Wimbledon ’26 Prize Money Tourney Record $85.8M, $4.8M For Singles Champions
Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 04:31PM By Barry Janoff
June 11, 2026: Calling it the “biggest annual increase in the tournament's history,” organizers of the Wimbledon Tennis Grand Slam in London said participants this year would be vying for total prize money of $85.8 million, a 20% increase over 2025.
The ladies’ and gentlemen’s singles champions will each earn $4.8 million.
The ladies’, gentlemen’s and mixed doubles events have each received a 10% increase, while the total prize money for wheelchair and quad wheelchair singles and doubles events has risen by 20%.
Iga Swiatek, the women's defending champion, and Jannik Sinner, the men's defending champion, each earned $4.1 million in 2025.
By comparison, Mirra Andreeva and Alexander Zverev each earned $3.25 million as women’s and men’s singles champions at the recently concluded Roland-Garros Grand Slam in Paris.
The Championships are scheduled for June 28-July 12.
“This announcement recognizes the success of The Championships, and that we operate a sustainable program that allows us not only to increase prize money, but also to invest in facilities, the grass court season and support British and international tennis,” Deborah Jevans CBE, chair of The All England Lawn Tennis Club, said via the organization. “We are clear that as Wimbledon grows, the players will continue to share in that success.
“Today’s increase continues a long-term trend of investment in prize money by the All England Club. Over the last decade, the singles champions’ prize money has increased by 80%, first-round prize money has received a 160% uplift, and the total prize money available for Qualifying has grown by 393%.
The All England Club said that, “since COVID, it has invested nearly £1 billion ($1.341 billion U.S.) into prize money, the event’s world-class facilities and services, sustained backing for the grass court season leading into The Championships, and support for British and international tennis.”
This includes the Millennium Building: a multi-million-pound investment into facilities and services for the players, members and the media; and “supporting British tennis with 90% of the distributable surplus going to the LTA and contributing US $750,000 annually to the Grand Slam Player Development Program (established 1986) providing travel and expense grants to players from around the world.”
For the players, The All England Lawn Tennis Club said “our ambition is clear: to set the standard for elite performance environments in tennis. This year that includes a new player performance zone, with a larger gym, improved medical and recovery facilities, and a nutrition bar. On completion ahead of The Championships 2027, players and their teams will have access to a new top floor of additional facilities.”
Wimbledon this week also launched the second installment of the ‘There Is Only One Wimbledon’ campaign, ”’Where Beauty Meets The Battle."
In the U.S..The All England Lawn Tennis Club has unveiled its line-up of tennis talent for The Wimbledon Court in Central Park, New York.
Wollman Rink will be transformed into a pop-up grass court, installed and maintained by Wimbledon’s groundstaff. Andre Agassi, Caroline Wozniacki, James Blake and Genie Bouchard are scheduled to participate.
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