Who should foot the bill for tennis players' pay rise?
ATP Tour figures for 2023 show players earned 30% of their income from the Grand Slams. A total of $241.6m (£176.7m) - including prize money, performance bonuses and retirement contributions - was provided by the ATP, with an additional $104.5m (£76.5m) in Grand Slam men's prize money.This year's PGA Tour in golf will offer more than $400m (£292.9m) in prize money - and it stages several events with bigger prize funds than any of the four majors.Wimbledon prize money has doubled over the past 10 years to £53.5m, but players wonder why they do not make more from the £406.5m of revenue recorded in the All England Club's most recent financial statement.Almost everyone in the sport agrees the season is too long, and the ATP is understood to be hoping to reduce it by two weeks from 2028. This would require the tour to buy back some events from their owners - but, if successful, it could create a seven-week break for players."If you hear what the players have been saying about their brutal schedule, burnout, injuries - the sport needs to provide the players with a decent off season at the end of the year," Jevans added."Let's look at that schedule and give the players their off season."I'm very hopeful that over the coming years we can collectively make that happen."
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