How much money did Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic win at Wimbledon?
The 2024 Wimbledon champion has been crowned and now the time has come to count their winnings.
After a five-set classic 12 months ago that saw Novak Djokovic dethroned as the king of Centre Court, here it was all over in just two hours and 27 minutes as Carlos Alcaraz overcame a late wobble to claim a 6-2 6-2 7-6 (4) victory.
The 21-year-old Spaniard becomes just the second man in the open era after Roger Federer to win his first four grand slam finals, while he has outdone the great Swiss, Djokovic and Rafael Nadal by reaching that landmark before his 22nd birthday.
With Jannik Sinner having won the Australian Open and Alcaraz going back-to-back at the French Open and here, it finally appears that men’s tennis belongs to the new generation.
“Honestly it is a dream for me winning this trophy. I did an interview when I was 11 or 12 and said my dream is to win Wimbledon. I’m fulfilling my dream,” said Alcaraz.
“For me, this is the most beautiful tournament, the most beautiful court and the most beautiful trophy.
“Djokovic is an unbelievable fighter, I knew he was going to have his chances. It was difficult but I tried to stay calm going into the tie-break and tried to play my best tennis. I was glad at the end I could find the solutions.”
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Djokovic was commendably magnanimous in defeat, as he accepted he was well beaten by the younger man.
“It obviously was not the result I wanted but of course, in the first couple of sets, the level of tennis wasn’t up to par from my side. But credit to Carlos for playing elite tennis, especially from the back of the court, he had it all today.
“It wasn’t meant to be, I tried to extend the match, but he was an absolute deserved winner today so congratulations for him.
“And to his team of course, an amazing job you guys are doing, it’s a one-man show on the court but it’s a big team of people.
“Everything you’ve done so far, 21 years of age is incredible, so keep going, we’ll see a lot of you I’m sure.”
Money is not the driving factor for these two great champions, but they will be handsomely rewarded for their efforts at Wimbledon over the last two weeks.
Alcaraz will follow in the footsteps of women’s champion Barbora Krejcikova by collecting a bumper £2,700,000 winner’s cheque.
He will add that prize money cheque in UK sterling to the staggering $31,578,625 he had won prior to his latest Wimbledon win.
Alcaraz is already in ninth position in the all-time prize money list and he looks certain to rise up that list quickly if he stays fit.
With prize money increasing at a rapid rate, Alcaraz has Stan Wawrinka, Daniil Medcevev and Pete Sampras as the next three players ahead of him in the prize money list.
Djokovic will add his £1,400,000 of prize money as a runner-up at Wimbledon to his career prize money haul of $182,494,969, which makes him comfortably the player who has won the most money over the course of his decorated career.