That is what we want on the WTA side and what we think is fair. “Our main goal is to work toward equal prize money. There are other stops on the professional tennis tours that include female and male players but do not pay them evenly. Most notably: The men’s champion receives a check for $353,445 the women’s champion earns $120,150.
Open, the year’s last Grand Slam tournament - it still is not equal all the way around.
While ostensibly that puts the men and women on equal footing in Washington - where players both will be trying to win a trophy and to prepare for the U.S. That is two levels below Grand Slams and one level below Masters 1000s and was accomplished by elevating the women’s portion through the lease of what had been a hard-court tourney in San Jose, California, played during the same week. It is a simple visualization of a complicated change to a tournament that began Monday and has been around for men since 1969, added women via a simultaneous but lower-tier and less-promoted event in 2009 and now is taking a further step by touting itself as the first combined ATP-WTA 500 event. WASHINGTON (AP) - A poster hanging at the DC Open site shows Frances Tiafoe - a competitor in the field from nearby Maryland - flanked by other men such as Andy Murray and Taylor Fritz and women such as Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula.
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