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Last year, men's champion Roger Federer received prize money worth US$1.170 million and women's winner Amelie Mauresmo got US$1.117 million."
Wow, that 53,000 difference is really a slap in the face.
Women in tennis are already getting paid at a much higher rate (nearly 60% more based on the Federer/Mauresmo numbers quoted above) than their male coutnerparts... which is fair considering the growth in popularity in the sport. If the women played 5 game matches, as the men do, then theoretically a woman champion would be getting paid nearly 1.8 million for a tournament win at Wimbeldon at today's purse sizes.
I don't get what the complaint here is. They're getting paid roughly the same for almost half of the amount of work. Sounds pretty sweet to me.
Now, women's golf is a sport where their champions are paid nowhere near the level the guys are. Then again, it's not a tour full of Wies, Creamers, Kerrs and Gulbis', so the draw is not the comparable to the attention the PGA gets.
http://www.pga.com/tournaments/money...ey_leaders.cfm (LPGA Leaders)
http://www.pga.com/tournaments/money...ey_leaders.cfm (PGA Leaders)