LTA Promises Equal Prize Money at Queen’s by 2029

The Lawn Tennis Association, LTA, has pledged to introduce equal prize money at Queen’s and Eastbourne by no later than 2029.

The LTA is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain.

The total prize fund for the WTA event at Queen’s Club – which begins on Monday – will be over £1 million with the LTA voluntarily increasing the standard prize money by a third.

However, that still comes nowhere near the amount the men will be paid for competing at the same venue the following week.

Minimum prize money levels are set by the tours, and the ATP tournament will offer a total prize fund of over £2 million.

Queen’s Club is hosting a women’s tournament for the first time since 1973, with Britons Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter set to compete.

Both the men’s and women’s events are ‘500’ category tournaments – the third-highest tier after the Grand Slams and 1000 events.

The ATP event at Queen’s has already sold out, while just over 80 per cent of the tickets have so far been bought for the women’s tournament.