Wimbledon prize money

The winners of Wimbledon will be taking home some serious money as the tournament reaches its final rounds. Most contestants will leave with something, ...

- Round 1 – £50,000 - Round 2 – £78,000 - Round 3 – £120,000

Either Novak Djokovic or Nick Kyrgios will be winning big today at Wimbledon, not only scooping the men's single title, but also £2 million in prize money ...

The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. The Rome Open in late May was criticised when it surfaced that the winner of the Men's Singles would take home £714,888, while his female counterpart would only win £283,996. While Grand Slam competitions have introduced equal prize money for female and male players, it is not true of other events worldwide, and women are still on the losing end of the stick. The French Open introduced equal prize money for men and women in 2006. Meanwhile, Polish player Iga Świątek won the Women's competition against French ace Alizé Cornet and took home the same amount of money as Nadal. Meanwhile, the winners of the men's, women's and mixed doubles all took home £548,651 ($660,000) in the competition. The overall estimated prize money for the French Open totaled £39,06million ($46.7 million) when the competition took place in early June Prize money for the first round of the Open was £61,680 ($74,198). The winners and runners-up of the women's and men's single titles take home the biggest chunks of the prize money. The US Open, which was the first competition to introduce equal earnings between men and female players, had a total prize pot of a record £48.1million( $57.5 million) in 2021. Players who win the men's and women's doubles all take home £540,000 per pair, while mixed doubles winners receive £124,000 in prize money. In Grand Slam tournaments like Wimbledon, the US and French Open, male and female players win the same amount of prize money across their respective categories.