Wimbledon 2012: Gilles Simon refuses to back down over claims men deserve better pay than women But Simon, who has been a professional for 10 years, claimed today that he is far from the only person in the locker room to have this point of view. He added: "It's not only my point of view, it's the point of view of everybody in the locker room. I'm pretty sure they're thinking the same way as me. Maybe they can't say it; maybe they won't; maybe they will lose, I don't know, two million on the contracts if they say that. I don't know everything. I'm sure they agree with me. Wimbledon began offering equal prize-money in 2007 after a unanimous vote in favour of the proposal by the championship committee. The defence often used previously to justify the disparity was that whereas men play best-of-five-set matches in grand slams, women play just best of three. Simon denied that was the reason he is in favour of men earning more money. By his reckoning, the men should earn more because they provide better quality entertainment than the current women on tour. "I am well aware of the struggle (for equal pay)," Simon said. But it just doesn't work in the entertainment (business), because entertainment is not about being a man or woman. It's just about the public coming to watch you or not. It has nothing to do with men and women. If women's tennis is more interesting than men's tennis, if the price of the women's final is higher than the price of the men's final, they will deserve to win more money than us.