Roger Federer has been for years in the ATP Player Council and he has always been vocal about prize money. Recently, Djokovic has been heavily criticized for saying that it’s right for males and females to have a different prize money. Roger Federer disagrees with the Serbian and he stresses he has helped Serena & C. to get a better prize money
Federer. I am for equal prize money…
During a recent interview, Roger commented “I’m all for equal prize money. But then you have to look at the history of each and every event, where it came from. Some tournaments were a men’s tournament, then the women joined or vice versa, it was a women’s tournament and we joined them.
It’s sometimes hard to make equal prize money there. It’s up to the tournament director to decide if he wants it to be that way.”
… I helped the women’s game
Then Roger explained how he (indirectly) helped women to have a better prize money “When I was fighting for prize money increases, especially at the slam level. I was always very aware of the fact that it was always going to impact the women’s game, which I was very happy about. Both at the same time were growing.”