https://x.com/thetennisletter/status/1844107696771109265 ATP & WTA are preparing to vote on a commercial merger between the tours. 80% of the assets would go to ATP. 20% would go to WTA. One insider said: “The WTA would be saving on agency fees and head counts, and there’s a feeling that this could be a win for them.” Another insider warned: “If you’re setting up what is known as a ‘ratchet’ deal in the finance world , where revenues are split in different proportions depending on how big they ar e, then a lot depends on where you put the threshold. If the WTA allow the proje cted growth figures to be set at a high level, they’ll struggle to reach that 5 0-50 stage.” Various stakeholders, including the Masters 1000 events, will need to discuss & approve the details of the merger. 最近要進行ATP & WTA合併的投票了 如果真的合併，資產上80%歸ATP、20%歸WTA https://reurl.cc/0de6Mo While an 80-20 split might represent poor optics for a sport with aspirations to wards equality, it also reflects commercial reality. Filed accounts from 2022 sh ow that the WTA’s income for that year stood at a mere ￡90 million to the ATP ’s ￡238 million. 雙方營收差距在2022年 ATP 2.38億英鎊 WTA 9000萬英鎊 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 1.162.4.25 (臺灣) ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Tennis/M.1728547107.A.B57.html ※ 編輯: zxc906383 (1.162.4.25 臺灣), 10/10/2024 15:58:36