[vintsqyuid]

There are about 20-25 capable of getting appearance fees including all top 10.


P.S. Roger was rumored to get million dollars for playing in tiny tournaments of this sort (he rarely agrees to do it these days)

Is this the reason Roger put Estoril on his schedule instead of Monte Carlo?

[u2ZQGC6b]

Is this the reason Roger put Estoril on his schedule instead of Monte Carlo?

Could be, although he might also prefer to start his preparation for RG in some smaller venue. In the past he used to play one Asian tournament after USO (Nadal and Djokovic still do) - no way he would do that without some serious guaranteed $$$.

[whatisthebluepill]

There are about 20-25 capable of getting appearance fees including all top 10.


P.S. Roger was rumored to get million dollars for playing in tiny tournaments of this sort (he rarely agrees to do it these days)

I know that's the fee he asked for Marseille. The tournament director said recently he was "intouchable" .It is 300 000 euro for Murray/Djokovic

[gymnAnemoe]

I think this is a slap in the face to the tennis players that have agreed to play in this tournament.

The WTA accepting and making it legal to give appearence fees and it becoming public just doesn't look good for the other tennis players. Do ALL of them get fees?

I don't see it as a slap in the face for them. More like an incentive for them to become as good (or notorious) as the ones getting the fees.
Like a bonus in the finance industry, for example.

[pesty4077]

Didn't they just accept it by legalizing appearance fees?

Correct. I should have said WTA Followers and players. The tour, as you point, has obviously accepted it.

[Sukadrukanga]

I think appearance fees should be legal, but disclosed, including non-cash compensation. I think that would make players and tourneys behave a little more reasonably knowing that everything is public. I think they would quickly change the fee schedule to match players rankings instead of sex appeal. Though I could be mistaken...

[Ekrbcbvh]

Just to know...how do these fees work? Do the players actually ASK for them? Or...do tournament officials contact the players and offers a fee? Is it negotiable? Are these fees included in....the disclosed "earnings" for the players?

Despite all top tenners getting these fees...it is still a slap in the face to lower ranked players and still....some of them won't command the fees that others do. I doubt A-Rad will ever earn more in fees than Sharapova will even through Aga may be ranked higher...Justine just came back on tour and is already asking for fees to the tune of 200,000? How can that not bother the 10-20 ranked players who have to work their arses off to get where they are and probably get nothing in fees?

It just blows my mind to see these things as....common and accepted. Sponsorship deals, tour winnings, lecture fees and charity work...and now...appearence fees?

Roger sounds like a freaking corporation. I must be kidding myself to think that these are just tennis players and the tennis is important to them

[u2ZQGC6b]

Just to know...how do these fees work? Do the players actually ASK for them? Or...do tournament officials contact the players and offers a fee? Is it negotiable? Are these fees included in....the disclosed "earnings" for the players?

Despite all top tenners getting these fees...it is still a slap in the face to lower ranked players and still....some of them won't command the fees that others do. I doubt A-Rad will ever earn more in fees than Sharapova will even through Aga may be ranked higher...Justine just came back on tour and is already asking for fees to the tune of 200,000? How can that not bother the 10-20 ranked players who have to work their arses off to get where they are and probably get nothing in fees?

It just blows my mind to see these things as....common and accepted. Sponsorship deals, tour winnings, lecture fees and charity work...and now...appearence fees?

Roger sounds like a freaking corporation. I must be kidding myself to think that these are just tennis players and the tennis is important to them

Does it bother an average NBA player with a salary 1-2 millions per year that someone like Kobe makes 20? Get to that level yourself and/or stop being jealous!

Salary has little to do with working hard. Otherwise retail employees wouldn't make less than half of what engineers do.

[whatisthebluepill]

Could be, although he might also prefer to start his preparation for RG in some smaller venue. In the past he used to play one Asian tournament after USO (Nadal and Djokovic still do) - no way he would do that without some serious guaranteed $$$.

Expect that he will play Rome before Estroil.

[smazibummigue]

How can that not bother the 10-20 ranked players who have to work their arses off to get where they are and probably get nothing in fees? The WTA has given these players the International Series. The problem is it's hard to sell tickets to these tournaments without a top ten name in the mix hence the scenario we're talking about. One of the geniuses at the WTA should've seen this as the logical result of splitting the tour in two. A top ten player is going to be able to set her price and there's not much anyone will be able to do about it.