Djokovic, Nadal and Federer start emergency fund for tennis colleagues

The top three tennis players of recent years are together on the ATP player council. Djokovic, chairman of the board, has said according to the French newspaper. L’Equipe A letter sent to all players.

The Serbian number 1 in the world advocates financial support for players who are between 250 and 700 in the world ranking. Djokovic asks tennis players in the top 100 singles and top 20 doubles to put in between $ 5,000 and $ 30,000 each. The players council hopes that the ATP and the organizers of the four grand slams can supplement the amount to more than $ 4 million. That would mean that tennis players between 250 and 700 places in the world ranking can each get about $ 10,000, converted into about 9,200 euros.

“The players in the top 250 have at least been able to participate in the Australian Open qualifications this year and therefore have earned a good amount of money.” However, outside of the top 250, a real financial battle is taking place. These tennis players are considering stopping because they can no longer do it financially ”, he quotes L’Equipe from Djokovic’s letter. “There are a lot of players between 250th and 700th places that don’t have the backing of sponsors or their federation.” However, they form the basis of our professional sport. “

The ATP Players Union wants to distribute $ 1 million to players between the 150th and 400th places. Many of the top tennis players have already made donations in the past few weeks to combat the crown virus.