Wimbledon singles champions to win £2m each

Wimbledon announced record prize money on Thursday for this year’s edition of tennis’ oldest Grand Slam tournament, with the two singles champions taking home £2 million ($2.5 million, 2.3 million euros) each. The total prize money of £40.35 million represents an 11.1 percent increase on last year’s Championships, where capacity at the southwest London venue […]

Wimbledon announced record prize money on Thursday for this year’s edition of tennis’ oldest Grand Slam tournament, with the two singles champions taking home £2 million ($2.5 million, 2.3 million euros) each.

The total prize money of £40.35 million represents an 11.1 percent increase on last year’s Championships, where capacity at the southwest London venue was reduced for Covid reasons.

It is also 5.4 percent more than was on offer to competitors during the last ‘regular’ edition of Wimbledon in 2019.

There had been speculation that following Wimbledon’s controversial decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, could lead to a reduced prize fund.