The Wimbledon prize money pool reached £53.5 (A$102m) million in 2025, making it the largest in the tournament's history and doubling what the All England Club paid out a decade earlier.

Every player who makes the main draw banks a cheque, from £66,000 for a first-round exit through to £3 million for each singles champion.

While the official numbers aren’t out yet, the 2026 fund is expected to set another record, with early reports pointing to a total of around £55 million.

Official confirmation usually arrives in the days before the Championships, which run from 29 June to 12 July, so the figures below reflect the latest confirmed breakdown.

We'll update this page the moment the All England Club signs off on the new numbers.

How Much Do Wimbledon Winners Get?

Jannik Sinner and Iga Świątek each collected £3 million for their 2025 titles, an 11.1% rise on the previous year and the biggest winner's cheque in Wimbledon history.

At current exchange rates that works out to around A$6 million for a fortnight's work on the grass.

The runner-up takes home £1.52 million, so reaching the final guarantees a seven-figure payday even in defeat. Semi-finalists bank £775,000, which comfortably beats the winner's cheque at most regular tour events.

The deeper you go at SW19, the steeper the money curve gets.

For context, the 2015 champions collected £1.88 million each, so the winner's cheque has better than doubled in a decade.

That growth shows no sign of slowing, because the Slams are under sustained pressure from players to hand over a bigger share of revenue.

The champions are usually among the shortest-priced players in the outright market too, and our guide on how to bet on Wimbledon covers how those markets work if you fancy a punt on the next name etched onto the honour board.

Wimbledon Prize Money Breakdown by Round

Prize money scales sharply through the draw, because each win roughly doubles your payout in the early rounds, and you can track the latest Wimbledon betting odds as the tournament approaches.

Here's the confirmed round-by-round breakdown for men's and women's singles, per player:

Champion: £3,000,000

Runner-up: £1,520,000

Semi-finalists: £775,000

Quarter-finalists: £400,000

Fourth round: £240,000

Third round: £152,000

Second round: £99,000

First round: £66,000

First-round money rose 10% in 2025, the All England Club's answer to growing player pressure over early-round pay.

For a player ranked outside the top 50, one week at Wimbledon can fund a serious chunk of the season, since £66,000 covers a lot of coaching bills and flights.

Qualifying pays as well. Losing in the first round of qualifying at Roehampton earns £15,500, and players beaten in the final qualifying round collect £41,500 without ever hitting a ball on the main grounds.

That support for the lower ranks has been a deliberate focus in recent years.

If the reported £55 million total for 2026 holds, expect every round to tick up again.

First-round pay has more than doubled since 2015 while the winner's cheque rose around 60% over the same stretch, so the early rounds have actually been the fastest-growing part of the pool.

Doubles and Other Events

The 2025 doubles champions earned £680,000 per pair, split between the two players, while the mixed doubles winners shared £135,000.

So a doubles title is £340,000 each before tax and expenses , decent money, but it runs well behind singles, which is why most top-ranked singles players skip the doubles draw at the majors entirely.

Wheelchair and quad events draw from the same pool, and the daily allowances paid to every competitor also come out of the headline figure. All up, the singles draws account for roughly £38.8 million of the total fund, comfortably the lion's share.

How Wimbledon Compares to the Other Grand Slams

The US Open remains the biggest payer in tennis. Its 2025 fund hit US$90 million, the largest in the sport's history, with US$5 million going to each singles champion.

The 2026 figure hadn't been announced at the time of writing, but New York rarely goes backwards.

The Australian Open prize money story closed the gap in January, with the 2026 pool lifting to A$111.5 million, a 16% rise and the biggest jump the Melbourne major has ever made.

Carlos Alcaraz and Elena Rybakina each banked A$4.15 million for their titles. Roland Garros sits last of the four with a 2026 fund of €61.7 million and €2.8 million for each champion.

Wimbledon lands mid-pack on total money but carries the prestige edge, and its fund has doubled since 2015.

For punters used to seeing the Melbourne figures in local dollars, the 2025 pool of £53.5 million converts to north of A$100 million, which puts the four majors closer together than the raw numbers suggest.

If the reported £55 million figure for 2026 is confirmed, the gap to New York narrows again.

Wimbledon Prize Money FAQs

How much does a first-round loser get at Wimbledon?

First-round losers in the 2025 singles draws earned £66,000 each. Qualifying pays on a smaller scale, from £15,500 for a first-round qualifying exit up to £41,500 for players beaten in the final qualifying round.

Do men and women earn the same prize money at Wimbledon?

Yes. Wimbledon has paid equal prize money across the men's and women's draws since 2007, when Roger Federer and Venus Williams became the first champions to receive identical cheques. It was the last of the four Grand Slams to make the move.

Which Grand Slam pays the most prize money?

The US Open, which distributed US$90 million in 2025 with US$5 million for each singles champion. Wimbledon's winner's cheque runs well ahead of Roland Garros, and the Australian Open's record 2026 increase has tightened the race behind New York.