Excitement continues to build towards the French Open, although many ATP and WTA players have lessened such excitement with their boycott threats.
WTA number one Aryna Sabalenka recently suggested top players could boycott Grand Slams over prize money, highlighting unfair revenue share.
Her fellow superstar Elena Rybakina would support a Grand Slam boycott, while ATP number one Jannik Sinner feels players are not respected by Grand Slams.
Former French Open tournament director Guy Forget believes a Grand Slam boycott wouldn’t work, with former player Sam Querrey now sharing his take.
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Speaking on the Nothing Major Show, Querrey stated: “It’s an embarrassing number [giving 14.9% of revenue as prize money].
“The bottom line is that if the players aren’t all aligned together nothing is going to happen.
“They have to get every player from 1-200 and they all have to get on the same page and be like we are not going to play Roland Garros, or whatever tournament, if they want to see change.
“It can’t just be the top players.”
It’s a very fair assessment from Querrey, with unity definitely required across the board to generate real change.
Whether or not that will happen remains to be seen, with time rapidly running out before the French Open, the next Grand Slam in the schedule.
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Many players clearly aren’t happy with the current distribution of prize money at Grand Slams, which consistently include mammoth purses.
The French Open recently confirmed a 9.8% increase in total prize money for this year’s tournament, with the figure now sitting at €61.7 million ($72.1 million).
This year’s Australian Open involved a record figure of AUD $111.5 million ($74.9 million), up nearly 16 per cent on 2025.
Meanwhile, Wimbledon raised its pot by 7% last year to £53.5 million ($72.7 million), while $90 million was on offer at the 2025 US Open, up 20% from the year before.
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Rather than the totals, however, it is a higher percentage of the revenue generated by the events that the top 10 players are targeting.
They are also hopeful for benefit contributions and a greater voice in issues such as the ATP and WTA schedules.
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