World Tennis Men's Novak Djokovic is Chairman of the ATP Tour Players' Council. In a text draft of a letter published on Friday by tennis journalist Jon Wertheim on Twitter, Djokovic revealed that he, along with star players and council members Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, wants to start a support fund for lower-ranking players in the corona crisis.

Trion's proposal, which also includes contributing to the ATP tour and grand slam tournaments, would bring in the equivalent of just under SEK 40 million, four million US dollars. Money that would accrue to players in the 250 to 700 rankings on the world rankings, according to tennis.com.

In the text draft, Djokovic suggests that all players in the top-100 should contribute money, which would bring in about ten million of the total, based on a falling scale. For example, the five highest-ranked players in the single ranking (including Serbian Djokovic, Spaniard Nadal and Swiss Federer) should contribute just under SEK 300,000 each. Players ranked 50 to 100 are proposed to donate just under SEK 50,000, just like top-20 players on the double tour.

"Roger, 'Rafa', and I have also suggested to ATP that half of the prize money for the tour end game in London (if it runs out in November / December) should go to the players' support fund," Djokovic writes, clarifying that he wants all players to contribute .

"Not just the three of us, but all the players who are in the tour playoffs or the Australian Open 2021. The most fair thing would be that everyone contributed."

Last year's ATP tour had a total price tag of around SEK 90 million.

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