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TENNIS NEWS & NOTES: CONNECTICUT TOURNAMENTS CHANGING HANDS

          Tennis promoter Jim Westhall and the ATP announced
     yesterday the sale of the men's singles tournament, The
     Pilot Pen Int'l in New Haven, CT, from Westhall's control to
     Butch Buchholz, according to John Altavilla of the HARTFORD
     COURANT.  Buchholz has built the annual Lipton Championships
     in Key Biscayne, FL, "into a highlight event."  At the same
     time, ATP Tour Exec VP J. Wayne Richardson confirmed that
     operational control of Westhall's other tournament, The
     Phoenix/ATP Tour World Doubles Championships in Hartford,
     would be handed over to its title sponsor, Phoenix Home Life
     Mutual Insurance Company (HARTFORD COURANT, 4/18).
          MIND THE GAP:  Prize money at Wimbledon this summer
     will be a record $11.2M, with the men's purse at $5.68M and
     the women getting $4.75M (MIAMI HERALD, 4/18).  A statement
     from the Corel WTA Tour said "although we are pleased to see
     that the percentage increase for '97 is the same as the men,
     it is nonetheless disappointing that the gap between men and
     women has not narrowed from the quarterfinal stages onward."
     (Corel WTA Tour).  The Corel WTA Tour researched the top ten
     earners of prize money for individual sports January 1-April
     15, 1997 (Corel WTA Tour).
            
     1) Martina Hingis   $1,225,395  6) Dale Jarrett    $808,684 
     2) Steve Elkington  $1,059,070  7) Thomas Muster   $727,254
     3) Tiger Woods      $  966,070  8) Pete Sampras    $723,778
     4) Mark O'Meara     $  850,843  9) Michael Chang   $677,399
     5) Jeff Gordon      $  831,164 10) Jesper Parnevik $632,510 

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