This blog post from James McGee, an Irish tennis professional, about the financial requirements to play on the ATP tour is interesting, because it is valid to so many players and parents who are in a similar situation. The article should provided some insight into what it is like to survive on the tour.
Hello again everyone,
I’d like to use my blog to answer some of the questions I receive frequently from younger players, parents and general tennis fans. I tend to hear a lot of questions to do with training/travelling/funding/motivation and in this particular blog post, I will focus on finance and related matters. It will be about the expenses, the prize money and the different ways I’ve managed on tour over the past few years.
Let me first start by going back to 2009..
2009-2011:
For many years, my biggest concern about playing on the tour wasn’t so much about my will or ability, it was more about having the money to actually do it! I was extremely fortunate to have some private sponsors help me out for a short time when I first started on the Futures Tour (July ’08) but the money didn’t last long due to the economic downturn…
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