Roland Garros director discusses larger income sharing with participant representatives.
Printed On 23 Might 2026
Representatives of the world’s prime tennis gamers, who’re campaigning to obtain a bigger share of Grand Slam prize cash, and the organisers of the French Open have engaged in a constructive assembly over the problem, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) has mentioned on the eve of the match.
The FFT, represented amongst others by Roland Garros director and former girls’s world primary Amelie Mauresmo, met the participant representatives on Friday on the finish of the boycott-impacted media day earlier than the beginning of the French Open.
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“[The meeting] has allowed the FFT and the gamers’ representatives to have interaction in a constructive and clear alternate on plenty of points,” the federation mentioned in a press launch on Saturday.
“As these discussions require extra time, all events have agreed to proceed the dialogue and to satisfy once more within the coming weeks.”
A supply near the discussions advised the information company AFP earlier on Saturday that the FFT “has agreed to barter immediately with the gamers” concerned within the protest, which incorporates world number-ones Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka.
Because the organiser of the Paris Grand Slam, the FFT “has dedicated to responding to the gamers’ proposals within the coming weeks”, the supply added.
Since March 2025, a gaggle of about 20 of the highest-ranked gamers on the ATP and WTA excursions have been making an attempt to secure a larger share of the revenue generated by Grand Slam tournaments.
The gamers concerned are calling for a 22 % share of those revenues by 2030, in contrast with round 15 % at current.
To show their dissatisfaction, 20 gamers have been limiting their media commitments to fifteen minutes on Friday and Saturday, through the two days put aside for pre-tournament information conferences and interviews at Roland Garros.
Representatives of the world’s prime gamers, primarily brokers, have now deliberate talks with the organisers of Wimbledon and the US Open at two separate conferences scheduled to happen in direction of the top of Roland Garros.
Nonetheless, no assembly is at the moment deliberate with the organisers of the Australian Open.
Along with a fairer distribution of income at Grand Slam tournaments, the celebs of the tour are additionally calling for larger involvement in key choices concerning the 4 flagship tournaments of the worldwide tennis calendar.
In addition they need the Grand Slam tournaments to take a position extra in gamers’ “well-being”, for instance, healthcare, maternity depart and pensions.
Mauresmo, a former Australian Open and Wimbledon champion, mentioned on Thursday that the French Open prize cash will not change this 12 months.
