Wimbledon to offer record total prize money along with debut of scheduled play on Middle Sunday during 2022 event

The All England Club will pay out £40,350,000, a 5.4 percent increase from the last comparable staging three years ago and up 11.1 percent on its modified 2021 edition.

ByTENNIS.com

Published Jun 09, 2022

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Wimbledon is set to return with a full capacity crowd for the first time since 2019, and with it, is offering a record total purse to its competitors.

At this year’s event, the All England Club will pay out £40,350,000 in prize money, a 5.4 percent increase from the last comparable staging three years ago and up 11.1 percent on its modified 2021 edition following the cancellation of the 2020 tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The two singles champions will take home £2,000,000 each.

“From the first round of the Qualifying Competition to the Champions being crowned, this year’s prize money distribution aims to reflect just how important the players are to The Championships as we look to continue to deliver one of the world’s leading sporting events, and with a particularly special tournament ahead of us as we celebrate 100 years of Centre Court on Church Road,” said Ian Hewitt, Chairman of the All England Club.

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The next chapter of Wimbledon begins June 27, 2022.

Among the most notable raises in the released chart come at the front end of the singles events. One highlight is the qualifying competition, where those players who do not manage to progress into the main draw will still benefit from a 26 percent increase on 2021 and 48.1 percent increase on 2019. By appearing in the main draw of singles, men’s and women’s competitors are guaranteed no less than a pre-tax payday of £50,000 (4.2 percent increase on 2021 and 11.1 increase on 2019).

Quad wheelchair tennis also saw a huge bump in pay for its two draws: a 60 percent increase on 2021 and 135.3 percent increase on 2019 for singles, plus a 53.3 percent increase on 2021 and 119 percent increase on 2019 for doubles.

The grass-court major is also set to play through the entire fortnight, ending its long-standing tradition of no play on Middle Sunday. With this permanent schedule change, the singles rounds of 16 will be split up by beginning on July 3.

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