In an interview with Bloomberg’s Jason Kelly, Maria Sharapova pointed out the great disparity in prize money between men’s and women’s tennis, saying that equal pay at Grand Slams is amazing but at most tournaments there still is a dramatic difference in checks received by the WTA and ATP players.
Highlighting the problem of unequal prize money, Sharapova said:
Just this week there’s a men’s tournament in Shanghai, with the winner’s prize check $1.2 million. In the same week there’s a women’s tournament in China with the winner’s check at $120,000.