PRIZE MONEY AT THIS year’s Wimbledon will increase by 20% to £64.2 million ($85.66m).
The singles’ champions will each take home £3.6m, with first-round losers paid £80,000.
More than £6m has been set aside for the qualifying competition, an increase of 25%.
Overall prize money has increased by £10.7m over last year.
“We are thrilled that we are able to give such a big uplift to the players,” Deborah Jevans, the chair of the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club (AELTC) told BBC.
Player prize money at Wimbledon has more than doubled over the past 10 years.
For context, this year’s French Open saw a 9.5% increase in total prize money to €61.723m ($71.13m).
The US Tennis Association (USTA) offered $90m – a 20% increase – in prize money last year. The prize fund for this year’s US Open, which begins on 30 August, is expected to be announced shortly after Wimbledon.
It will comfortably clear the $100m mark and could well exceed the players’ demands for 2026 prize money to represent 16% of tournament revenue, BBC reports.
