Just wanted to share my opinion on the subject and see if you guys agree with that.
I find it ridiculous that players make €20,000 losing in the qualies first round especially when doubles players playing all year on tour can only make €8,750 (€17,500 by team) if they lose in the doubles first round.
Back a few years ago, like in 2015 RG, first round losers in the qualies earned €3,000 while doubles first round losers bagged €4,500 (€9,000 by team). I think that is a fair distribution.
Also, players like Paar that didn’t play for more than a year (and did very occasionally play in 2022 and 2021) appear in the draw just to bag that cheque and go away (she lost 0-6, 1-6 in 45 minutes) while doubles specs would need two slams main draw to earn that. Given that singles players are also playing slams doubles events for extra money, they also need a nice ranking to be accepted in the main draw and thus need to work their ranking up beforehand which is costly… and here is the reward.
What do you think ? Is it right ?
I find it ridiculous that players make €20,000 losing in the qualies first round especially when doubles players playing all year on tour can only make €8,750 (€17,500 by team) if they lose in the doubles first round.
Back a few years ago, like in 2015 RG, first round losers in the qualies earned €3,000 while doubles first round losers bagged €4,500 (€9,000 by team). I think that is a fair distribution.
Also, players like Paar that didn’t play for more than a year (and did very occasionally play in 2022 and 2021) appear in the draw just to bag that cheque and go away (she lost 0-6, 1-6 in 45 minutes) while doubles specs would need two slams main draw to earn that. Given that singles players are also playing slams doubles events for extra money, they also need a nice ranking to be accepted in the main draw and thus need to work their ranking up beforehand which is costly… and here is the reward.
What do you think ? Is it right ?
