Wimbledon prize pot increases to record £53.5m

TOTAL prize money at this year’s Wimbledon tennis tournament will increase by 7% to a record £53.5m.

The prize pot, worth £50m in 2024, is double the £26.5m on offer in 2015.

Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova each took home £2.7m for winning the men’s and women’s singles titles respectively last year.

This year’s winners will receive £3m, an increase of 11%.

Players knocked out in the first round will receive £66 000, an increase of 10%.

There will be a 4% increase for the men’s and women’s doubles winners, who will earn £680 000, and a 3% increase for the mixed doubles winners, to £135 000.

The All England Lawn Tennis Club also confirmed the full introduction of live electronic line calling.

The technology, trialled in part last year, will end Wimbledon’s 147-year use of line judges.

More than 400 cameras have been installed across the courts.

Wimbledon runs from  June 30  to July 13. – BBC Sport/Sports Reporter