 "Spain's Carlos Alcaraz celebrates with the trophy after beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic to win the final of the men's singles on day fourteen of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Sunday, July 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)")
The prize money for Wimbledon reached a record £50 million after a 11.9% or £5.3 million increase, on £44.7 million from the previous year. The men’s and women’s singles champions and runners-up will receive £2.7 million and £1.4 million respectively. First round prize money for the singles competition has been set at £60,000.
The new £50 million prize fund is exactly twice the £25 million that was awarded to the competitors at the grass court major 10 years ago.
Ticket demand “has never been greater” than it was this year, said Deborah Jevans, the new chair of the All England Club.
“With this year’s Championships only days away, I am delighted to announce a record prize money fund of £50 million, with increases for players in every round and across every event. I am particularly pleased that we have been able to increase prize money for the wheelchair and quad wheelchair competitions to £1 million for the first time," said Jevans.
“Interest in attending Wimbledon has never been greater, with unprecedented demand for tickets through our public ballot and corporate hospitality. A thriving, successful Championships gives us the opportunity to give back: to the sport, to our local community, and to strategically invest for the future,” she added.
The winners’ cheques for the 2024 edition, that gets underway on 1 July, represents a jump of £350,000 each, a 14.9% jump.
The prizes for the qualifying event will go up 14.9% to £4.8 million.
An event by event overall prize fund at Wimbledon 2024 (percentage increase from last year in brackets) :
Men’s and Women’s singles: £35,884,000 (11.6%)
Men’s and Women’s singles qualifying: £4,800,000 (14.9%)
Men’s and Women’s doubles: £5,780,000 (11.9%)
Mixed doubles: £465,000 (3.8%)
Men’s and Women’s Wheelchair Singles: £287,000 (50.3%)
Quad Wheelchair Singles: £781,000 (36.3%)
Men’s and Women’s Wheelchair Doubles: £80,000 (45.5%)
Quad Wheelchair Doubles: £59,000 (7.3%)
Invitation Doubles: £621,000 (8.9%)
Per Diems (estimated): £1,450,000
Total prize money: £50,000,000 (11.9%)