Tennis players are high performers whose entire lives revolve around their sport. Like all professionals at the elite level, they must invest an extraordinary amount of time into their craft. When money enters the conversation, there are valid arguments on both sides, that players should earn more, and that they already earn enough.
Today’s tennis players earn more than ever before, but the distribution remains heavily skewed toward the top. If you’re among the very best, you can earn incredible sums that many would argue you deserve for reaching the pinnacle of your sport. But if you’re not at that elite level, you may struggle just to stay afloat financially. This stark divide reveals a fundamental problem with how tennis distributes its wealth, and recent developments suggest the spo