http://www.blogher.com/node/15931 Comments for "Pay Equality at Wimbledon" en http://www.blogher.com/node/15931#comment-15754 <p>hey sarah,<br /> it just blew my mind that the disparity in pay lasted until now. i wrote about it on my blog careerdiva.net this week.<br /> do you know if the female tennis players ever boycotted over this. women shouldn't take this stuff lying down.</p> Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:54:25 -0600 Eve Tahmincioglu comment 15754 at http://www.blogher.com http://www.blogher.com/node/15931 <p>It only took the Wimbledon 123 years to decide to <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070222/ap_on_sp_te_ne/ten_wimbledon_equal_pay;_ylt=AuFoPUp21PRoBSWKgKJg9ykLMxIF">pay men and women the same amount of money</a>.</p> <blockquote><p>Last year, men's champion Roger Federer received $1.170 million and women's winner Amelie Mauresmo got $1.117 million.</p></blockquote> <p>Not that $1.117 million dollars is a bad prize, but it's nice to see that Wimbledon has finally come around. Maybe it was the peer pressure of The French Open giving equal prize money.</p> <p>If you were wondering, the US Open and the Australian Open have been paying male and female champions equally for years.</p> <p><em>Contributing Editor Sarah also blogs at <a href="http://sarahandthegoonsquad.com/">Sarah and the Goon Squad</a> and <a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/default.aspx">Strollerderby</a>.<em> </em></em></p> http://www.blogher.com/node/15931#comments Sports Gender Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:13:55 -0600 Sarah 15931 at http://www.blogher.com