In a large step, Wimbledon has increased its 53.5 million pounds ($ 72.59 million) this year’s championships, which is a sharp increase from 2024 and twice what they offered ten years ago.
The singles champions will receive every three million pounds, the highest in all Grand Slams and 11.1 percent of what Carlos Alcaraz and Barbara Krejcikov took home last year. Single players who set off in the first round will receive £ 66,000, an increase of 10 percent last year. Winning money also increased by 4.4 percent, mixed doubles by 4.3 and events for wheelchairs and quads by 5.6%.
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The increase comes after players demanded a significant improvement in winning money on four Grand Slams as a way to ensure a fairer distribution of income.
“We listened to the players, we dealt with players,” said AeltC chairwoman Deborah Jevans.
“But focusing on money only on four events, Grand Slams, will not get to the heart of what is a challenge with tennis.
“The challenge with tennis is the fact that players do not have an off -season they want, they have a growing injury they are talking about.”
No other judges in Wimbledon
For the first time in Wimbledon’s history, traditional judges will not be present during the electronic line system, which is introduced in other tournaments around the world.
“In addition, they are eyes and ears, the assistant of the referee chair … We have about 80 of them at the championship.”
“They will also provide one of the parts of our durability if the electronic line system is decreasing at any moment,” said Aeltc CEO Sally Bolton.
Wimbledon will begin on June 30th and will end on 13 July.
Published on:
June 12, 2025
