The New York Times has highlighted that there is still (quite a large) pay gap between male and female athletes in the world tennis circuit. While tennis is often looked to as the pioneer in pay equality between the genders, it seems as though the grand slam's equal pay has overshadowed the non slam tournaments that don't.

It's famously said that art imitates life. Sport can be viewed as an art form. It allows for expression of one's self in an arena of which spectators adore, critically view and critique. Sport imitates life. Teams are made up of people, who hail from diverse backgrounds and life experiences. To pay one group of people more than another on a differentiation point of gender is unfair.

Read the article here
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/sports/tennis/equal-pay-gender-gap-grand-slam-majors-wta-atp.html?_r=0