There is a tennis player that every tennis and sports lover should talk about. During this 2022, the Polish Iga Swiatek, at 21, has won more than any other player in both men’s and women’s tennis. This weekend, she won her second Roland Garros by beating the American on clay Cori Gauff.
And how much does he pocket for this and other achievements? Like the male champion, Rafael Nadalfor winning the final in Paris he took 2,290,354 euros, an amount to which is added the 600,000 euros for the semifinals, the 395,000 for the quarters and the pinch of the previous phases.
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To this great tournament, the second Grand Slam of his unstoppable career, are added all the wins during this season in which no one overshadows him. Thus, for the WTA 1,000 in Qatar he won 356,770 euros, for the WTA 1,000 in Indian Wells about 1,156,000 euros, for the WTA 500 in Stuttgart, 93,823 euros, and for the WTA 1,000 in Rome, 332,260 euros. She also won the WTA 1,000 in Miami.
In total, for what he has achieved this season he has pocketed 6,025,355 euros. He has left behind Nadal, who has won 5,386,527 euros and the great Murcian promise Carlos Alcarazwhich has achieved 3,863,885 euros.
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Swiatek is number 1 in the world in the TPA ranking with 8,631 points. Behind her, she leaves the second, the Estonian, with 4,326 points Anett Kontaveit, and the third, to our Catalan Paula Badosawhich adds up to 4,245 and 1,151,909 euros raised this year for their triumphs.
Elite tennis is one of the few major sports that has fought for equal pay, at least in all four Grand Slams. In the United States it was equaled in 1973 creating a precedent, in Australia the same was not done until 2001), in Paris it was achieved in 2006 and in London in 2007. However, there is still much to be done since the rewards for triumphs they have yet to match in minor tournaments like Rome or Dubai (also won by Swiatek) this season.
In addition, the global repercussion that they reach is still quite far from what they achieve. To this day, they continue to have less media presence and fewer sponsorships, something that ends up being reflected in the attention they arouse among the general public. In short, the whiting that bites its tail…
Instagram is a clear example of this. In this social network, the most popular among celebrities of all branches, the number 1 in world tennis has 866,000 followers, far from Nadal’s 15 million, Federer’s 9 or Djokovic’s almost 11. Her female rivals are also left behind, since Badosa almost reaches 600,000 on the posturing social network and Kontaveit settles for just over 140,000.
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