Wimbledon Increases Prize Money, Retires Line Judges

Wimbledon's prize money continues to grow. This year, organizers will distribute £53.5 million (€62.7 million) to male and female players. That's 7% more than in 2024 and double the amount offered a decade ago, the All England Lawn Tennis Club announced.

The men's singles champion and women's singles champion will each receive £3 million (€3.5 million), £300,000 more than last year. There will be a 4% increase for the men's and women's doubles winners, who will earn £680,000 (just under £800,000), and a 3% increase for the mixed doubles winners, who will receive £135,000 (just under £160,000). Singles players eliminated in the first round will receive £66,000 (€77,000), 10% more than last year.

The organization also confirmed the full introduction of the real-time electronic line calling system. The technology, partially tested last year, marks the end of 147 years of use of line judges at Wimbledon.

With less than three weeks to go before the start of the Championships, bookmakers' odds suggest a head-to-head without favorites between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, already finalists at Roland Garros . But at record-breaking Wimbledon, it's not just the prize money that's high, but also the price of tickets for the final, for which tickets are on sale for no less than almost 300 euros.

Meanwhile, Lorenzo Musetti has been confirmed to have suffered a grade 1 injury to the adductor of his left leg. The 23-year-old from Carrara posted the results of the latest tests on his social media channels, after those he underwent after retiring in the semifinals at Roland Garros. The participation of the new no. 6 in the ranking (“best”) at the ATP 500 at Queen's scheduled for next week, where he reached the final last year, is therefore in doubt. Following that, in fact, will be Wimbledon, where the Italian reached the semifinals last year.