Not even €100K??? Taylor Fritz earned $365k Tennis fans infuriated by the huge discrepancy in prize money for Taylor Fritz and Iga Swiatek at the ATP Japan Open and the WTA Ostrava Open
“Not even €100K??? ; Taylor Fritz earned $365k” – Tennis fans infuriated by the huge discrepancy in prize money for Taylor Fritz and Iga Swiatek at the ATP Japan Open and the WTA Ostrava Open Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Approve Reject & ban Delete Logout
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Presented by Up for grabs in Ostrava... TAKING IT from 2:30pm local time!Presented by At the conclusion of the event, the WTA's official social media page was seemingly boastful about the prize money in Ostrava. But fans were unhappy with the governing body, calling them out for not gathering enough funds from sponsors for women’s tennis. One such tweet compared Taylor Fritz's earnings against those of top players such as Barbora Krejcikova and Iga Swiatek. “Taylor Fritz – Tokyo ATP 500 winner – earned $365k, which is almost 4x Ostrava's winner. The winner of next week's Firenze ATP 250 will earn the same of the winner of a WTA 500 who features the best players on Tour. Not a reason to brag, WTA. Claim more from your sponsors,” one comment voiced. Taylor Fritz – Tokyo ATP 500 winner – earned $365k, which is almost 4x Ostrava's winner.
The winner of next week's Firenze ATP 250 will earn the same of the winner of a WTA 500 who features the best players on Tour.
Not a reason to brag, WTA.
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Presented by Up for grabs in Ostrava... TAKING IT from 2:30pm local time!Presented by Taylor Fritz – Tokyo ATP 500 winner – earned $365k, which is almost 4x Ostrava's winner.The winner of next week's Firenze ATP 250 will earn the same of the winner of a WTA 500 who features the best players on Tour.Not a reason to brag, WTA. Claim more from your sponsors. Yet another demanded a change in management. “WTA Management and Marketing Services must be changed. Now it's kinda hard to blame tennis players in bad watchings,” they opined. WTA Management and Marketing Services must be changed.
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Presented by Up for grabs in Ostrava... TAKING IT from 2:30pm local time!Presented by WTA Management and Marketing Services must be changed. Now it's kinda hard to blame tennis players in bad watchings Here are some more reactions from fans: She spend more money for the tissues she used during the last two matches She spend more money for the tissues she used during the last two matches That’s disgusting, these ladies deserve so much more. That’s disgusting, these ladies deserve so much more. I wouldn't advertise that fact that much when the winner in an ATP 500 event receives about $350,000. I wouldn't advertise that fact that much when the winner in an ATP 500 event receives about $350,000. get your money up, not your funny up wta. they deserve more! Up for grabs in Ostrava...
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Here’s the money for the two 500 events in Germany this week, ATP 500 Halle and WTA 500 Berlin:The numbers in Kostyuk’s tweet were slightly off (not her fault; app was showing 2021 WTA $), but she’s right that the gap between prize money at ATP and WTA is growing considerably.Here’s the money for the two 500 events in Germany this week, ATP 500 Halle and WTA 500 Berlin: Eastbourne, which is a WTA 500 but only a ATP 250, is a stark example of widening money gap between the tours in recent years.
Total financial commitment at Eastbourne, as posted on drawsheets:
2019
WTA - $998,712
ATP - $745,880
2022
WTA - $757,900
ATP ~$800,423 (€760,750)Eastbourne, which is a WTA 500 but only a ATP 250, is a stark example of widening money gap between the tours in recent years.Total financial commitment at Eastbourne, as posted on drawsheets:2019WTA - $998,712ATP - $745,8802022WTA - $757,900ATP ~$800,423 (€760,750) The Grand Slams now distribute equal prize money to both men's and women's athletes, but that hasn't always been the case. With some push from tennis legend Billie Jean King, the US Open was the first of four Slams to award equal pay to the winners, from 1973 onwards. However, the Wimbledon Championships followed suit only in 2007, after pushed for equal prize money. “The time is right to bring this subject to a logical conclusion and eliminate the difference. We believe our decision to offer equal prize money provides a boost for the game as a whole and recognizes the enormous contribution that women players make to the game and to Wimbledon,” the All England Club announced in their statement at the time. Poll : Are the huge discrepancies in the ATP and WTA events valid? Yes No 44 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Thank You! Show More Comments No thanks Delete Cancel Update Reply ❮ ❯ No thanks Delete Cancel Update Reply ❮ ❯ Be the first one to comment on this story More from Sportskeeda Fetching more content... 1 Logout No Results Found
Not a reason to brag WTA Taylor Fritz earned $365k – Tennis fans infuriated by the huge discrepancy in prize money for Taylor Fritz and Iga Swiatek at the ATP Japan Open and the WTA Ostrava Open
Tennis fans are infuriated by the huge discrepancy in prize money for Taylor Fritz and Iga Swiatek Tennis fans have expressed their displeasure with the huge discrepancy in the prize money for and at the ATP Japan Open and the WTA Ostrava Open respectively. Fritz, who defeated his compatriot and friend Frances Tiafoe 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) in the final of the ATP 500 Japan Open in Tokyo, took home a cheque of $365,275. Runner-up Tiafoe, meanwhile, was rewarded with $182,825. On the other hand, home favorite , who triumphed over World No. 1 Iga Swiatek 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3 in a thrilling final at the WTA 500 Ostrava Open in the Czech Republic, was handed a cheque of €93,823 (equalling $116,340). Swiatek, meanwhile, collected only $71,960. The two tournaments, both 500-level events and played simultaneously, had a similar best-of-three-sets format too. 32 players contested each title over the week. Up for grabs in Ostrava...TAKING IT from 2:30pm local time!
Presented by Up for grabs in Ostrava... TAKING IT from 2:30pm local time!Presented by At the conclusion of the event, the WTA's official social media page was seemingly boastful about the prize money in Ostrava. But fans were unhappy with the governing body, calling them out for not gathering enough funds from sponsors for women’s tennis. One such tweet compared Taylor Fritz's earnings against those of top players such as Barbora Krejcikova and Iga Swiatek. “Taylor Fritz – Tokyo ATP 500 winner – earned $365k, which is almost 4x Ostrava's winner. The winner of next week's Firenze ATP 250 will earn the same of the winner of a WTA 500 who features the best players on Tour. Not a reason to brag, WTA. Claim more from your sponsors,” one comment voiced. Taylor Fritz – Tokyo ATP 500 winner – earned $365k, which is almost 4x Ostrava's winner.
The winner of next week's Firenze ATP 250 will earn the same of the winner of a WTA 500 who features the best players on Tour.
Not a reason to brag, WTA.
Claim more from your sponsors. Up for grabs in Ostrava...
TAKING IT from 2:30pm local time!
Presented by Up for grabs in Ostrava... TAKING IT from 2:30pm local time!Presented by Taylor Fritz – Tokyo ATP 500 winner – earned $365k, which is almost 4x Ostrava's winner.The winner of next week's Firenze ATP 250 will earn the same of the winner of a WTA 500 who features the best players on Tour.Not a reason to brag, WTA. Claim more from your sponsors. Yet another demanded a change in management. “WTA Management and Marketing Services must be changed. Now it's kinda hard to blame tennis players in bad watchings,” they opined. WTA Management and Marketing Services must be changed.
Now it's kinda hard to blame tennis players in bad watchings Up for grabs in Ostrava...
TAKING IT from 2:30pm local time!
Presented by Up for grabs in Ostrava... TAKING IT from 2:30pm local time!Presented by WTA Management and Marketing Services must be changed. Now it's kinda hard to blame tennis players in bad watchings Here are some more reactions from fans: She spend more money for the tissues she used during the last two matches She spend more money for the tissues she used during the last two matches That’s disgusting, these ladies deserve so much more. That’s disgusting, these ladies deserve so much more. I wouldn't advertise that fact that much when the winner in an ATP 500 event receives about $350,000. I wouldn't advertise that fact that much when the winner in an ATP 500 event receives about $350,000. get your money up, not your funny up wta. they deserve more! Up for grabs in Ostrava...
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Presented by Up for grabs in Ostrava... TAKING IT from 2:30pm local time!Presented by get your money up, not your funny up wta. they deserve more! Barbie's dog deserves more Up for grabs in Ostrava...
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Presented by Up for grabs in Ostrava... TAKING IT from 2:30pm local time!Presented by Barbie's dog deserves more pocket change for iga while the revenue she made is probably 40x that Up for grabs in Ostrava...
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Presented by Up for grabs in Ostrava... TAKING IT from 2:30pm local time!Presented by pocket change for iga while the revenue she made is probably 40x that not even €100K??? y'all are never seeing heaven for this Up for grabs in Ostrava...
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The ATP-WTA discrepancy has been called out numerous times in the past well before the Taylor Fritz - Iga Swiatek episode
In 2007, Venus Williams became the first woman to colleact equal prize money at Wimbledon In June 2022, The Financial Times that the ATP Tour provided 75% more prize money than the WTA body. Journalist Ben Rothenberg also pointed out the money gap at the 2022 ATP and WTA events in Germany and the 2022 Eastbourne International. The numbers in Kostyuk’s tweet were slightly off (not her fault; app was showing 2021 WTA $), but she’s right that the gap between prize money at ATP and WTA is growing considerably.Here’s the money for the two 500 events in Germany this week, ATP 500 Halle and WTA 500 Berlin:The numbers in Kostyuk’s tweet were slightly off (not her fault; app was showing 2021 WTA $), but she’s right that the gap between prize money at ATP and WTA is growing considerably.Here’s the money for the two 500 events in Germany this week, ATP 500 Halle and WTA 500 Berlin: Eastbourne, which is a WTA 500 but only a ATP 250, is a stark example of widening money gap between the tours in recent years.
Total financial commitment at Eastbourne, as posted on drawsheets:
2019
WTA - $998,712
ATP - $745,880
2022
WTA - $757,900
ATP ~$800,423 (€760,750)Eastbourne, which is a WTA 500 but only a ATP 250, is a stark example of widening money gap between the tours in recent years.Total financial commitment at Eastbourne, as posted on drawsheets:2019WTA - $998,712ATP - $745,8802022WTA - $757,900ATP ~$800,423 (€760,750) The Grand Slams now distribute equal prize money to both men's and women's athletes, but that hasn't always been the case. With some push from tennis legend Billie Jean King, the US Open was the first of four Slams to award equal pay to the winners, from 1973 onwards. However, the Wimbledon Championships followed suit only in 2007, after pushed for equal prize money. “The time is right to bring this subject to a logical conclusion and eliminate the difference. We believe our decision to offer equal prize money provides a boost for the game as a whole and recognizes the enormous contribution that women players make to the game and to Wimbledon,” the All England Club announced in their statement at the time. Poll : Are the huge discrepancies in the ATP and WTA events valid? Yes No 44 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Thank You! Show More Comments No thanks Delete Cancel Update Reply ❮ ❯ No thanks Delete Cancel Update Reply ❮ ❯ Be the first one to comment on this story More from Sportskeeda Fetching more content... 1 Logout No Results Found