Wimbledon singles champs to receive $A6.3 million
Wimbledon has increased its prize money for this year's championships to 53.5 million pounds ($A112 million), a seven per cent increase on 2024 and double what they offered a decade ago.
The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) announced the prize purse on Thursday, with the singles champions to receive three million pounds ($A6.26m) each, the highest across all grand slams and a 11.1 per cent increase on the prize money Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova took home last year.
Singles players who exit the first round will receive 66,000 pounds ($A138,0000, a 10 per cent increase on last year. Doubles prize money has also increased by 4.4 per cent, mixed doubles by 4.3 per cent and the wheelchair and quad wheelchair events by 5.6 per cent.
The increase also comes after the world's top players called for significant improvements in prize money at the four grand slams as a way to ensure a more equitable distribution of revenue.
"We have listened to the players, we have engaged with the players," AELTC chair Deborah Jevans said.
"But the focus on just the prize money at the four events, the grand slams, does not get to the heart of what the challenge is with tennis.
"The challenge with tennis is the fact that the players don't have an off-season which they want, they have increasing injuries that they're speaking about."
Jevans added that Wimbledon is willing to engage and talk with the tours to try and find solutions but there has not been any proposal as to how the tour is able to change its structure.
This year's championships also marks a break with an age old tradition where line judges will be replaced for the first time with the electronic line calling system that is in place at tournaments worldwide.
Bolton said "the time is right to move on", adding that many line judges would return in different roles as match assistants, with two assigned per court.
"They're extra eyes and ears, the assistant to the chair umpire... We've got about 80 of those across the Championships.
"They'll also provide one of the parts of our resilience in the event that the electronic line calling system goes down at any point in time."
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