Show Us the Money: Top Tennis Players Want More Share of the Spoils

Australian Open players are calling on organisers to increase the prize pool from its current $111.5 million, arguing it would help the sport grow.

People walk past the main entrance to Rod Laver Arena, home of the Australia Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Oct. 27, 2021. William West/AFP via Getty Images

Alex de Minaur insists the world’s top tennis players’ push for a bigger slice of the Australian Open revenue pie is about growing the sport, as well as greater compensation.

Tennis Australia raised prize money to $111.5 million (US$74.9 million) for the current tournament, larger than last year’s French Open and Wimbledon purses, but less than the US Open.