$23.8 Million in Prizes to be Awarded at This Year’s Wimbledon

April 20, 2011 | By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
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This year at Wimbledon, each singles champion will receive a total of $1.8 million in prize money. All-England Club Chief Executive Ian Ritchie also announced that the total prize fund for the 125th Wimbledon Championships will increase to $23.8 million. In 2010, prize money for the singles champions was $1.54 million each.

“Leading international sports events, such as Wimbledon, are all about the quality of the players on show,” said All-England Club Chairman Philip Brook. “It is important that we offer prize money which suitably rewards the players both for the box office appeal they bring to the event and for their supreme performances on court.”

Ritchie said the All-England Club has been asking the British government to relax tax rules to make the tournament more attractive to competitors. Athletes visiting Britain for team sports such as soccer are not taxed on earnings and endorsements for their time in the country, but individuals are.

With a new Number Four Court also open for the first time, the total number of courts will be back up to the traditional 19 following several years of redevelopment. Wimbledon capacity will increase this year from 37,500 spectators to 38,500.

 


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