New Delhi: Tennis Australia insists players are happy with the prize money on offer at the Australian Open though two-time Grand Slam champion Coco Gauff would step up pressure if their demands aren’t met.

Prize money in Melbourne Park were hiked to 74.56 million for the ongoing edition, a raise of 16 percent from last year, putting it ahead of last year’s French Open ($65.42 million) and Wimbledon ($71.60 million) but behind US Open’s purse ($90 million).

In April last year, top players urged the Grand Slams for significant improvements in prize money, and a number of players have remained dissatisfied with the situation at Melbourne Park in recent days.

However, tournament director Craig Tiley said he is yet to hear of any complaint about the Australian Open.

“I’ve also spoken to the players directly, not through third agents, and they are very happy with the Australian Open,” Tiley told the Australian Financial Review.

“Not one of them has shown any dissatisfaction to me about what we are doing. And I’m not really concerned with what’s said because I know the facts.

“As I said from the beginning, I believe the players should continue to be paid more and more players paid more, we have 128 in the main draw and 128 qualifying (men and women), so we are supporting over 500 players financially each Grand Slam.”

As per a report in AFR, agents of the world’s top 10 men’s and women’s players discussed on how to seek a bigger share of the Australian Open revenue in a meeting Melbourne over the weekend.

On Monday, Gauff said she is yet to to hear of concrete plans but of needed players would escalate the matters if their demands weren’t met.

“I feel like that will have to be a collective decision that we would all have to talk about,” she said after beating Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2 6-3 in the first round.

“I do know players are going to put more pressure on the Slams if certain things aren’t being met to where we see it.”