At the annual spring briefing on Thursday, representatives of the All England Club revealed that the prize money for Wimbledon will reach a record 50 million pounds, or roughly $64 million, with the singles champions taking home a whopping 2.7 million pounds ($3.45 million).
The entire sum is precisely twice as much as the 25 million pounds ($32 million at the current exchange rate) given to contestants at the grass-court Grand Slam competition ten years ago. This is an increase of 11.9% over the previous year, or 5.3 million pounds ($6.8 million).
According to Deborah Jevans, the newly appointed chair of the All England Club, ticket demand has never been higher than it was this year. The 2024 winners’ payments show a 14.9% increase of 350,000 pounds (about $450,000) each.
In the first round of singles, players who lose will receive 60,000 pounds (about $76,000) each, as opposed to 55,000 pounds ($70,000) in 2023. The qualifying event rewards will increase by 14.9% to a total of 4.8 million pounds, or almost $6 million.
Jevans said in a recent discussion: “Interest in attending Wimbledon has never been greater, with unprecedented demand for tickets through our public ballot and corporate hospitality. A thriving, successful championship allows us to give back: to the sport, to our local community, and to strategically invest for the future.”
Wimbledon has announced that it will pay out a record $64 million prize money fund for the event starting July 1st.
That’s an 11.9% increase from last year in raw terms and nearly double what it was a decade ago.
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Carlos Alcaraz in 2024
WWWWWWWLWW Ranked no.2, Alcaraz played his last match on the 9th of June when he overcame world no.4 Alexander Zverev 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 in the final of the French Open to win his 15th career title.
Currently, during this year Carlos owns a compiled 25-5 win-loss record. The Spaniard has won 2 titles in 2024 in Indian Wells and French Open.
