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Tennis players are raising their voices with increasing strength and organizing a common defense of their interests. For some time now, there has been a growing sense of rebellion among players towards the ATP, WTA, and, above all, the Grand Slam tournaments. The profits of the tournaments and these institutions have been rising at a much faster rate than the athletes' earnings. What do they want to do to change this?

A growing sport, breaking attendance records at all tournaments, is increasingly global and presents a glorious future. This is how tennis can be defined, a goose laying golden eggs, but from which only a few organizational leaders profit. While it is true that since the outbreak of COVID, the economic viability of less prominent tennis players has improved, there is still a long way to go, and the money distributed by the major tournaments to the show's protagonists, the players, is much lower than what could be expected considering the revenues generated.

Masters 1000 tournaments allocate 22% of their income to players, while Grand Slams do not exceed 15%

In recent hours, a video has emerged on social media with significant media impact, summarizing well the major issues in today's tennis and the movement that is brewing in both circuits to defend the players' rights. Players like Fritz, Medvedev, or Sinner have publicly supported it. It all stems from the fact that cash prizes increase each year in major tournaments, but at a much slower rate than the revenues generated by these same events through TV rights, sponsors, ticket sales, or merchandising.

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In fact, on average, the money allocated per Masters 1000 or WTA 1000 tournament to players constitutes 22% of all generated income, and it can increase up to 26% with bonuses and other financial incentives. There is much more opacity in the Grand Slams since they operate as individual entities and set their prize levels without ATP or WTA intervention.

Despite significant increases in their prize money in recent years, there are graphics showing how the total money to be distributed among players ranges between 12% and 15% of revenues, which is unsustainable considering that the players are the main attraction, and without them, nothing makes sense. We often talk about large amounts of money to be distributed for each Grand Slam, but the fact is that they must increase significantly and be distributed more efficiently.

Therefore, the core of the problem lies in the Grand Slams since the ATP, especially, has been doing significant work for years, strengthening the Challenger circuit, introducing compensatory measures for modest players who may encounter unexpected obstacles, and ensuring the economic viability of being a professional tennis player for more and more men. There is still a long way to go, but the current priority is to intervene in the modus operandi of the Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and US Open, entities that continue to accumulate power and do not reward the players as they believe they deserve.

These are the proposals of the players to reformulate the economic distribution in Grand Slam tournaments

1. Establishment of a Players' Council for Grand Slams, so they can actively participate in decisions such as designing the prize money, the schedule, and reforms in the regulations of these tournaments.

2. Increase the percentage of cash prizes to be distributed up to 16% of the revenues at each Grand Slam, later proposing a progressive increase to reach 22% by 2030.

3. Have the four Grand Slam tournaments make economic contributions to create player welfare programs, such as pensions, injury support, medical assistance, mental health resources, and maternity leave. This would start with 4 million dollars per tournament, reaching 12 million by 2030.

All these measures are already being discussed and are largely accepted by the players, aware that they benefit all levels of professional tennis. It will be interesting to see to what extent they can influence the Grand Slam tournaments, which will not want to give up the privileges they currently enjoy.

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