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‘Not greedy’: $115m AO purse isn’t enough, thanks to the reality of tennis’ sad ‘struggle’
It was a potential Australian Open bombshell diffused by the stroke of a pen late last year but one that may yet blow up in the face of Tennis Australia at some stage in the future.
The Aussie Open has endured a history of massive stories dropping on the eve of the tournament, from prospective player boycotts to match-fixing scandals and threats overseas parties could either pinch its major status or seize part of the summer down under.
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Show us the money: Demon wants more share of the spoils
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Alex de Minaur insists the world's top tennis players' push for a bigger slice of the Australian Open revenue pie is about growing the sport, as well as greater compensation.
Tennis Australia raised prize money to $111.5 million for the current tournament, larger than last year's French Open and Wimbledon purses, but less than the US Open.
The monster pot includes a record $4.2 million pay day for the men's and women's singles champions.
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Stars up the pressure in push for a bigger cut of profits
Top-ranked tennis stars at the Australian Open have backed a push for grand slams to overhaul how they set the prize pool and make it a larger fixed percentage of revenue so players get a bigger share of the rising profits from the increasingly commercialised events.
The amount of money players receive from major international tennis tournaments is emerging as a key off-court issue at the season’s first grand slam, as competitors say their compensation is out of step with other major international sports.
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