{"id":269825,"date":"2025-11-08T11:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T11:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/269825\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T11:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T11:12:13","slug":"alex-de-minaur-confirms-top-players-in-discussions-with-grand-slams-in-attempt-to-force-change-in-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/269825\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex de Minaur confirms top players in discussions with Grand Slams in attempt to force change in tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Grand Slams have been subject to criticism this year, as players demand they start sharing revenues properly.<\/p>\n

Wimbledon, Roland Garros, the Australian Open, and the US Open<\/a> generate more revenue than any other tennis tournament, but that isn\u2019t necessarily reflected in the prize money the players receive.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, top players on both tours sent a letter to the Grand Slams demanding change<\/a>, to help maintain the tennis \u2018ecosystem\u2019.<\/p>\n

\"CarlosPhoto by Koji Watanabe\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

There\u2019s been little to no news since, leading many to question if the requests had fallen on deaf ears.<\/p>\n

Looking for clarification, journalists asked about the ongoing \u2018dispute\u2019 during a pre-ATP Finals<\/a> press conference.<\/p>\n

Alex de Minaur confirms the Grand Slams are talking to players about the issues<\/p>\n

Asked this question in their \u2018Jimmy Connors Group\u2019 press conference, Alex de Minaur<\/a> and Carlos Alcaraz provided the following responses.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that the top players in the ATP and WTA are in dispute with the Grand Slams. I just wanted to know your feelings about how frustrated you are about the lack of communication since September on this issue and what steps the players might take with the Australian Open coming up in January, in order to force the issue?\u201d<\/p>\n

Journalist \u2013 ATP Finals press conference<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I can talk on behalf of the players,\u201d said De Minaur.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in communication with the Slams, and we are trying to work out solutions, and ultimately, what we all want is the sport as a whole to keep on growing and keep on bringing more eyeballs.<\/p>\n

\"AlexPhoto by MARCO BERTORELLO\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully, we are all in this together.\u201d<\/p>\n

World number two Alcaraz<\/a> was in complete agreement with the Aussie.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he said everything, so there is no need to say my point of view,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we are probably all in the same line and in the same way, so everything that Alex [De Minaur] said is great on behalf of everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked a similar question during the \u2018Bjorn Borg Group\u2019 press conference, American star Ben Shelton<\/a> weighed in with his thoughts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is something that I have been following. I think dispute is a strong word, for sure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut for us, I know that as players we see things that are important to us at times, and I know that as players we are not greedy people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not looking ever for more than we feel we deserve or that we feel is fair.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that also this group of players that we have right now is always going to speak up when they see things that are out of line or a little bit off from where they should be.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shelton and the rest of the top 10 have come under fire, perhaps unfairly, for requesting more prize money, due to the millions of dollars they earn each year.<\/p>\n

As the 23-year-old rightly explained, it\u2019s the fairness, not the money, that they\u2019re after.<\/p>\n

But just how much money have the ATP top 10 earned so far in 2025?<\/p>\n

How much prize money the ATP top 10 have earned in 2025<\/p>\n

Every single player ranked inside the world\u2019s top 10 has earned at least $3 million this year.<\/p>\n

RankNameCountry2025 Prize money1Jannik SinnerItaly$14 million2Carlos AlcarazSpain$16 million3Alexander Zverev Germany$5 million4Taylor FritzUSA$5 million5Novak DjokovicSerbia$5 million6Ben SheltonUSA$4 million7Alex de MinaurAustralia$5 million8Felix Auger-AliassimeCanada$4 million9Lorenzo MusettiItaly$4 million10Casper RuudNorway$3 millionATP top 10 and their 2025 prize money earnings<\/p>\n

There\u2019s still time for the top eight to earn more money, however, with record prize money on offer at the tour finals.<\/p>\n

2025 ATP Finals prize moneyAlternate \u2013 $155,000Participation \u2013 $331,000Round-robin win \u2013 $396,500Semifinal win \u2013 $1,183,500Final win \u2013 $2,367,000Undefeated champion \u2013 $5,071,000<\/p>\n

If Jannik Sinner<\/a> can repeat his undefeated title campaign from 12 months ago, he\u2019d finish the year with more prize money than his closest rival, Alcaraz.<\/p>\n

\"JannikPhoto by Nicol\u00f2 Campo\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Only time will tell who will emerge victorious in Turin, but you certainly won\u2019t want to miss any of the action.<\/p>\n

The 2025 ATP Finals are scheduled to begin on Sunday, November 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover The Grand Slams have been subject to criticism this year, as players demand…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[25854,6733,49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-269825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alex-de-minaur","9":"tag-atp","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}