July 3, 2023 at 11:40 am by Thomas
Novak Djokovic will aim for a 3rd Grand Slam success in 2023 and a record bonus on the Wimbledon lawn.
The All England Club, which organizes the competition, has announced that the total bounty fund for the Wimbledon 2023 tournament will amount to a historic amount of 44,700,000 pounds (€52,165,489). This is an increase of 11.2% compared to the previous year and 17.1% compared to the 2019 edition before the pandemic. The champions and finalists of the women’s singles and the men’s singles will receive financial bonuses never before achieved in the London Grand Slam, with €2.7m allocated to the champions and €1.4m to the finalists.
A record prize money distributed to the players of Wimbledon 2023
The bounty distribution also emphasizes supporting players who lost in the early rounds of the event. The bonus fund for the qualifying phases has seen an increase of 14.5% compared to the previous edition. In addition, players eliminated in the first round of the men’s singles and women’s singles main draw will benefit froma 10% increase in prize moneywhich will now amount to more than 64,000 euros.
The increase in premiums also applies to doubles and wheelchair tennis events
The men’s and women’s doubles will also see an increase in their prize pool, with an increase of 10.7% compared to the previous year. Wheelchair tennis events, including singles and doubles, also saw an increase of almost 20%. “Our ambition with this distribution is to bring the singles champion and finalist awards back to 2019, pre-pandemic levels while providing deserved support to players in the early rounds of the event”, explains by press release Ian Hewitt, the president of the All England Club. The remuneration of the players of the Wimbledon 2023 tournament is higher than that of Roland-Garros 2023, disputed a few weeks earlier, on the Parisian clay court.
Details of the prize money for the Wimbledon tournament 2023
Singles (gents and ladies):
1st round = £55,000 (€64,177) + 10% on 2022
2e tour = 85 000 £ (99 182 €) + 9%
3e tour = 131 000 £ (152 871 €) + 9.2%
Round of 16 = £207,000 (€241,580) + 8.9%
Quarter-final = £340,000 (€396,798) + 9.7%
Semi-final = £600,000 (€700,296) + 12.1%
Finale = 1 175 000 £ (1 371 652 €) + 11,9 %
Victoire = 2 350 000 £ (2 743 049 €) + 17,5 %
Doubles (men and women):
1er tour = 13 750 £ (16 040 €) + 10 %
2e tour = 22 000 £ (25 667 €) + 10%
Round of 16 = £36,250 (€42,292) + 9.8%
Quarter-final = £75,000 (€87,507) + 11.9%
Semi-final = £150,000 (€175,014) + 11.1%
Finale = 300 000 £ (350 041 €) + 11,1 %
Victoire = 600 000 £ (700 296 €) + 11,1 %
2023-07-03 09:40:00
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