Tennis: £35m (€40.9m) in prize money for the 2021 edition of Wimbledon (-5.8% vs 2019)

Prize money for the 2021 edition of the Wimbledon Grand Slam tennis tournament, which will take place from 28/06 to 11/07/2021, will amount to £35m (€40.9m), a 5.8% decrease compared to 2019 (£36.9m), according to organisers, the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), on 16/06/2021.

The 2020 edition of Wimbledon, initially scheduled from 29/06 to 12/07/2020, was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite this cancellation, the AELTC distributed a total of £10m (€11.1m) in prize money to the players who would have participated in the tournament (see below).

The winners of the men's and women's singles at the 2021 tournament will take home £1.7m (€2m, -27.7%), the singles finalists will receive £900,000 (€1.05m, -23.4%), while the winners of the doubles (men's and women's) will receive £480,000 (€561,264, -11.1%). By contrast, the amount awarded to players eliminated in the first round of the singles competition has increased by 6.7% (£48,000, €56,126).

Wimbledon: prize money for the singles tournaments in 2021