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.
