By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, June 13, 2024Photograph credit score: Rolex
Wimbledon might be greener this yr.
Whole prize cash fund for The Championships might be £50 million (about $63.8 million), an 11.9% improve on £44.7 million awarded final yr.
See the whole 2024 Wimbledon Prize Cash Break Down right here.
The boys’s and girls’ singles champions and runners-up will obtain £2.7 million and £1.4 million (about $3.4 million and about $1.7 million) respectively. First spherical prize cash for the singles competitors is ready at £60,000.
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The 2023 Wimbledon champions Carlos Alcaraz and Marketa Vondrousova every earned ear’s champions Carlos Alcaraz and Marketa Vondrousova a file £2.35 million for his or her championships final summer season.
The All England Garden Tennis Membership additionally announce girls’ and males’s doubles prize cash will improve by 11.9% on 2023, whereas the Qualifying prize cash will rise by 14.9%.
Wheelchair tennis at Wimbledon is rising as properly: the singles and doubles attracts will increase to 16 gamers and eight groups. The prize cash for the wheelchair and quad wheelchair occasions has been set at £1 million.
“With this yr’s Championships solely days away, I’m delighted to announce a file prize cash fund of £50 million, with will increase for gamers in each spherical and throughout each occasion.” All England Membership Chair Deborah Jevans stated in an announcement. “I’m significantly happy that we have now been in a position to improve prize cash for the wheelchair and quad wheelchair competitions to £1 million for the primary time.
“Curiosity in attending Wimbledon has by no means been better, with unprecedented demand for tickets via our public poll and company hospitality. A thriving, profitable Championships offers us the chance to present again: to the game, to our area people, and to strategically make investments for the longer term.”
The 2024 Wimbledon is ready for July 1-14th.
