The organizers of Wimbledon announced a significant increase in the prize fund for this year’s tournament, which will reach a record 75.6 million euros, which represents an increase of 20 percent.
To increase from over 10 million euros compared to last year’s around 63 million euros, it comes after pressure from the world’s leading tennis players, he writes Daily Mail.
Rewards in response to player pressure
Dissatisfaction of players with the amount of the prize fund culminated is on the recent to Roland Garroswhere they took the most decisive step so far i limited their media commitments just 15 minutes before the tournament. Therefore, this announcement by the All England Club is considered a victory for them.
In an announcement that, given the background of the event, has special weight, it was revealed that this year’s winners in the men’s and women’s competitions will each earn approx. 4.2 million eurosunlike last year’s around 3.5 million euros. The prize for losing in the first round has also been increased, to around 94,000 euros.
After the organizers of Roland Garros recently increased the prize fund by 9.5 percent, such a significant increase in Wimbledon will meet with the approval of the players. In comparison, Australian Open has increased the prize pool by 16 percent this year, and last year’s US Open by 20 percent, which Wimbledon has now equaled.
Serena Williams’ comeback cut short
At the same time, the return Serena Williams tennis was unexpectedly terminated at Queen’s Club due to an injury to her doubles partner, Victoria Mboko. The 19-year-old Canadian fell awkwardly during her singles match against Karolina Pliskova on Wednesday and was forced to surrender the match.
The next morning it was confirmed that Mboko withdraws from the pairs competition as wellwhich left the 44-year-old Williams without a partner. Williams and Mboko got off to a successful start to the tournament on Tuesday with wins against third seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Erin Routliffe, and were scheduled to play Leylah Fernandez and Laura Siegemund on Thursday.
Serena will now head to Berlin, where next week she will play in pairs with Czech Karolina Muchova. She has not yet made a decision on whether she will perform at Wimbledon and thus continue her comeback tour.
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