With the sport uniquely positioned to play a leading role in achieving gender equality, Tennis Australia is proudly championing further progress through its Women and Girls Strategy.
Australia, 27 July 2023 | Vivienne Christie
Tennis has long played a leading role in achieving gender equality.
Trailblazers like Billie Jean King and her Original Nine colleagues are famous for their courageous pursuit to ensure professional women’s players were granted the same opportunities as their male counterparts.
Prize money disparity has at last been eliminated at Grand Slam tournaments – the Australian Open first awarding equal prize money in 1984, all four Slams doing so by 2007 – and a more proportionate number of leadership roles in the sport are now occupied by women.
Alongside those positive milestones, there’s a clear understanding of the work yet…