Wimbledon has increased its prize money for this year’s championships to £53.5 million ($72.59 million), a seven per cent increase on 2024 and double what they offered a decade ago, the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) said on Thursday.
The singles champions will receive £3 million each, an 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, a 10 per cent increase on last year.
Meanwhile, the 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios has said that he will miss this year’s tournament and the grass-court season after “a small setback” on his latest injury return.
The 30-year-old Australian has played very little tennis over the last two years because of various injuries, notably a wrist problem that required surgery.
In March at the Miami Open he won his first singles match since 2022 but he pulled out of the French Open, where he had been down to play men’s doubles, with a knee injury.
“I’ve hit a small setback in my recovery and unfortunately won’t make it back for grass season this year,” he wrote on Instagram.
“I know how much you’ve all been looking forward to seeing me out there and I’m genuinely sorry to disappoint.”
Kyrgios, whose undoubted talent has often been overshadowed by his fragile temperament, added: “This is just a bump in the road though and I’m already working hard to get back stronger than ever.”
