Overview
- A coalition of leading players repeated a 15-minute media-limit protest at Wimbledon this week to press Grand Slams for a written revenue-share formula and stronger welfare support.
- The group is asking each major to allocate 16% of revenue to prize money immediately and to raise that share to 22% by 2030 as part of its demands.
- Wimbledon has already increased prize money by 20% to a £64.2m fund this year and said it was surprised and disappointed by the escalation.
- Not all stars joined the action: Jannik Sinner, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff followed the limit while Novak Djokovic, Alex de Minaur, Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton gave longer interviews or declined to take part, exposing cracks in player unity.
- Players argue prize pools have not kept pace with tournament revenue growth over the past decade and say the protest aims to secure more pay and welfare for lower-ranked players while keeping the threat of further boycotts as leverage.