New Queen’s tournament to offer equal prize money for women by 2029

LTA hopes profit from new venture will bridge gap

2025 prize pot at £1.042m for women; £2.12m for men

The LTA has pledged to secure equal prize money for the new women’s tennis tournament held at Queen’s and the mixed event in Eastbourne by 2029 at the latest.

Women’s tennis will return to the Queen’s Club in Barons Court, west London, for the first time in more than 50 years next week in the form of a WTA 500 event, one week before the annual men’s ATP 500 event at Queen’s. The player list includes Madison Keys, Elena Rybakina, Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter.

The women’s prize pot will stand at US$1.415m (£1.042m), the highest purse on offer at a WTA 500 event of its draw size on the tour this year. Despite the notable figure, the women’s prize money is still around half of the offering for the men’s ATP event, which currently stands at $2,882,544 (£2,124,031).