The world’s top tennis players ended their public campaign against the four Grand Slams on Monday, saying a new Player Advisory Council will now carry their fight for a bigger share of the sport’s biggest paychecks behind closed doors.

Players said they estimate that more than $30 million of the recent prize-money growth reflects incremental gains above pre-campaign trend rates, money the locker room says its campaign put on the table.

“Now that a formal council exists to carry this work forward, the public phase of the campaign led by the unified group of top players comes to a close,” the players said in a joint statement, adding they “reserve the right to re-start the campaign should the council fail to deliver on these aims.”

The council, and what is still missing

The four majors announced the Grand Slam Player Advisory Council on 20 August, with plans to launch it after the 2026 US Open, and framed it as a forum for direct communication and collaboration between the tournaments and the top of the game.

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But its shape is still thin. Jessica Pegula, one of the players closest to the effort, told Front Office Sports before the US Open that the council’s composition had yet to be decided.

“We haven’t really gotten into the nitty gritty of how people will be selected for the council,” she said.

The revenue-sharing target is also still unmet. The players want to reach 22% of tournament revenues by 2030, a threshold none of the four events has agreed to formally.

“While the Grand Slams have not yet reached this figure or committed to formal revenue sharing agreements, all have increased prize money significantly beyond their long-term trend prior to the campaign, over the past 18 months,” the players’ statement said.

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$415.6 million and a boycott that never came

Since the players’ formal proposal was submitted on 31 July 2025, prize money across five events, the 2025 and 2026 US Open plus the 2026 Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon, has grown to $415.6 million in total.

Each purse rose sharply: $79.92 million at the Australian Open, $71.56 million at Roland Garros, $86.79 million at Wimbledon and a record $108 million at the US Open, where the singles champions earned $5.5 million each. The USTA also committed $2 million toward a player welfare program.

The public phase of the fight was combative. Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka were among the most vocal players lobbying on behalf of the locker room, with Coco Gauff also part of the group, and the players limited their media obligations at Roland Garros in protest. A threatened media boycott at Wimbledon was called off after the All England Club made concessions, and Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the campaign in August.

Officials welcome it, carefully

Deborah Jevans, chair of the All England Club, said the majors had “listened to the players’ desire for a greater voice” and called the council “an important step towards a stronger relationship.”

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Brian Vahaly, chairman of the USTA, described the group as “an important step in building an even closer relationship with players.”

With the 2026 US Open now concluded, the council is due to launch in the weeks ahead, with the finer details of its membership and remit still to be ironed out.

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