Wimbledon 2024 prize money: How much will the Men’s and Women’s singles winners be paid this year?

WIMBLEDON winners are in for a new record in prize money this year.

Last year, Carlos Alcaraz secured the men’s trophy and Marketa Vondrousova the women’s, picking up a cool £2.35m.

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However this year the pot is even bigger.

This places Wimbledon as the best-paying of the four majors.

Under current exchange rates, the Australian Open winners received £1.64m in January.

Alcaraz and women’s winner Iga Swiatek got just north of £2m from the recent French Open while at the 2023 US Open, the winners earned £2.35m. 

The new All England Club chair Debbie Jevans said: “In addition to investing heavily in the facilities and services that we offer the players and their teams, we are pleased to be offering a record prize money for this year’s Championships. 

“We look to strike the balance between providing a good measure of security for the left-hand side of the draw, who rely on Grand Slam prize money to fund their coaching, travel and expenses throughout the year while rewarding the right-hand side of the draw as they progress further.”

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What is the Wimbledon 2024 prize money?

The All England Club will dish out £50million across all the events – an increase of £5.3m and 11.9 per cent on last year, where singles champions Alcaraz and Vondrousova picked up £2.35m each.

The king and queen of grass will now collect an extra £350,000 – taking the winner’s earnings to £2.7m.

Here is the breakdown for the 2024 Wimbledon singles prize money:

• Winner: £2.7m
• Runner-up: £1.4m
• Semi-finalists: £715,000
• Quarter-finalists: £375,000
• Fourth round: £226,000
• Third round: £143,000
• Second round: £93,000
• First round: £60,000
• Overall total: £50m

How Wimbledon’s prize money compares to other Slams?

Australian Open: Winner receives £1.67m

French Open: £2m

Wimbledon: £2.7m

US Open: £2.36m (2023)