By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday April 2, 2025
Lower than two week after Novak Djokovic’s Skilled Tennis Gamers Affiliation – PTPA – brought a legal suit against the sport’s main governing bodies, the High 20 gamers of each tour are additionally taking over the trigger.
In an article published by the French sporting journal L’équipe, it was revealed that the High 20 gamers from the ATP and WTA Tour have signed a letter that calls for a better share of revenues from the 4 Grand Slams.
The gamers are demanding a considerable enhance in prize cash, citing the truth that they obtain a considerably smaller share of revenues than different sporting leagues, such because the NBA (reportedly close to 50 p.c sharing).
L’équipe says that tennis gamers acquired about 16 p.c of whole revenues in whole prize cash at Roland-Garros final yr, as an example.
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 feel that that is going to learn all of the gamers, not solely the highest gamers, particularly for these gamers that work laborious throughout all of the years and must receives a commission from the Slams, they usually need to survive,” Chinq’s Zheng Qinwen, who signed the letter, mentioned immediately in Charleston. “Additionally they must pay for a superb group to have the ability to have a superb probability to win the match. So I feel that is actually optimistic, 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 like it’s a optimistic profit for all of the tennis gamers. I actually imagine when you find yourself No. 100 on the planet, it is advisable to have a superb group to have the ability to arrive in a better place. So I feel it’s extra profit for these gamers as nicely.”
When requested if she thought the Slams would listened to the gamers, Zheng mentioned:
“I don’t know, We attempt to do what we will do, after which let’s see what the gods brings to us and the Slams. However a minimum of we are attempting.”
