Wimbledon becomes first Grand Slam to pay singles champions £3m ($4m)
The 2025 Wimbledon men’s and women’s singles champions will earn the biggest cheque in Grand Slam history after the All England Club confirmed a huge increase in prize money.
The overall prize pot for the grass-court major is up by seven per cent from 2024 as a total of £53,5 million will be shared among those competing from the qualifying rounds until the finals.
In terms of the men’s and women’s singles champions, prize money will be boosted by a handsome 11 per cent while those who lose in the first round will earn 10 per cent more than they did 12 months ago.
Carlos Alcaraz and Marketa Vondrousova earned £2,700,000 after they won the titles, but this year’s champions will receive £3,000,000, which is roughly US$4m, and it is the first time that the winners of a major will crack the £3m mark or the $4m in earnings.
The US Open came close to that mark in 2024 as champions were handed cheques of $3,600,000 (about £2,8m).
Wimbledon first broke the £1m mark for the singles winners’ prize money in 2010, six years later it doubled to £2m and nine years later it will hit £3m, although it has to be remembered that prize money at all sporting events took a big blow during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Full Wimbledon prize-money breakdown
Champion – £3,000,000 ($4,060,473)
Finalist – £1,520,000 ($2,057,306)
Semi-finalist – £775,000 ($1,048,955)
Quarter-finalist – £400,000 ($541,396)
R16 – £240,000 ($32,4837)
R32 – £152,000 ($205,730)
R64 – £99,000 ($133,995)
R128 – £66,000 ($89,330)
The increase in prize money comes just a few months after the top 20 highest-ranked players in the men’s and women’s game wrote a letter to the Grand Slams (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open) asking for a bigger share of revenue.
The likes of Novak Djokovic, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek all signed the letter that stated the Grand Slam should increase prize money “to a more appropriate percentage of tournament revenues, reflective of the players’ contribution to tournament value”.
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All England chairperson Deborah Jevans says they are listening to concerns by players.
“The focus on just the prize money at four events, the Grand Slams, does not get to the heart of what the challenge is for tennis,” she said.
“The challenge with tennis is the fact that the players don’t have an offseason which they want, they have increasing injuries that they’re speaking about, and we’ve always said that we as Wimbledon are willing to engage and talk with the tours to try and find solutions, and that door remains open.”
Wimbledon v US Open v Australian Open v French Open
So how does the 2025 Wimbledon prize money compare to this year’s Australian Open and French Open, and the 2024 US Open?
2024 US Open
Champion – $3,600,000 (£2,839,285)
Finalist – $1,800,000 (£1,419,642)
Semi-finalist – $1,000,000 (£788,690)
Quarter-finalist – $530,000 (£418,006)
R16 – $325,000 (£256,324)
R32 – $215,000 (£169,568)
R64 – $140,000 (£110,417)
R128 – $100,000 (£78,869)
2025 Australian Open
Champion – A$3,500,000 (US$2,198,928/£1,752,853)
Finalist – A$1,900,000 (US$1,193,704/£951,549)
Semi-finalist – A$1,100,000 (US$691,092/£550,897)
Quarter-finalist – A$665,000 (US$417,796/£333,042)
R16 – A$420,000 (US$263,871/£210,342)
R32 – A$290,000 ($182,197/£145,236)
R64 – A$200,000 ($125,653/£100,163)
R128 – A$132,000 ($82,931/£66,108)
2025 French Open
Champion – €2,550,000 ($2,901,024/£2,166,912)
Finalist – €1,275,000 ($1,450,512/£1,083,456)
Semi-finalist – €690,000 ($784,983/£586,341)
Quarter-finalist – €440,000 ($500,569/£373,898)
R16 – €265,000 ($301,479/£225,189)
R32 – €168,000 ($191,126/£142,761)
R64 – €117,000 ($133,106/£99,423)
R128 – €78,000 ($88,737/£66,282)