What a Grand Slam boycott could mean for tennis, from prize money to tickets and the trophy
Just over a fortnight before the French Open, women’s world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka made the most direct statement yet about one possible evolution in the standoff between a group of top tennis stars and its four biggest tournaments over prize money and player benefits. “At some point we will boycott,” Sabalenka said in a news conference at the Italian Open in Rome.
Defending French Open champion Coco Gauff and Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina echoed Sabalenka’s sentiments, days after the c
Just over a fortnight before the French Open , women’s world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka made the most direct statement yet about one possible evolution in the standoff between a group of top tennis stars and its four biggest tournaments over prize money and player benefits. “At some point we will boycott,” Sabalenka said in a news conference at the Italian Open in Rome.
Defending French Open champion Coco Gauff and Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina echoed Sabalenka’s sentiments, days after the collective of top-10 ATP and WTA players greeted the annual increase in prize money at Roland Garros with “collective disappointment. ” Any boycott remains entirely hypothetical, and none of the players who discussed it said that any action of that kind is planned. In a statement sent to The Athletic , the French Tennis Federation said that it “remains fully committed to ongoing dialogue with all stakeholders in global tennis, including speaking directly with individual players.
” But which parts of the four Grand Slams — the Australian, French and U. S. Opens, and Wimbledon — would a boycott meaningfully impact?
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