about 16 p.c of complete revenues in complete prize cash at Roland-Garros final yr, as an illustration.
INFO L’ÉQUIPE. Les représentants du high 20 mondial ATP et WTA ont cosigné et adressé une lettre aux quatre tournois du Grand Chelem, réclamant une augmentation substantielle de leur dotation. Après les actions en justice de la PTPA, la colère monte encore.https://t.co/oqbbrDgFFB
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“I believe that that is going to profit all of the gamers, not solely the highest gamers, particularly for these gamers that work laborious throughout all of the years and have to receives a commission from the Slams, they usually must survive,” Chinq’s Zheng Qinwen, who signed the letter, stated right this moment in Charleston. “Additionally they have to pay for an excellent workforce to have the ability to have an excellent likelihood to win the match. So I believe that is actually constructive, as a result of for those who look, the basketball sport, all of them receives a commission 50/50.
“I spoke with my supervisor, and it looks as if it’s a constructive profit for all of the tennis gamers. I actually consider when you’re No. 100 on the earth, you must have an excellent workforce to have the ability to arrive in the next place. So I believe it’s extra profit for these gamers as effectively.”
When requested if she thought the Slams would listened to the gamers, Zheng stated:
“I don’t know, We attempt to do what we are able to do, after which let’s see what the gods brings to us and the Slams. However not less than we are attempting.”
