Overview
- Sinner, who spoke Thursday in Rome, said players have been silent too long and left open the possibility of collective action after signing a communiqué critical of Grand Slam pay.
- The French Tennis Federation raised the Roland Garros purse by 9.5% for 2026 to €61.7 million, which players say still amounts to only about 15% of tournament revenues.
- A group of leading ATP and WTA players last year asked the four majors for roughly 22% of event income and for stronger welfare measures such as retirement support and maternity leave.
- Aryna Sabalenka urged peers to consider a boycott, Coco Gauff endorsed the idea, and Novak Djokovic expressed support for the players’ push.
- Attention now shifts to Wimbledon and the US Open prize announcements in the coming weeks, with tennis’s split governance and the shuttered PTPA limiting a unified bargaining front.