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| Top seed Roger
Federer(left) kisses the trophy after defeating second seed
Andy Roddickand successfully defend his Wimbledon title;
Russia's Maria Sharapova(right) blows a kiss to the crowd, as
she holds the Women's Singles trophy on July 3,
2004. | |
Wimbledon will offer the most prize money in the history of tennis for
its 2005 Championships, increasing the pool by 3.9 percent to 10,085,510
pounds ($19.30m).
Women will continue to be paid less at the June 20-July 3 London
grasscourt grand slam, but the
gap is closing organizers said on Tuesday.
"Our decisions are always made on market forces and, in our judgement,
this is a fair decision to make," All England Club chairman Tim Phillips
told reporters.
Women's prize money for the singles was improved by 5.9 percent while
the men's singles money rose by 4.6 percent.
That means this year the Wimbledon men's singles champion will earn
630,000 pounds and the champion woman will get 600,000 pounds.
"The prize money available on the (women's) WTA Tour is still
substantially less than that on the (men's) ATP Tour and there are only
two tournaments in the world that pay men and women the same," Phillips
said, referring to the Australian and U.S. Opens.
"You will recall from previous years that there are all sorts of issues
we take into account; for example the leading women win a bigger
proportion of their prize money because unlike the men they play the
doubles as well. Women earn more per minute played and more per game. "
The 2004 French Open prize pot was 13.26m euros ($17.33m) while the
2005 Australian Open paid out 19.1m Australian dollars ($14.90m).
Security for the Wimbledon tournament will be stepped up for 2005.
Spectators will be restricted to one bag per person and hard-sided
hampers and cool-boxes will be
banned for the first time. Bag-searchers will be deployed in the queues
and searches of cars will be stepped up.
The 2005 Championships will also be the last for Alan Mills as referee.
He is stepping down after 23 years in the hot
seat.
(Agencies) |
2005年温布尔登网球公开赛将提供网球赛事史上最高的一笔奖金，奖金总额将高达1008.551万英镑（约合1930万美元），比上一届增涨了3.9％。
赛事组织者本周二表示，今年6月20日到7月3日，在温布尔登（位于伦敦附近）举行的草地大满贯赛上，女选手的奖金仍将低于男选手，不过男女选手奖金的差距正在缩小。
“我们通常根据市场和自己的判断来做决定，这个决定是公平的。”全英网球俱乐部主席提姆·菲利普斯对记者说。
女子单打选手的奖金较往年提高了5.9%，男子单打的奖金则上升了4.6 %。
这意味着今年温网男单冠军将获得63万英镑的奖金，女单冠军也将有60万英镑入帐。
菲利普斯说：“世界女子职业网球协会巡回赛提供的奖金仍然远远低于世界男子职业网球协会巡回赛，目前世界上只有两场网球巡回赛付给男女选手的报酬是相同的。”他指的是澳大利亚网球公开赛和美国网球公开赛。
“从前几年开始，我们将各方面因素都列入到考虑范围。比如顶级女子单打选手获得的奖金份额会更大，因为和男子选手不同的是，她们同时还参加双打比赛。如果按照每打一分钟球或每一场球来算，女子选手赚得更多。”
2004法国网球公开赛开出的奖金是1326万欧元（约合1733万美元），而2005澳洲网球公开赛的奖金达到1910万澳元（约合1490万美元）。
2005温布尔登网球公开赛的安全问题将格外受到重视。
届时观众每人只限随身携带一个包，硬边的食物篮和保温容器都将首次被禁止带入场内。包袋检查人员将成列配置，对汽车的检查也会更加严格。
2005温布尔登网球公开赛也将是裁判长艾伦·米尔斯的最后一次上场“执法”了。赛后，他将离开温网赛场，他在这个职位上呆了23年，承受着巨大的压力。
（中国日报网站译） |
Updated: 2005-04-28 10:14
