Wimbledon prize pot increases to record £53.5m
12-Jun-2025 05:00 PM 4825
London, June 12 (Reporter) Total prize money at this year's Wimbledon will increase by 7% to a record £53.5m. The prize pot, worth £50m in 2024, is double the £27m on offer in 2015. Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova each took home £2.7m for winning the men's and women's singles titles respectively last year, according to a BBC news. This year's winners will receive £3m, an increase of 11%. Players knocked out in the first round will receive £66,000, an increase of 10%. There will be a 4% increase for the men's and women's doubles winners, who will earn £680,000, and a 3% increase for the mixed doubles winners, to £135,000. The All England Lawn Tennis Club also confirmed the full introduction of live electronic line calling. The technology, trialled in part last year, will end Wimbledon's 147-year use of line judges. More than 400 cameras have been installed across the courts. Wimbledon runs from June 30 to July 13...////...
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