The All England Club announced on Thursday that the singles champions at this year’s Wimbledon Championships will each receive a record £3M in prize money.
A record prize money pool of £53.5M has been confirmed for this year’s Grand Slam. An increase of 7% and double the amount of a decade ago. Although the winner’s prize for 2025 is an 11% year-on-year increase from 2.7M. There is also a noticeable increase in earnings for those who lose in the early stages of the tournament with £66,000 being given to players who lose in the first round and £99,000 to those who lose in the second.
Meanwhile, the men’s and women’s doubles prize money has been increased by 4.4%. The mixed doubles tournament is slightly less at 4.3%.
In recent months the four Grand Slams have come under criticism from some players who are campaigning for a large share of the revenue generated. A group of players have previously sent a letter to the four tournaments calling for more money and there was recently a meeting in Paris during the French Open on this topic.
Debbie Jevans, who is the chairwoman of the AELTC, said during a media press briefing on Thursday that Wimbledon is committed to compensating players. However, concerning the argument over revenue share, she believes it will not address the primary concerns of those on the Tour.
“We’re immensely proud of the fact that if you look back 10 years, you can see the increase over that period (of 100 per cent) and seven per cent this year,“ The AFP news agency quoted Jevans as saying.
“We have listened to the players, we have engaged with the players. Of course we will always listen and discuss with them but the focus on just the prize money at four events, the Grand Slams, does not get to the heart of what the challenge is with tennis.
“The challenge with tennis is the fact that the players don’t have an off-season, which they want, they have increasing injuries that they’re speaking about and we’ve always said that we as Wimbledon are willing to engage and talk with the tours to try and find solutions and that door remains open.
“As yet, there hasn’t been any proposal to us as to how the tour is able to change its structure.
“There’s a bigger picture here but, as a tennis player, they’re always going to, I think, ask for more money.”
Jevans is a former junior Wimbledon champion who played on the main Tour between the late 1970s and 1980s. After ending her professional career, she has taken up various roles which include being a director at the International Tennis Federation and for London 2012.
There will be some changes at Wimbledon this year with electronic line calling being put into full use after being tested last year. Over 450 cameras will be installed at both Wimbledon and Roehampton, which is where the qualifying tournament will take place.
Another change is the timing of the singles finals which are now both scheduled to start from 16:00 GMT. The adjustment has been made so the doubles finals can take place at 13:00 GMT.
The first round of Wimbledon will get underway on June 30th. Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova are the defending champions.
Prize money breakdown
