{"id":645615,"date":"2026-05-03T18:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T18:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/645615\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T18:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T18:59:10","slug":"top-players-united-in-disappointment-over-roland-garros-prize-money-as-revenue-share-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/645615\/","title":{"rendered":"Top players united in disappointment over Roland-Garros prize money as revenue share falls"},"content":{"rendered":"

The world\u2019s leading tennis players have issued a joint statement expressing deep disappointment over the prize money announced for the 2026 Roland-Garros tournament on Sunday. Tennis Majors learned from representatives of the players that the statement was issued collectively by twenty players from both tours, including Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek \u2014 and that the group is expected to convene for a crisis meeting in Paris ahead of Roland Garros, as they did at the same stage last year.<\/p>\n

They write: \u201cPlayers\u2019 share of Roland Garros tournament revenue has declined from 15.5% in 2024 to 14.9% projected in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Roland-Garros looks to post record revenues, players are therefore receiving a declining share of the value they help create.<\/p>\n

While Roland-Garros announced a headline prize money increase of 9.5% year-on-year, the players point to a more troubling underlying picture. Tournament officials reported revenues of \u20ac395 million in 2025 \u2013 a 14% year-on-year rise \u2013 yet prize money increased by just 5.4%. With revenues projected to exceed \u20ac400 million in 2026, the players state that their share \u201cwill likely still be less than 15%, far short of the 22% that players have requested to bring the Grand Slams into line with the ATP and WTA Combined 1000 events.\u201d<\/p>\n

The verdict on what that means is unambiguous: \u201cAs Roland-Garros looks to post record revenues, players are therefore receiving a declining share of the value they help create.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prize money is not the only grievance. The players describe two structural failures they say have gone unanswered for over a year. On welfare: \u201cThere has been no engagement on player welfare and no progress towards establishing a formal mechanism for player consultation within Grand Slam decision making.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Grand Slams remain resistant to change\u201d<\/p>\n

On governance: \u201cWhile other major international sports are modernising governance, aligning stakeholders, and building long-term value, the Grand Slams remain resistant to change. The absence of player consultation and the continued lack of investment in player welfare reflect a system that does not adequately represent the interests of those who are central to the sport\u2019s success.\u201d<\/p>\n


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On what comes next, the players are equally clear: they \u201cwill continue to advocate for constructive dialogue and for reforms that ensure the long-term health and integrity of professional tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n

The full list of signatories spans both tours.<\/p>\n

Women: Sabalenka, Gauff, Swiatek, Pegula, Keys, Paolini, Navarro, Zheng Qinwen, Badosa and Andreeva.<\/p>\n

Men: Sinner, Zverev, Alcaraz, Fritz, Ruud, Medvedev, Rublev, Tsitsipas and De Minaur.<\/p>\n

Roland-Garros begins on 25 May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The world\u2019s leading tennis players have issued a joint statement expressing deep disappointment over the prize money announced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-645615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645615","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=645615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}