Wimbledon Prize Money Jumps 20% to £64.2M
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- Wimbledon announced a 20% increase in total prize money and singles champions' purses, with the men's and women's champion each set to earn £3.6 million ($4.8 million), and the overall pool rising to £64.2 million ($85.8 million).
- All England Club chair Deborah Jevans called the increase "by far" the biggest annual jump in the tournament's history, framing it as a response to players who had advocated for £71 million ($95 million) in total prize money.
- Players escalated pressure on Grand Slams this spring — No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka floated a future boycott, and top-10 stars capped Roland Garros media sessions at 15 minutes in protest over their share of tournament revenues.
- First-round losers will earn £80,000 ($107,000), a 21% increase over 2024, while qualifying rounds see a 25% total boost and singles runners-up collect £1.8 million ($2.4 million), up 18%.
- Wimbledon's distributable surplus is constrained by a mandate that 90% goes to the Lawn Tennis Association, which reported a 4% drop in that surplus to £48.6 million ($65 million) for 2025 even as its overall revenue rose 2%.
- Carlos Alcaraz will miss the tournament, which begins June 29, because of a wrist injury — a year after he lost the men's final to Jannik Sinner, the men's No. 1 who joined players' calls for higher pay.
Why it matters: Wimbledon's £64.2 million pool is the richest in tennis but still leaves a £6.8 million gap below what players said they needed, meaning the collective-action threat — boycotts, truncated pressers, a formal letter from 20 top stars — is unlikely to end here. With 90% of surplus locked into the LTA, the tournament is structurally limited in how far it can bend, and the other three Grand Slams now face the same pressure to disclose and increase payouts.
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