Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu have very different feelings when it comes to expressing opinions on pay equality between WTA and ATP Tour athletes. While both male and female tennis stars receive the same prize money for winning Grand Slams, there has historically been a disparity between earnings from tour-centred events.

And Gauff has been incredibly vocal about a need for a change as of recent. Speaking to the Khaleej Times last February, Gauff said: "For me, I think the biggest thing is that in most sports in the world, people watch the men's game more than the women's. I think we continue to bring fans. The problem is also that we have to market women's sports better, market ourselves better.

"(Over) the past couple years, I feel like the marketing for women's sports has been invested more in, and therefore there's been more watch-ability for people. If we continue to invest in women's sports, then it will profit almost the same as the men, and garner equal pay.

"I'm grateful for (tennis). On most tournaments on the tour, the Grand Slams obviously, we have equal pay. Hopefully tennis can be the leader of that and fiddle down into other sports, as well."

Meanwhile, in January, the 21-year-old claimed that the gap in level between the two genders isn't as as large as people make out. After a first-round win over Sofia Kenin at this year's Australian Open, she added: "People think online that it's this big of a gap. I mean, it is obviously, but I have played baseline points with guys. Sometimes I win."

Elsewhere, Gauff has also showered Billie Jean King with praise for her work to eradicate a gender pay gap in the world of tennis. The 81-year-old, who won 12 Grand Slams in the singles game during her own remarkable career, signed a lawsuit filed by the PTA against the ATP and WTA Tours earlier this year, pushing for a rise in prize money for players to help those who are lower ranked.

Speaking about King, Gauff said: "As a female elite athlete, I also see other sports where they do not have as many privileges. We have to thank Billie Jean King for what she did for our sport."

However, not all WTA stars are quite as vocal as Gauff with regards to pushing for better pay, with Raducanu choosing not to discuss the matter. Speaking at a press conference at the recent Queen's Club Championships, the Briton controversially said: "In a lot of the WTA events, the prize money is definitely different to the ATP.

"In the Masters events, it's the same, but in the week-to-week events, it is lower. There is a big difference, and I'm sure a lot of players will see their piece on it. I just prefer not to get involved in whatever the situation is, I'll just roll with it. I'm never going to take a stand either way."

It comes as Raducanu and Gauff will be gearing up for the third Grand Slam of the year in Wimbledon later this month. Raducanu has never managed to make it past the fourth round of the event thus far, with her only career major coming in the form of the US Open.

Gauff is exactly the same meanwhile, although she will head into this summer's tournament in stellar form, having clinched the French Open title with a win over world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka earlier this month.