As well as offering a place in the tennis history books, the four Grand Slam tournaments – the biggest events on the tennis calendar – also offer serious financial incentives to champions.
Here’s what you need to know about the prize pool on offer at Wimbledon.
Wimbledon dates
The 2023 edition of Wimbledon will take place from July 3 to 16.
Total Prize Fund
This year’s total prize money reached a record 44.7 million pounds ($57.29 million).
It increased by 11.2 percent compared to 2022.
All England Club president Ian Hewitt said the aim is to “return champion and runner-up singles prize money to 2019 levels before the (COVID-19) pandemic while providing deserved support to players “. from the first rounds of the event.”
How much will singles players earn?
First round: 55,000 pounds
Second turn: 85,000 pounds
Third round: 131,000 pounds
Round of 16: 207,000 pounds
Quarter-finals: 340,000 pounds
Semi-finals: 600,000 pounds
Finalist: 1.175 million pounds
Winner: 2.35 million pounds
Champion price compared to 2022
The 2022 men’s and women’s singles winners, Novak Djokovic and Elena Rybakina, received £2 million each.
And the other Grand Slam tournaments?
The Australian Open champions earlier this year received A$2.975 million ($2.05 million), with Djokovic winning the first Grand Slam of the year for the 10th time while Aryna Sabalenka won her first major crown.
Djokovic won a 23rd Grand Slam at Roland Garros, and Iga Swiatek won her third Roland Garros title in June, each receiving 2.3 million euros ($2.51 million) in prize money.
At last year’s US Open, Carlos Alcaraz became the second-youngest player to win at Flushing Meadows, while Swiatek won the women’s singles title, receiving $2.6 million each.
Double prize money
First round: 13,750 pounds
Second turn: 22,000 pounds
Third round: 36,250 pounds
Quarter-finals: 75,000 pounds
Semi-finals: 150,000 pounds
Finalists: 300,000 pounds
Champions: 600,000 pounds
Mixed Doubles Prize Money
First round: 4,000 pounds
Second turn: 7,750 pounds
Quarter-finals: 16,500 pounds
Semi-finals: 32,000 pounds
Finalists: 64,000 pounds
Winners: 128,000 pounds
