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Originally Posted by Nadal Fan
This may be an unpopular opinion but I feel like Grand Slams already do a good job at allocating prize money to players. If you lose in the first round at the US Open you get $60,000. For one day's work that's not bad. That's about what Elias Lindholm makes per game on the Flames.
The smaller tournaments I'm not as familiar with them but I know it's really rough for some players who fly around the world and net like $50 after playing. Those are the tournaments where they should be focusing their energy on, because players ranked outside the top 100 rarely even make the Grand Slams.
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I don't think that's a fair statement though because it doesn't take into account how much work has been done by a player to get their ranking up high enough to qualify for direct entry into a grand slam tourney (especially this year when there are no qualification rounds). Most of that work was likely done on lower level tours where players make peanuts. Vasek is on record saying that only 14% of ATP revenue is allocated to tournament pay. Compared to other major sports, that's a very low percentage. Also, I think Vasek realizes that it's the lower level players (those in the 100-300 level range). Note: the following is taken from an article that is a year old, but I don't think much has changed in the last 12 months.
“I felt passionate because I felt there was a lot of … unfairness, that we didn’t have any representation looking out for the players’ best interests,” Pospisil said, adding that of any increases in the revenue sharing, a percentage would be put towards players on the lower-tier Challenger Tour.
“There’s only 100 players who can make a living, which is incredible, because it’s such a global business. Everybody knows how tough it is on the lower tours. The goal is to grow the sport, and to make it from 100 guys who can make a living, to 300 guys. And also to get a fair revenue sharing, whatever that ends up being. It’s just a monopoly right now.”
https://theprovince.com/sports/tenni...evenue-sharing