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Coco Gauff explains why she’s demanding more money from tennis chiefs

Coco Gauff was one of a number of top-10 players to sign a second letter to the four Grand Slam tournaments, asking for a larger share of their revenues and contribution to player benefits

Coco Gauff has shed light on her decision to join a group of top-10 players in signing a second letter to the four Grand Slam tournaments, demanding a larger share of their revenues and contribution to player benefits

Gauff had previously signed an initial letter sent to the Majors in March, where a number of players reiterated their calls for increased prize money and other areas of reform from the sport’s four most prestigious tournaments.

As reported by The Athletic, Gauff and her fellow signatories requested that the Grand Slam tournaments contribute to welfare and benefit funds for pensions, healthcare, and maternity; establish better player representation through the creation of a Grand Slam Player Council; and increase prize money in line with revenue.

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The four Majors have already responded to the letter, which was dated July 30 but only recently surfaced. Gauff has now clarified why she felt it was crucial to sign both letters.

“I think for me personally, I think for the long run of our sport, the whole ecosystem, I think it’s really important,” she stated after advancing to the China Open semi-finals on Thursday.

As we know in this sport, the Grand Slams are generating the most revenue, at least the stats and the percentages they gave me, when you look at the percentage of that revenue going to prize money, it is not the same as the WTA and ATP, even though they’re generating less revenue than the Slams.

“I think it’s important for the whole ecosystem of the sport. Sometimes people are focused on just the prize money. We’re not talking about just raising the prize money for the champion, but trickling all the way down to qualies.

We kind of want them to invest more in the tour as a whole, not only when it comes to prize money, but the well-being of players and just trickling that down, all the way down to the lower-ranked players as well.

“Our 200th best player, 300th best player are struggling to make ends meet. In other leagues, it’s not that common, especially with the revenue that tennis is generating.