Ons Jabeur has voiced her concerns regarding the French Open's focus on men's tennis, criticizing the tournament for primarily featuring male matches in prime-time slots since the introduction of night sessions in 2021. Last year, all 11 prime-time matches showcased men, continuing with this trend in the current season. Jabeur's remarks highlight the lack of visibility for women's tennis and question the decision-making of the French Tennis Federation, correlating the lack of women's matches to diminished viewership. She argues that the absence of women's representation is detrimental to the sport's growth and visibility.
It's still sad that we are still seeing this. In Europe it's unfortunate for women's sports in general. Whoever is making the decisions, I don't think they have daughters.
They don't show women's sport, they don't show women's tennis, and then they ask the question, yeah, but mostly they watch men.' Of course they watch men more because you show men more.
A lot of great players, they deserve to be there. One of the matches was Naomi [Osaka] and Paula [Badosa]. Such an unbelievable match. They were supposed to be there.
It's a shame from the Federation, a shame from [Amazon] Prime, that they made such a contract like this.
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