Show Her the Money! All Four Grand Slam Events in Tennis Will Now Pay Men and Women Equally
The French Open, a tennis tournament open to both men and women, and held for two weeks between mid-May and early June in Paris, France has announced they will be offering equal prize pay outs to both men and women contestants.
In the past Prize pay outs have been more for men who won the competition than women. Now with prizes being equaled and the French Open committee not wanting to cut the purse size for anyone involved, the total prize compensation has been raised to $20.34 million with $1.33 million going to each of the top winners for both men and women respectively. This sets an all-time record for the most money offered as a prize for a single competition in France.
The French Open is not the only tennis competition addressing issues of sex discrimination. Las month Wimbledon decided to also make the total winning compensation packages for the men and women winners equal. Wimbledon did not concede lightly though. Much debate has been raised on the subject and just last year the men's champion was issued prize monies totally $1.170 million while his female counterpart only won $1.117 million. Though Wimbledon has not released the amount of the equal compensation it has been said it will cost the association $1.1 million to ensure equal pay outs among the sexes.
The U.S. Open and the Australian Open, the remaining competitions of the four Grand Slam events, have both paid equal prize monies for years.
The inequality in pay has been going on for more than 123 years since women started playing tennis at Wimbledon."When you've got men and women playing the same tournament, it is ludicrous to have a difference in pay, "three-time champion John McEnroe said. "It would be setting an example to the rest of society in general to have equal prize money."
The International tennis Federation agrees with Mr. McEnroe. President Francesco Ricci Bitti, whose organization runs the four Grand Slams, said the decision, "recognizes the growing depth in women's tennis and the changing market forces in our sport."
Probably one of the biggest supporters of the equalization is six-time singles champion, Billie Jean King. "This news has been a long time coming. . .it demonstrates to the rest of the world that this is the right thing to do for the sport, the tournament[s] and the world."
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4 Comments
Post a CommentWhat rubbish - women are earning the same for doing less.
Men's games are also of much higher quality - even the worlds 200 ranked male player could whip the female number 1.
This is the most express form of discrimination there is. It is a joke and it is all the more insulting because it makes every single woman who has fought for equal pay a hypocrite and dishonest.
Because women never wanted equal pay - they wanted as much benefit as they can get. If they figured out a way to get MORE pay then men, do you think they would stop themselves and sat 'wooooah, better stop here, we dont want the money, that would be unfair to men'.
Its simple If women want equality, it should be unisex. One prize everyone equal.
Oh wait, that would be unfair? Why? because women would have to play best of 5 sets, and would not be able to compete because they are less good at tennis? Fine, but that's why they should get PAID LESS!!!
Women getting paid the same in tennis tournaments makes a
dont u think women should play 5 and/or 7 setters toojust like men,in order to claim equal prize money??
y is male sweat cheaper than that of the female?
There is such a lack of competition in women's tennis - compare the first week of a grand slam's men's matches with those of the women - that it is absurd to assume that, in terms of equal pay for work of equal value, prize money should be equal. I mean who would pay to watch the world's number 1 in women's tennis play the world's number 97, say - whereas with the men, the number 2 against the number 121 will usually be a tough, hard-fought contest - not the typical drubbing the top women hand out to those well below them in the rankings.
It had never crossed my mind that women's tennis paid less than men's. Thanks for the eye-opener, even if it no longer applies in this instnace.