The best tennis players in the world will descend on SW19 for the 2023 edition of Wimbledon at the start of July.
With the championship scheduled to kick off on July 3, the top men’s and women’s seeds will battle it out on the famous grass courts to determine the winner of the third grand slam of the season.
Novak Djokovic and Iga Świątek enter as both world number one and favourites to win on either side of the tournament after both enjoyed success at Roland-Garros in Paris by winning the 2023 French Open less than a month ago.
But how much are the lucky winners set to earn at Wimbledon in 2023 in terms of prize money? The Sporting News looks at the total purse for the tournament and how it’s broken down across the different rounds.
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What is the total prize money for Wimbledon 2023?
The All England Club have announced that the total prize fund for the 2023 edition of Wimbledon will be £44,700,000 ($56,600,000) — a record amount for the tournament.
That’s an increase in prize money of 11.2% on last year’s tournament and a whopping 17.1% increase on 2019’s event.
Areas where prize money has been significantly upped include the qualifying stage where overall the winnings are up nearly 15%. First round loses…
