Wimbledon is giving gamers a increase.
Whole prize cash fund for The Championships shall be £50 million (about $63.8 million), an 11.9% improve on £44.7 million awarded final yr.
See the entire 2024 Wimbledon Prize Cash Break Down right here.
The lads’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 about at £60,000.
The 2023 Wimbledon champions Carlos Alcaraz and Marketa Vondrousova every earned ear’s champions Carlos Alcaraz and Marketa Vondrousova a report £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 nicely: 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 report prize cash fund of £50 million, with will increase for gamers in each spherical and throughout each occasion.” All England Membership Chair Deborah Jevans mentioned in a press release. “I’m notably happy that we now have 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 higher, with unprecedented demand for tickets by means of our public poll and company hospitality. A thriving, profitable Championships provides us the chance to provide again: to the game, to our local people, and to strategically make investments for the longer term.”
The 2024 Wimbledon is about for July 1-14th.
