Wimbledon prize money 2021 – how much do tennis players earn?
There are handsome rewards for doing well at Wimbledon. Here's how much the players can win.
We're fast approaching the end of Wimbledon 2021, with just four players left in both the Men's and Women's draws, and that means we'll soon know the identity of this year's winners.
Whoever emerges victorious on Finals Day on Saturday and Sunday will be chuffed for a whole lot of reasons – winning arguably the most important title in tennis is cause for celebration in and of itself – but one of the other reasons to be cheerful is the sizeable prize money the champions will take home.
There's are substantial cash prizes up for grabs for everyone who takes part in the tournament – and indeed even those players who lost their opening match received a consolation cheque for £48,000, but that fund goes up and up the deeper a player gets into the tournament.
So how much is up for grabs at each stage of the tournament? We've asked the awkward questions so you don't have to. Scroll down for this year's prize money.
Wimbledon prize money
The winnings available at Wimbledon usually increase year-on-year but in 2021 the prize pot has been cut by 5.2 per cent to make up for coronavirus considerations, including only being able to sell limited tickets to this year's event and the costs of setting up a testing programme.
However, the winner of the Men's Singles final and the Ladies' Singles final will both pocket a cool £1.7 million. It's a big pay cheque but quite a drop from 2019's winner's prize of £2.35 million.
To put this in context, Novak Djokovic pocketed 1.4million Euros (approx £1.2 million) for winning this year's French Open at Roland Garros.
The All England Club made the decision to award male and female players equal prize money in 2007, bringing it into line with the other grand slam tournaments.
Men's Singles
Winner: £1,700,000
Runner-up: £900,000
Semi-finalists: £465,000
Quarter-finalists: £300,000
Fourth round: £181,000
Third round: £115,000
Second round: £75,000
First round: £48,000
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Women's Singles
Winner: £1,700,000
Runner-up: £900,000
Semi-finalists: £465,000
Quarter-finalists: £300,000
Fourth round: £181,000
Third round: £115,000
Second round: £75,000
First round: £48,000
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