Covid-19: governing bodies of world tennis raise $6m to provide support for 800 players

"The governing bodies of world tennis - the ITF, ATP, WTA, Tennis Australia, Federation Francaise de Tennis, All England Club and United States Tennis Association - have come together to raise in excess of $6m (€5.5m) to create a Player Relief Programme aimed at supporting players who are particularly affected by the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic," announced the International Tennis Federation on 05/05/2020, while the professional circuit has been suspended until 13/07/2020.

"In addition to contributions of their own, the ATP and WTA will administer the financial distributions of the Player Relief Programme, which sees respective contributions from the four Grand Slam tournaments and ITF split equally between men and women. The Player Relief Programme will target a total of approximately 800 ATP/WTA singles and doubles players collectively, in need of financial support. Eligibility for the Player Relief Programme will take into account a player's ranking as well as previous prize money earnings according to criteria agreed by all stakeholders," explained the body.

"Funds…