Name: 為什麼大多數網球運動員都難以謀生 (Why most tennis players struggle to make a living)
Uploaded: 2025-07-03T22:55:29.000Z
Duration: 9 min 45 s

程度副詞

Many of the people in the top 100 are barely breaking even, sometimes in the red.

前 100 名中的許多人都是勉強收支平衡，有時甚至虧損。

情態副詞

If you're not playing at Grand Slams consistently and doing well, you're struggling.

如果你不能持續參加大滿貫賽並取得好成績，你就在掙扎。

So watching William's Sisters and everything, my sister and I, we grew up playing together.

所以，看著威廉的姐妹們和一切，我和妹妹從小就在一起玩耍。

And so I always wanted to be like Venus and Serena.

所以我一直想成為維納斯和塞雷娜那樣的人。

So I come from Poland, which is, you know, not a huge tennis culture, I would say.

我來自波蘭，可以說波蘭的網球文化並不濃厚。

My mom used to play tennis and then that's, you know, how I started when I wanted to, you know, become one of the best players in the world.

我媽媽以前打網球，然後我就開始打網球，我想成為世界上最好的球員之一。

I was the first number one junior in 37 years, female, and kind of all my dreams started coming true.

我是 37 年來第一位獲得第一名的年輕女性，我所有的夢想都開始成真。

The perception versus the reality, like tennis does look very glam and it looks so polished.

感知與現實的對比，就像網球看起來確實非常迷人，看起來如此光鮮亮麗。

The highest paid this and these big purses and these big prize money tournaments.

這些獎金最高、獎金額最大的賽事。

That was something that I didn't really understand until I got to that level.

直到我到了那個級別，我才真正明白這一點。

And then once I got to the top 100, then my ranking fell to 400.

後來，我一進入前 100 名，排名就降到了 400。

And then that was the time when I had to go back to playing like the really low level events.

後來，我不得不重新參加低級別的比賽。

And I didn't know how I was going to pay my bills.

I told my coach, like, there were times like, hey, I can't pay you or can't pay for training this week.

我告訴我的教練，有些時候，比如說，嘿，我付不起你的薪水，或者付不起這周的訓練費用。

And then, you know, I got you when we get to the slam and like when we get to the bigger tournament.

然後，你知道，當我們進入大滿貫和更大的比賽時，我就有你了。

So the structure of tennis is pretty unique in the sports landscape.

是以，網球運動的結構在體育界是獨一無二的。

There's a men's tour, the ATP, there's a women's tour, the WTA.

男子巡迴賽有 ATP，女子巡迴賽有 WTA。

There's four grand slams, which are each really independently owned and operated.

這裡有四個大滿貫賽事，每個賽事都是獨立擁有和營運的。

There's the International Tennis Federation, which is like the global governing body that governs things like the Olympics and some of the more global aspects of tennis.

國際網球聯合會是一個全球性的管理機構，負責管理奧運會和網球運動的一些全球性事務。

And you have this really disjointed structure.

When you add it all up, it has left not only the players behind and made it something that is not anywhere close to where it should be in relation to other sports.

當你把這一切加起來，它不僅把球員們甩在了後面，而且使它與其他體育項目相比，遠遠達不到應有的水準。

I think the total revenue of tennis could be better.

我認為網球運動的總收入可以更好。

The percentage that the players are getting, I think that that's also some issue.

The tournaments are sharing about 18 percent of the revenue with the players.

賽事與球員分享約 18% 的收入。

In many of those other sports, hockey, American football, soccer, you see a revenue share that is much closer to 50 percent.

在其他許多體育項目中，如曲棍球、美式橄欖球、足球，你會看到收入份額更接近 50%。

As a player, sometimes it is frustrating because you know that you're the talent and you know that you're bringing this certain level of entertainment to all of these different places around the world and not being compensated for it.

作為一名球員，有時這很令人沮喪，因為你知道你是天才，你知道你為全世界不同的地方帶來了一定程度的娛樂，卻沒有得到相應的報酬。

And so, if anything, that revenue share should be higher in tennis, given the fact that people are coming to see player A play against player B.

是以，考慮到人們是來看 A 選手對陣 B 選手的比賽，網球比賽的收入份額應該更高。

Carlos Alcaraz made the most money on either the men's tour or the women's tour last year, about $10 million, who is, by the way, a generational talent who won an incredible amount of matches last year.

卡洛斯-阿爾卡拉斯是去年男子巡迴賽和女子巡迴賽中賺得最多的選手，大約賺了 1000 萬美元。

And let's asterisk that for a second, because that's gross.

讓我們先用星號表示一下，因為這太噁心了。

That's before he pays his own travel, his coaches, his physios, all the expenses that tennis players bear alone, that no athlete in a team sport or other sports like F1 have to bear.

這還不算他自己支付的差旅費、教練費、理療師費，以及網球運動員獨自承擔的所有費用，而這些費用是團隊運動或 F1 等其他運動的運動員都不需要承擔的。

And if you look at $10 million, how that translates in basketball, that's roughly the 150th highest paid player in the NBA.

如果以 1,000 萬美元計算，在籃球比賽中，這大約是 NBA 收入最高的球員的第 150 位。

And then you look at football, American football, that's 202nd highest salary.

再看看橄欖球，美式足球，它的薪水排在第 202 位。

In baseball, it's a similar story where it's in the hundreds out of a 6-700 player community at the major league level.

在棒球界，情況也差不多，在大聯盟的 6-700 名球員中，只有幾百名球員。

That graphic is like tattooed in my head because it's astonishing to me.

這幅圖就像刺青一樣印在我的腦海裡，因為它讓我驚歎不已。

There are a lot more players that are struggling than the ones that aren't.

陷入困境的球員比沒有陷入困境的球員要多得多。

A good friend of mine, Dustin Brown, a very, very good player.

我的一個好朋友達斯汀-布朗是一位非常非常出色的球員。

實際上，他就住在自己的車裡。

He was stringing rackets for the players at the tournament to make money.

他在比賽中為球員穿球拍賺錢。

And sometimes the amount that he was making to string rackets was more than he made in his prize money.

有時，他為球拍穿線賺的錢比他的獎金還多。

And he beat Nadal at Wimbledon, played one of the most excellent games in the NBA.

他在溫布爾登擊敗了納達爾，打出了 NBA 最出色的比賽之一。

And the pressure always gets spun around and put onto them.

而壓力總是被轉嫁到他們身上。

Well, if you just won more, you'd be fine.

好吧，如果你能贏更多，你就沒事了。

Well, if you weren't in the 200s or 300s, well, then you'd have nothing to complain about.

好吧，如果你不是 200 多分或 300 多分，那你就沒什麼可抱怨的了。

In all these other global sports, if I'm in the 200s, 300s, I'm actually well entrenched as a professional athlete.

在所有這些其他全球性運動中，如果我的成績在 200 多分或 300 多分，我實際上就已經是一名根深蒂固的職業運動員了。

It's one of the only sports where we're not salary based players.

這是我們唯一不靠工資吃飯的運動之一。

The way those other sports are structured, the players are employees.

其他體育項目的結構是，球員是僱員。

And so when you're an employee, you have a minimum salary.

是以，當你是一名僱員時，你有最低工資。

And part of the problem with tennis is that the players, despite working 11 and a half months a year and traveling the globe, are treated as independent contractors.

網球運動的部分問題在於，儘管球員每年工作 11 個半月，在世界各地奔波，但他們卻被視為獨立承包商。

I guess people who don't have endorsements, they only make their money from tournaments.

我猜那些沒有代言的人，他們只能從比賽中賺錢。

And I don't think that that should be a thing.

I think we should make like salary for the year.

我覺得我們應該把全年的工資都算進去。

I'm fortunate to have a couple of great sponsors.

我很幸運能有幾個很棒的贊助商。

實際上，這是我玩遊戲時的手錶。

Also, I'm playing with a Yonex racket and a Yonex outfit and having a patch on my sleeve of Easyposts.

此外，我現在使用 Yonex 球拍和 Yonex 服裝，袖子上還有 Easyposts 的貼布。

They send you a package of clothes to wear at different tournaments.

他們會給你寄一包衣服，讓你在不同的比賽中穿。

That's based on your ranking and also your profile as a player.

這取決於您的排名和您的玩家資料。

And if you're 200 in the world, maybe, you know, maybe there's a local company from your country that wants to help you, wants to support you.

如果你在世界上 200 個國家，也許，你知道，也許你所在國家的當地公司想要幫助你，想要支持你。

But if you're outside of top 50, you will have a clothing deal.

但是，如果你在前 50 名之外，你就會有一筆服裝交易。

But it would be tough to have a real source of income outside of a tennis court.

但是，在網球場之外要有真正的收入來源是很困難的。

And in my particular situation, I don't have any sponsors.

而在我的特殊情況下，我沒有任何贊助商。

So like all of my expenses come out of my prize money.

所以，我所有的開銷都來自我的獎金。

In traveling with a couple of people around the world, you know, you fly always last minute and you sleep in the hotels, you eat in the restaurants.

在和幾個人環遊世界的過程中，你知道，你總是在最後一刻才搭乘飛機，睡在旅館裡，吃在餐館裡。

Those expenses are really, really significant.

Maybe a coaching year is around $75,000 without expenses.

也許一年的執教費用約為 7.5 萬美元，不包括其他費用。

So for hotel flights, all that, it could add up.

是以，酒店機票等所有費用加起來可能會很高。

There's so much emphasis on the Grand Slams because these four times a year, only four, are where you get basically the biggest payout.

人們如此重視大滿貫賽，是因為一年只有四次，而這四次大滿貫賽的獎金基本上是最高的。

When you're at the lower rankings or you're like trying to break through, like you kind of have to go everywhere because you need to get points, you need to get money.

當你的排名較低，或者你正試圖突破自己的排名時，你就不得不四處奔波，因為你需要獲得積分，需要賺錢。

I mean, that's how our rankings are determined.

我是說，我們的排名就是這樣確定的。

And every tournament has a certain point value and every round has a certain point value.

每場比賽都有一定的分值，每輪比賽都有一定的分值。

So at the Grand Slams is where you can make the most points and the lower level tournaments like the 250s or even like Challengers, the lower you drop down, the less point opportunities that you have to make.

是以，在大滿貫賽中，你可以獲得最多的積分，而像 250 賽這樣的低級別賽事，甚至像挑戰賽這樣的低級別賽事，你的排名越靠後，獲得積分的機會就越少。

So it's just back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.

Oftentimes, the expenses outweigh the pay.

通常情況下，支出會超過薪酬。

The sport hasn't kept pace with other sports.

這項運動沒有跟上其他運動的步伐。

The players and what they generate from an income standpoint hasn't kept pace.

球員和他們的收入並沒有跟上步伐。

What happens if you want to take a break?

如果您想休息一下，該怎麼辦？

What happens if you want to have a child?

There's no mechanism for that other than putting 100 percent of that burden on the player.

除了讓球員承擔 100%的責任外，沒有其他機制可以做到這一點。

Fortunately, my parents were able to help me a lot with my career.

幸運的是，我的父母在我的事業上給了我很多幫助。

If you don't have support, it's really, really challenging.

如果沒有支持，這真的非常非常具有挑戰性。

The risk is that we can miss out on really unique and amazing talents and people who are very, very good because they can't afford to play.

這樣做的風險在於，我們可能會錯過真正獨特、令人驚歎的人才，錯過那些非常非常優秀的人，因為他們負擔不起比賽的費用。

Players like Ance, Chabour, didn't have those opportunities growing up in Tunisia.

像安斯、查布爾這樣的球員，在突尼西亞長大時並沒有這樣的機會。

I mean, those are players who made it despite those challenges made it.

我的意思是，這些球員都是在面臨這些挑戰的情況下取得成功的。

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