Wimbledon prize money to rise by 11pc for this year's championships

The men's and women's singles champions will receive 2.35 million pounds.

LONDON (Reuters) - Wimbledon prize money will total 38 million pounds ($49.4 million) for this year s championships, a rise of 11.8 percent, the All England Club announced Tuesday.

The men s and women s singles champions will receive 2.35 million pounds — 100,000 more than in 2018.

Continuing a theme of recent years, organisers have again significantly raised prize money for early-round losers.

The prize money for qualifying and rounds one to three in the singles will rise by 10 percent with 45,000 pounds now the compensation for a first-round singles exit.

The championships, which this year will see a roof on Court One, will not employ the  shot clock  used at this year s Australian Open, although it is likely to be rolled out in 2020, according to club CEO Richard Lewis.