Simon Says No to Equal Prize Money

Frenchman Gilles Simon  seeded 13th at Wimbledon told French media he did not think the women should get equal prize money in tennis. “I think that men’s tennis is really ahead of women’s tennis at this stage,” Simon told French-language radio after his first round match at Wimbledon on Monday. “Once more, the men spent surely twice as much time on court as the women at the French Open. We often talk about salary equality. I don’t think it’s something that works in sport. I think we are the only sport that has parity with the women in terms of prize money. Meanwhile, men’s tennis remains more attractive than women’s tennis at this moment.” Since his statements, it’s been the hot topic of discussion of the tennis world at Wimbledon. Simon is a newly elected member of the ATP Player Council. Women have been receiving equal prize money at Wimbledon since 2007, the last of the majors to do so.  The  US Open was the first to offer pay equity in 1973. The WTA sent the following statement t