Wimbledon Lifts 2026 Prize Money 20% to £64.2 Million as Player Pay Row Persists
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 11
Wimbledon Lifts 2026 Prize Money 20% to £64.2 Million as Player Pay Row Persists
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 11
Summary
£64.2 million in total prize money will be paid at Wimbledon 2026, with singles champions getting £3.6 million and first-round losers £80,000 when the tournament starts June 29.
That 20% increase still amounts to 15.1% of Wimbledon’s 2025 revenue of £423.6 million, below the 22% revenue share top ATP and WTA players are seeking from the Grand Slams.
Deborah Jevans, chair of the All England Club, rejected revenue as the right benchmark, saying Wimbledon reinvests in infrastructure and grassroots tennis and has offered players talks on welfare, pensions, maternity cover and representation.
Larry Scott’s recent meetings with Wimbledon, the USTA and French Open officials were described by sources as direct and productive, with players pushing three priorities: prize money share, welfare contributions and consultation on changes.
Wimbledon also said it will add video review for subjective calls on six main courts and scoreboard out-call indicators after last year’s electronic line-calling failure in Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova’s match.