While Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner both won the Cincinnati Open, Sinner’s prize money was significantly higher. Sinner received a payout of approximately £800,000 for his victory, whereas Sabalenka received a payout of barely £400,000.
The No. 2 ranked women’s tennis player in the world has now expressed her discontent with the pay disparity. Sabalenka emphasized the inequity of the pay difference between the men’s and women’s competitions.
She talked about it in a recent interview and said: “From the TV point of view, from the ticket selling, from every point of view, it’s unfair. Of course, guys are always going to be physically stronger than women but it doesn’t mean we’re not working as hard as they do. Women deserve to be paid an equal amount of money that men do.”
The salary problems extend beyond Sabalenka and the primary singles competitions. Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic were the men’s doubles champions at the Cincinnati doubles events, taking home a prize money total of about $322,000 between them.
Asia Muhammad and Erin Routliffe, the female winners, reportedly received a payment of roughly $154,000. Cincinnati Open representatives were pushed by internet criticism to admit the disparities in compensation and pledged to attain parity in prize money by 2027.
From August 26 to September 8, Sabalenka will participate in the forthcoming US Open. She advanced to the semifinals last year before losing to Coco Gauff.
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Aryna Sabalenka in 2024
WWWWWLWWWW At the moment ranked no.2, the Belarussian played her last match on the 19th of August when she beat world no.6 Jessica Pegula 6-3 7-5 in the final in Cincinnati to win her 15th career title.
This year Sabalenka achieved a compiled 39-11 record. The Belarussian clinched 2 titles in 2024 at the Australian Open and Cincinnati. The Belarussian reached the final in Brisbane, Madrid and Rome.
Aryna Sabalenka will fight against the world no.318 Petra Kvitova in the final on Saturday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Their current record is 3-2 for Kvitova.
The Belarussian clinched 2 titles in 2024 at the Australian Open and Cincinnati. The Belarussian was the runner-up in Brisbane (Brisbane International), in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) and in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia).
Aryna won 15 titles in her career: 11 on hard courts, 2 on clay courts and 2 on indoor courts. (See the list of her titles)
