Wimbledon prize cash elevated to report 44.7 million kilos | Tennis Information – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: The All England Garden Tennis Membership (AELTC) introduced on Wednesday that the whole prize cash for this yr’s Wimbledon Championships has reached a brand new report of £44.7 million ($56.52 million), representing an 11.2% improve in comparison with 2022.
As well as, the winners and runners-up of the lads’s and ladies’s singles finals will witness their prize cash return to the degrees seen in 2019. The male champion will obtain £2.35 million, whereas the feminine champion might be awarded £1.175 million.

In 2021, the prize cash for winners had dropped to £1.7 million, nevertheless it was then raised to £2 million within the earlier yr.
The qualifying competitors prize fund has additionally obtained a 14.5% improve on final yr whereas any participant shedding a first-round match is assured of a minimum of 55,000 kilos — a rise of 10% on 2022.
“We’re delighted to supply report prize cash to the gamers competing on the Championships this yr, with double digit will increase throughout nearly all of occasions,” stated AELTC chairman Ian Hewitt.
“Our ambition with this distribution is to return the singles champions and runners-up prize cash to the degrees in 2019 previous to the (Covid-19) pandemic while… offering deserved assist for gamers within the early rounds of the occasion.”
The grasscourt Grand Slam runs from July 3-16.
(With Reuters Inputs)