LTA promises equal prize money at Queen’s by 2029

The LTA has pledged to present adjacent prize money astatine Queen's and Eastbourne by nary later than 2029.

The full prize money for nan WTA arena astatine Queen's Club - which originates connected Monday - will beryllium $1.415m (£1.043m), pinch nan LTA voluntarily expanding nan modular prize money by a third.

However, that still comes obscurity adjacent nan magnitude nan men will beryllium paid for competing astatine nan aforesaid venue nan pursuing week.

Minimum prize money levels are group by nan tours, and nan ATP tourney will connection a full prize money of 2.522m euros (£2.122m).

Queen's Club is hosting a women's tourney for nan first clip since 1973, pinch Britons Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter group to compete.

Both nan men's and women's events are '500' class tournaments - nan third-highest tier aft nan Grand Slams and 1000 events.

The ATP arena astatine Queen's has already sold out, while conscionable complete 80% of nan tickets person truthful acold been bought for nan women's tournament.

Ticket prices are little successful nan WTA week, which will not yet beryllium capable to raise thing for illustration nan gross of nan agelong established men's event.

Money spent connected prize money cannot besides beryllium spent connected processing grassroots tennis successful nan UK, and nan LTA says nan summertime events mislaid a full of £4m past year.

The LTA's committedness to present adjacent prize money by 2029 is 4 years earlier nan deadline group by nan WTA.

While nan WTA says awesome mixed events should person adjacent prize money by 2027, standalone events - which nan Queen's week technically is - person until 2033.

Eastbourne is simply a mixed '250' event, and will characteristic some men and women successful nan week earlier Wimbledon.

The women's prize money is $389,000 (£286,650) - making it nan highest-paying tourney of that size connected nan circuit this twelvemonth - while nan men will stock 756,875 euros (£637,000).

"The LTA is committed to increasing women's tennis, some astatine master and grass-roots level and this move is an important portion of that commitment," said LTA main executive Scott Lloyd.

"This twelvemonth fans will beryllium capable to bask some men's and women's tennis connected nan biggest stages that we tin offer.

"We want to create nan tournaments truthful that nan women's events present a way to profitability and greater visibility for nan sport."