The All England Club has responded to players' calls for increased prize money by announcing a 7% increase for the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, raising the total fund to £53.5 million. While the men's and women's champions will each earn £3 million, the club emphasizes that the focus on prize money alone is not sufficient to address the sport's challenges, such as the lack of an off-season and increasing player injuries. Conversations with players have been ongoing, indicating the club's willingness to engage in finding comprehensive solutions.
If you look back 10 years, you can see the increase over that period and 7% this year, said Debbie Jevans, the Chair of the All England Club, speaking at Wimbledon's annual pre-event media briefing.
What I think is important, which of course has been discussed with them, the focus on just the prize money at the four events, ie grand slams, does not get to the heart of what the challenge is for tennis, said Jevans.
The challenge with tennis is the fact that players don't have an off-season, which they want, they have increasing injuries that they are speaking about.
We have always said that we as Wimbledon are willing to engage and talk with the tours to try and find solutions and that door remains open.
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