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Women at Grand Slam Events are being paid more money then the men in these events,,women play best 2 out of 3,,men best 3 out of 5 and get the same prize money,,this is absurd,,, Heres what Gilles Simon said about this recently. Why has other ATP members on the Player Council not defended the mens circuit ?
Simon, Citing Court Time, Says Women Should Not Receive Equal Prize Money
"WIMBLEDON, England — Gilles Simon, a Frenchman seeded 13th and freshly elected to the ATP Player Council, told French reporters on Monday that he was opposed to women receiving equal prize money as men.
“I think that men’s tennis is really ahead of women’s tennis at this stage,” he told the radio station France Info after winning his first-round match. “Once more, the men spent surely twice as much time on court as the women at the French Open. We often talk about salary equality. I don’t think it’s something that works in sport. I think we are the only sport that has parity with the women in terms of prize money. Meanwhile, men’s tennis remains more attractive than women’s tennis at this moment.”
In 2007, Wimbledon became the last of the four Grand Slam tournaments to award equal prize money to the women. The United States Open was the first in 1973.
But the men’s and women’s tours operate independently, and there are still disparities in the prize money that women earn at their own top-tier tour events compared with the men’s top-tier events.
In an interview with the French sports newspaper L’Equipe that appeared on Monday, Simon also said that he was upset that the men’s tour had agreed to make the tournament in Rome a joint event with the women without consulting him and some other men’s players directly.
“The year before, the women, for their final, they had 20 spectators,” he said. “And so, in that case, you save them, but when you want a practice court, there aren’t any left.”
Simon, looking ahead to his term on the ATP Players Council, made other suggestions during the L’Equipe interview that had nothing to do with women’s tennis. He wants to reduce the number of Masters 1000 tournaments that the leading men are required to play from eight out of nine to six out of nine. He also wants to cut the participatory requirements for Masters 500 tournaments.
But those won’t be the proposals that will attract the most attention.
“Am I going to incur the wrath of feminist organizations? I don’t care,” said Simon, pointing to the fact that women contest matches over best-of-three sets at the Grand Slam tournaments while the men play best-of-five set matches. "
Under Equal pay for equal work women should play best of 5 set or get paid less for less work.
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Simon, Citing Court Time, Says Women Should Not Receive Equal Prize Money
"WIMBLEDON, England — Gilles Simon, a Frenchman seeded 13th and freshly elected to the ATP Player Council, told French reporters on Monday that he was opposed to women receiving equal prize money as men.
“I think that men’s tennis is really ahead of women’s tennis at this stage,” he told the radio station France Info after winning his first-round match. “Once more, the men spent surely twice as much time on court as the women at the French Open. We often talk about salary equality. I don’t think it’s something that works in sport. I think we are the only sport that has parity with the women in terms of prize money. Meanwhile, men’s tennis remains more attractive than women’s tennis at this moment.”
In 2007, Wimbledon became the last of the four Grand Slam tournaments to award equal prize money to the women. The United States Open was the first in 1973.
But the men’s and women’s tours operate independently, and there are still disparities in the prize money that women earn at their own top-tier tour events compared with the men’s top-tier events.
In an interview with the French sports newspaper L’Equipe that appeared on Monday, Simon also said that he was upset that the men’s tour had agreed to make the tournament in Rome a joint event with the women without consulting him and some other men’s players directly.
“The year before, the women, for their final, they had 20 spectators,” he said. “And so, in that case, you save them, but when you want a practice court, there aren’t any left.”
Simon, looking ahead to his term on the ATP Players Council, made other suggestions during the L’Equipe interview that had nothing to do with women’s tennis. He wants to reduce the number of Masters 1000 tournaments that the leading men are required to play from eight out of nine to six out of nine. He also wants to cut the participatory requirements for Masters 500 tournaments.
But those won’t be the proposals that will attract the most attention.
“Am I going to incur the wrath of feminist organizations? I don’t care,” said Simon, pointing to the fact that women contest matches over best-of-three sets at the Grand Slam tournaments while the men play best-of-five set matches. "
Under Equal pay for equal work women should play best of 5 set or get paid less for less work.
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