ATP Announces Financial Aid to Players Affected by COVID-19 as WTA Player Calls Out Women’s Association
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In the previous year, the COVID-19 global pandemic created a negative impact on humanity. The effects of the pandemic were so severe that it created a sense of panic amongst individuals across the world. Along with the various industries, tennis’ ATP and WTA tours suffered to a great extent.
The tennis season came to a halt for the majority of the season. Due to this, the lesser privileged players on Tour suffered financially to a great extent. Taking note of this, the ATP Players Council has provided a special package for the players that have been hit. The ATP has created these for players ranked above 31 and below.
The ATP Player Relations team issued a statement, “The ATP Year-End Relief payment is separate from the Player Relief Programme, which saw the ATP, WTA, the four Grand Slam tournaments, and the ITF raise in excess of US $6 million splits equally between men and women in 2020. This relief is also separate from the Player Grant payments, which were made in January.”
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Meanwhile, the WTA has not been able to provide any aid to the players on the women’s Tour. On the contrary, the number of tournaments has been reduced, which isn’t a promising sign moving into the season. Hong Kong-born British tennis player, Tara Moore, voiced her concern with regard to this matter.
Well. No help for the women… and less tournaments…. But the ATP still helping their players. #tennisin2021 pic.twitter.com/OxZTp4z2DM
— Tara Moore (@TaraMoore92) February 26, 2021
Looking further into the details of the package provided by the ATP, they’ve decided to deliver sums of money directly into the bank accounts of the players.
ATP: “Payment will be deposited into the players’ account”
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