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

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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 ImagesAlex 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.

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