Coco Gauff has called for equal pay in the past (Image: Getty)
Coco Gauff has called for pay equality in the past with regards to the WTA and ATP Tours, but Emma Raducanu has remained tight-lipped on the situation
Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu have very different feelings when it comes to expressing opinions on pay equality between WTA and ATP Tour athletes. While both male and female tennis stars receive the same prize money for winning Grand Slams, there has historically been a disparity between earnings from tour-centred events.
And Gauff has been incredibly vocal about a need for a change as of recent. Speaking to the Khaleej Times last February, Gauff said: “For me, I think the biggest thing is that in most sports in the world, people watch the men’s game more than the women’s. I think we continue to bring fans. The problem is also that we have to market women’s sports better, market ourselves better.
“(Over) the past couple years, I feel like the marketing for women’s sports has been invested more in, and therefore there’s been more watch-ability for people. If we continue to invest in women’s sports, then it will profit almost the same as the men, and garner equal pay.
“I’m grateful for (tennis). On most tournaments on the tour, the Grand Slams obviously, we have equal pay. Hopefully tennis can be the leader of that and fiddle down into other sports, as well.”
Meanwhile, in January, the 21-year-old claimed that the gap in level between the two genders isn’t as as large as people make out. After a first-round win over Sofia Kenin at this year’s Australian Open, she added: “People think online that it’s this big of a gap. I mean, it is obviously, but I have played baseline points with guys. Sometimes I win.”
