ATP chief Andrea Gaudenzi and 22-time Grand Slam champion, Rafael Nadal discussed the ATP's new OneVision which will attempt to unite players and ATP even more.
Prize money offered to lower-ranked players is a topic that is often discussed, but the economic situation of many players might improve also thanks to the new plan of ATP. Rafael Nadal, who is one of the leading personas of tennis, discussed this with ATP chief Andrea Gaudenzi as they revealed that in the future, players and ATP might share the profits 50-50 on top of the prize money that they receive.
Gaudenzi offered: “I think it can be game-changing for the relationship and trust between players and tournaments because we want to provide the visibility to the players on the economics of the tournaments and also have players share our future success. If the tournaments do well financially, the players will get 50 per cent of the profits on top of the prize money.”
“Let's work together to improve our sport, instead of fighting with each other all the time,” Gaudenzi said. “Because the competition is soccer, football, American football, golf, not competing against each other.”
“Oh, I agree with that,” Nadal said. “I think we lose a lot of energy fighting between each other; tournaments are fighting for themselves and players are fighting for ourselves.”
Gaudenzi told Nadal: “It is also important to promote the premium product. Fans want to see the top players playing in the biggest events in the world. What is the importance of a Masters for you?”
Nadal responded: “The Masters 1000s are huge events. Sometimes from my personal perspective it is Grand Slams and the rest of the tournaments much lower, so I think our goal from being the ATP is to put our tournaments closer and closer to the Slams in terms of promotion and importance. We need to encourage the tournaments to keep growing.”
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