Wimbledon first-round LOSERS to pocket £55,000 while Novak Djokovic will scoop £2.35m if he defends his title as SW19 sets record prize money
- The All England Club announced £44.7m will be on offer at Wimbledon this year
- Winners of the men’s and women’s singles will receive 17.5% more than in 2022
- Large prize money increases have come in qualifying and the wheelchair events
Novak Djokovic will take home a record £2.35 million if he can defend his Wimbledon title this year, with overall prize money up by 11.2% on last year.
The All England Club today announced that £44.7 million will be on offer in total to the participants of this year’s Championships.
The biggest rise of all will be enjoyed by the two singles champions, who will take home 17.5% more than they did in 2022, returning their rewards to the levels seen before the pandemic.
And it is no wonder that everyone who can make it will be keen to turn up – including players from Russia and Belarus – as first round singles losers are guaranteed £55,000.
Continuing a trend of recent years, there is also more help for those in the supporting cast, with large increases for those playing in the qualifying event. First round losers in that will take home £12,750, while those in the wheelchair events have seen even larger increases, with singles champions getting £60,000.
Novak Djokovic will take home a record £2.35 million if he can defend his Wimbledon title
First round losers in the singles events at Wimbledon will secure £55,000 in prize money
Wheelchair events have large prize money increases with singles champions earning £60,000
The very poor relation continues to be the mixed doubles event, where most players will get only a 3.2% rise in their purse – effectively a reduction in this inflationary day and age.
Wimbledon is expected to announce the first batch of wildcards next week, and with the sums on offer they will be eagerly awaited.
