Show Me the Money wrote:
you guys are way out of your element in trying to opine on what women earn in other sports. 150 women earned more than $250K in tennis prize money alone in 2019:
http://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/rankings/All_YTD_Prize_Money.pdftennis is a very sponsor driven sport so it's safe to assume that many of the women below the $250K level easily surpassed that in endorsement and speaking fees. i get it that many of the women on this list aren't american but many are and when someone like bethanie mattek-sands, who i am sure 99.99% of the world never has heard of, made $565K just in prize money, it's ridiculous for you to claim that "very few female athletes in America make a quarter million dollars a year." they do -- you just aren't aware of it.
even gold had 69 women above $250K in prize money alone:
https://www.lpga.com/statistics/money/official-moneytop female athletes on team usa gymnastics, in ice skating, danica patrick and beach volleyball all earn over $1 million as well.
I agree. Tennis is a very lucrative sport for women.
Here's the payout for the US Open. (Same money as the men, but best of 3 at the majors for the women instead of best of 5 for the men.)
Semifinalist: $960,000
Quarterfinalist: $500,000
Round of 16: $280,000
Round of 32: $163,000
Round of 64: $100,000
Round of 128: $58,000