Wimbledon 2018 prize money
Wimbledon 2018 paid out £34,000,000. Novak Djokovic and Angelique Kerber each took £2,250,000 as singles champions, and a player out in the first round went home with £39,000.
Every round of the 2018 singles
What each player took for the round they went out in, men and women alike
| ROUND | PLAYERS | EACH | BETWEEN THEM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 2 | £2,250,000 | £4,500,000 |
| Runner-up | 2 | £1,125,000 | £2,250,000 |
| Semi-finals | 4 | £562,000 | £2,248,000 |
| Quarter-finals | 8 | £281,000 | £2,248,000 |
| Fourth round | 16 | £163,000 | £2,608,000 |
| Third round | 32 | £100,000 | £3,200,000 |
| Second round | 64 | £63,000 | £4,032,000 |
| First round | 128 | £39,000 | £4,992,000 |
The two singles main draws paid £26,078,000 between them, 76.7% of the fund. Qualifying paid £19,500, £9,750 and £4,875 for going out in the third, second and first round.
What each round took between them
One singles draw: the players out in each round, and what they took together
A player is paid once, for the round they went out in, so the 64 first-round losers in each draw took £2,496,000 between them, more than the champion's £2,250,000. The biggest round is the first round, at £2,496,000 between them.
Doubles and mixed, and wheelchair
Per pair, and per player in the wheelchair singles, for the round they went out in
| ROUND | DOUBLES | MIXED | WHEELCHAIR SINGLES | WHEELCHAIR DOUBLES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | £450,000 | £110,000 | £40,000 | £14,000 |
| Runners-up | £225,000 | £55,000 | £20,000 | £7,000 |
| Semi-finals | £112,000 | £27,500 | £13,000 | £4,500 |
| Quarter-finals | £56,000 | £13,750 | £8,500 | - |
| Last 16 | £29,000 | £6,500 | - | - |
| Last 32 | £17,750 | £3,250 | - | - |
| Last 64 | £11,500 | £1,625 | - | - |
The doubles champions shared £450,000, 20% of one singles champion's cheque, so each player took 10% of it.
2018 against the years either side
The same figures at 2017 and 2019
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fund | £31,600,000 | £34,000,000 | £38,000,000 |
| Champion | £2,200,000 | £2,250,000 | £2,350,000 |
| First round | £35,000 | £39,000 | £45,000 |
| Singles draws | £24,360,000 | £26,078,000 | £28,490,000 |
Against 2017, the champion's cheque moved +2.3% and the first round +11.4%. In 2019 the champion took £2,350,000, a move of +4.4%.
The Wimbledon champion's cheque, year by year
Every edition with a whole ladder, and 2026. The men's cheque where the two were paid apart
| YEAR | CHAMPIONS | CHAMPION | FIRST ROUND | FUND |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jannik Sinner, Iga Świątek | £3,000,000 | £66,000 | £53,550,000 |
| 2024 | Carlos Alcaraz, Barbora Krejčíková | £2,700,000 | £60,000 | £50,000,000 |
| 2023 | Carlos Alcaraz, Markéta Vondroušová | £2,350,000 | £55,000 | £44,700,000 |
| 2022 | Novak Djokovic, Elena Rybakina | £2,000,000 | £50,000 | £40,350,000 |
| 2021 | Novak Djokovic, Ashleigh Barty | £1,700,000 | £48,000 | £35,016,000 |
| 2019 | Novak Djokovic, Simona Halep | £2,350,000 | £45,000 | £38,000,000 |
| 2018 | Novak Djokovic, Angelique Kerber | £2,250,000 | £39,000 | £34,000,000 |
| 2017 | Roger Federer, Garbiñe Muguruza | £2,200,000 | £35,000 | £31,600,000 |
| 2016 | Andy Murray, Serena Williams | £2,000,000 | £30,000 | £28,100,000 |
| 2015 | Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams | £1,880,000 | £29,000 | £26,750,000 |
| 2014 | Novak Djokovic, Petra Kvitová | £1,760,000 | £27,000 | £25,000,000 |
| 2013 | Andy Murray, Marion Bartoli | £1,600,000 | £23,500 | £22,560,000 |
| 2012 | Roger Federer, Serena Williams | £1,150,000 | £14,500 | £16,060,000 |
| 2011 | Novak Djokovic, Petra Kvitová | £1,100,000 | £11,500 | £14,600,000 |
| 2010 | Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams | £1,000,000 | £11,250 | £13,725,000 |
| 2009 | Roger Federer, Serena Williams | £850,000 | £10,750 | £12,550,000 |
| 2008 | Rafael Nadal, Venus Williams | £750,000 | £10,250 | £11,812,000 |
| 2006 | Roger Federer, Amélie Mauresmo | £655,000 | £9,830 | £10,378,710 |
| 2000 | Pete Sampras, Venus Williams | £477,500 | £7,160 | £8,056,480 |
| 1993 | Pete Sampras, Steffi Graf | £305,000 | £4,575 | £5,048,450 |
| 1992 | Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf | £265,000 | £3,975 | £4,416,820 |
| 1991 | Michael Stich, Steffi Graf | £240,000 | £3,600 | £4,010,970 |
| 1990 | Stefan Edberg, Martina Navratilova | £230,000 | £3,450 | £3,819,730 |
Every major, every year
The singles champion's cheque at each, in its own currency
Frequently asked questions
How much did the Wimbledon 2018 champion get?
Novak Djokovic and Angelique Kerber each took £2,250,000. The runners-up took £1,125,000 each.
How much did a first-round loser get at Wimbledon 2018?
£39,000. With 64 men and 64 women out in the first round, that round paid £4,992,000 between them, more in each draw than the champion's cheque.
What was the total prize money at Wimbledon 2018?
£34,000,000. The two singles main draws took £26,078,000 of it, 76.7%.
Were men and women paid the same at Wimbledon 2018?
Yes. Every round of the singles paid the men and the women alike, from £2,250,000 for the champion to £39,000 in the first round.
How much did the doubles champions get at Wimbledon 2018?
£450,000 per pair, 20% of what one singles champion took.
Where to next
Wimbledon prize money has the 2026 ladder round by round, with who went out where. Wimbledon prize money history has the fund and every champion's cheque since 1968. The other majors in 2018: Australian Open 2018 prize money , Roland Garros 2018 prize money and US Open 2018 prize money . Who earned the most across the whole season is on tennis prize money in 2018. Men's vs women's tennis prize money sets the two tours side by side, or go back to tennis prize money.