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It is the Wimbledon talking point that will not go away. Has Wimbledon displayed sexism and shown disrespect to the women s game by constantly putting more men s matches on the two main show courts?
Here are the numbers: In the first seven days of this year s Wimbledon, there were 25 men s matches scheduled for Centre Court and Court 1, and just 17 women s matches.
Simmering tension came to the boil on Monday when a host of hugely exciting women s matches were shunted to outside courts as once again four men s matches compared to just two women s were put on Centre Court and Court 1.
Among the overlooked women s matches were the tournament s two previous runners up Garbine Muguruza and Angelique Kerberplaying out a thriller on Court 2, and the hugely exciting French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko beating the No 4 seed Elena Svitolina out on court 12.
Ostapenko has not been on a show court all week, and said after her win against Svitolina: "Yeah, I think I deserve to play on a better court than Court 12."
The world No 1 Kerber, who was on Court 2 for the second match running said on Monday: "To be honest, I was really surprised that I was playing on No 2 Court. I think we both played a good match which was at a very high level. And I was actually really looking forward to playing on one of the two big courts."
Andy Murray, who has played all of his Wimbledon matches this year and last on Centre Court, said on Monday: “I don t think anyone s suggesting [the scheduling] is fair. I m not suggesting that it is. We need to find a way of allowing for an equal split of the men s and women s matches across the tournament rather than just looking at one day."
The three-time Wimbledon champion Chris Evert pulled no punches when asked about the topic, and hinted at sexism on BBC Radio 5 Live: "I think there needs to be a discussion because we have equal prize money so why do we not have equal representation on Centre Court and Court 1?
"Instead of four men s matches and two women s matches, I would like to see, and I think all women would like to see, three men s matches and three women s matches to go along with the equal prize money.
