Wimbledon Announces Record $65M in Prize Money for 2024 Grand Slam; Up 11.9%
June 13, 2024
The 2024 Wimbledon tournament will feature one of the largest total prize purses for a Grand Slam tournament in history.
Per The Athletic's Charlie Eccleshare, the $65 million purse for this year's event is up 11.9 percent from 2023.
The men's and women's singles champions will each receive $3.45 million. The runners-up will receive $1.8 million.
The largest purse for a Grand Slam event was $65 million at the 2023 U.S. Open, with the men's and women's singles champions each earning $3 million.
Eccleshare noted the Wimbledon purse is "just short" of the U.S. Open payout, but it is ahead of the roughly $57 million for this year's Australian Open and French Open.
The payout for the singles champions at Wimbledon is higher than the $3 million from the U.S. Open.
In the past 10 years, the purse at Wimbledon has nearly doubled. It was $42 million in 2014, with the singles champions receiving $2.9 million.
The 2024 Wimbledon tournament will begin on July 1. Carlos Alcaraz and Markéta Vondroušová are the defending singles champions. Alcaraz will be entering the tournament coming off a victory at the French Open. Vondroušová lost in the quarterfinal to eventual champion Iga Świątek.
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The men's and women's singles draw for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships will be held on June 30 at 5 a.m. ET. The tournament will run from July 1-14 at the All England Club.