McEnroe, who's known for making controversial statements, made the comments ahead of the U.S. Open, which starts from Monday in Flushing.
"They should be required to be in less events, there should be less events for the women," The New York Daily News quoted McEnroe, as saying.
"It seems it takes an actual meltdown on the court or women quitting the game altogether before they realize there's a need to change the schedule," he added.
However, former French Open Mixed Doubles champion, Mary Carillo said that she does not see the validity of McEnroe's opinion.
"I hate the idea that we have to judge women on a curve and say, 'It's too much for them. I've seen too many great women champions for too long," Carillo said.
WTA Tour Commissioner Stacy Allaster also criticized the call saying that McEnroe should study up more on the issue.
"John is more than entitled to his opinion, and he is a well-respected leader in our sport, but I hope when someone makes comments he's also looking at the data," Allaster said.
"Venus (Williams) is 30 and she is very careful with her body because she wants to continue to play," she added.
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Many many selections from the qualifying matches and it wasn't a good day. A loss of less than 10% of the bank though so not too damaging. I've said before that qualy matches are never great for the system but like matches that I am not too confident about, they were included in the research of results so they need to be included in the betting.
Stakhovsky was also a chunk of the loss and I had a feeling he would win as he is 100% in Semi Finals on the tour. He is also 100% in Finals and after checking OnCourt this morning I am happy to find that he is a back bet for later today so fingers crossed he can keep this up and get a win against Istomin.
There will be lot's of picks again in the qualies I expect so I just have to hope and pray! If it is another bad day then I am sure it will pick up when the US Open proper starts.
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