Wimbledon prize pot increases to record £50m

Wimbledon will person a grounds £50m full prize money adjacent month, pinch nan 2 singles champions taking location £2.7m each.

Last year's champions Carlos Alcaraz and Marketa Vondrousovan received a past grounds £2.35m.

There is besides a 35% summation for nan wheelchair events, pinch their full prize money expanding to £1m, though this partially reflects an summation successful tie size.

The full prize money is up 11.9% from past year's tourney and first-round singles losers will person £60,000 - which is simply a £5,000 increase.

Money for nan qualifying title will besides summation by 14.9%.

Spain's Alcaraz won nan Wimbledon men's singles title for nan first clip past twelvemonth pinch a stunning triumph complete Novak Djokovic, who was going for a 5th consecutive title.

Vondrousova became the first unseeded subordinate to win nan women's singles title arsenic she defeated Ons Jabeur.

Wimbledon originates connected 1 July and runs until 14 July.