# Tennis: The govering body for professional men’s players, the ATP, confirmed it paid out 23.7-million-rand in accordance with its financial security programme this year. The money was distributed among 26 players. The programme guarantees a minimum income for some players among the top 250 in the world rankings who don’t earn huge sums of money like the top-tier players, and only depend on tournament earnings. The programme was started after Covid-19 when the season was temporarily halted, causing severe financial struggles for many players.
Tennis: ATP helps financially struggling professionals with a guaranteed minimum income