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Wimbledon goes greener this month.
The All England Garden Tennis Membership introduced a file prize cash of £64.2 million, which is about $85.6 million for The Championships 2026.
The £10.7 million enhance from 2025 prize cash represents “a major 20% enhance, and by far the largest annual enhance within the historical past of the occasion,” event organizers mentioned in an announcement.
The women’ and gents’s singles champions will earn £3.6 million, which is about $4.83 million (up 20%) and singles finalists will take dwelling £1.8 million, which is about $2.4 million (up 18%).
First spherical singles prize cash is ready at £80,000 ($106, 726, which is 21% enhance), whereas whole prize cash on provide on the Qualifying Competitors is £6.2 million (25% enhance).
The women’, gents’s and blended doubles occasions have every acquired a ten% elevate, whereas the entire prize cash for wheelchair and quad wheelchair singles and doubles occasions has risen by 20%.
“I’m delighted to announce a complete prize cash fund of £64.2 million for The Championships 2026, a really vital enhance of 20% from £53.5 million final yr,” All England Garden Tennis Membership Chair Deborah Jevans mentioned in an announcement. “This announcement acknowledges the success of The Championships, and that we function a sustainable program that permits us not solely to extend prize cash, but additionally to spend money on services, the grass courtroom season and help British and worldwide tennis.
“We’re clear that as Wimbledon grows, the gamers will proceed to share in that success.”
