Top players tell Wimbledon they expect big increase in prize money this year
Summary
Top tennis players have asked Wimbledon to raise prize money significantly this year. Players and tournament officials had a meeting where they discussed paying players a larger share of the money tournaments earn.Key Facts
- Players want a bigger increase in Wimbledon prize money than last year’s 7% rise.
- The players want grand slam tournaments to pay about 22% of their revenue to players, matching tennis tours’ shares.
- Leading players, including world No. 1s Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka, protested by limiting media time to 15 minutes at Roland Garros, highlighting current 15% revenue share.
- The French Tennis Federation and tournament officials said they are working on proposals about prize money, player welfare, and representation.
- Wimbledon plans to announce its prize fund on June 11, expected to show a double-digit increase.
- Wimbledon’s prize money is currently £53.5m, higher than Roland Garros’ £52.6m.
- Wimbledon’s revenue grew from £170m to £406.5m over the last decade.
- Tennis Australia is not part of the prize money talks because the Australian Open supports a player group suing other grand slam organizers over competition issues.
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