Wimbledon prize money history
In 1968, the first year professionals could enter, Wimbledon paid out £26,150. The men's singles champion took £2,000 and the women's £750. In 2026 the fund was £64,200,000 and each singles champion took £3,600,000, 1,800 times the 1968 men's cheque.
Every Wimbledon champion's cheque since 1968
Newest first. Doubles and mixed are per pair. A linked year has its whole ladder, round by round.
| YEAR | FUND | MEN | WOMEN | MEN'S DOUBLES | WOMEN'S DOUBLES | MIXED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £64,200,000£64.2m | £3,600,000 | £3,600,000 | £760,000 | £760,000 | £148,000 |
| 2025 | £53,550,000£53.5m | £3,000,000 | £3,000,000 | £680,000 | £680,000 | £135,000 |
| 2024 | £50,000,000£50.0m | £2,700,000 | £2,700,000 | £650,000 | £650,000 | £130,000 |
| 2023 | £44,700,000£44.7m | £2,350,000 | £2,350,000 | £600,000 | £600,000 | £128,000 |
| 2022 | £40,350,000£40.4m | £2,000,000 | £2,000,000 | £540,000 | £540,000 | £124,000 |
| 2021 | £35,016,000£35.0m | £1,700,000 | £1,700,000 | £480,000 | £480,000 | £100,000 |
| 2020 | Not held: cancelled | |||||
| 2019 | £38,000,000£38.0m | £2,350,000 | £2,350,000 | £540,000 | £540,000 | £116,000 |
| 2018 | £34,000,000£34.0m | £2,250,000 | £2,250,000 | £450,000 | £450,000 | £110,000 |
| 2017 | £31,600,000£31.6m | £2,200,000 | £2,200,000 | £400,000 | £400,000 | £100,000 |
| 2016 | £28,100,000£28.1m | £2,000,000 | £2,000,000 | £350,000 | £350,000 | £100,000 |
| 2015 | £26,750,000£26.8m | £1,880,000 | £1,880,000 | £340,000 | £340,000 | £100,000 |
| 2014 | £25,000,000£25.0m | £1,760,000 | £1,760,000 | £325,000 | £325,000 | £96,000 |
| 2013 | £22,560,000£22.6m | £1,600,000 | £1,600,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £92,000 |
| 2012 | £16,060,000£16.1m | £1,150,000 | £1,150,000 | £260,000 | £260,000 | £92,000 |
| 2011 | £14,600,000£14.6m | £1,100,000 | £1,100,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £92,000 |
| 2010 | £13,725,000£13.7m | £1,000,000 | £1,000,000 | £240,000 | £240,000 | £92,000 |
| 2009 | £12,550,000£12.6m | £850,000 | £850,000 | £230,000 | £230,000 | £92,000 |
| 2008 | £11,812,000£11.8m | £750,000 | £750,000 | £230,000 | £230,000 | £92,000 |
| 2007 | £11,282,710£11.3m | £700,000 | £700,000 | £222,900 | £222,900 | £90,000 |
| 2006 | £10,378,710£10.4m | £655,000 | £625,000 | £220,690 | £205,280 | £90,000 |
| 2005 | £10,085,510£10.1m | £630,000 | £600,000 | £218,500 | £203,250 | £90,000 |
| 2004 | £9,707,280£9.7m | £602,500 | £560,500 | £215,000 | £200,000 | £90,000 |
| 2003 | £9,373,990£9.4m | £575,000 | £535,000 | £210,000 | £194,250 | £88,500 |
| 2002 | £8,825,320£8.8m | £525,000 | £486,000 | £210,000 | £194,250 | £88,500 |
| 2001 | £8,525,280£8.5m | £500,000 | £462,500 | £205,000 | £189,620 | £87,000 |
| 2000 | £8,056,480£8.1m | £477,500 | £430,000 | £195,630 | £176,070 | £83,100 |
| 1999 | £7,595,330£7.6m | £455,000 | £409,500 | £186,420 | £167,770 | £79,180 |
| 1998 | £7,207,590£7.2m | £435,000 | £391,500 | £178,220 | £154,160 | £75,700 |
| 1997 | £6,884,952£6.9m | £415,000 | £373,500 | £170,030 | £147,010 | £72,200 |
| 1996 | £6,465,910£6.5m | £392,500 | £353,000 | £160,810 | £139,040 | £68,280 |
| 1995 | £6,025,550£6.0m | £365,000 | £328,000 | £149,540 | £129,300 | £63,500 |
| 1994 | £5,682,170£5.7m | £345,000 | £310,000 | £141,350 | £122,200 | £60,000 |
| 1993 | £5,048,450£5.0m | £305,000 | £275,000 | £124,960 | £108,100 | £53,020 |
| 1992 | £4,416,820£4.4m | £265,000 | £240,000 | £108,570 | £93,920 | £46,070 |
| 1991 | £4,010,970£4.0m | £240,000 | £216,000 | £98,330 | £85,060 | £41,720 |
| 1990 | £3,819,730£3.8m | £230,000 | £207,000 | £94,230 | £81,510 | £40,000 |
| 1989 | £3,133,749£3.1m | £190,000 | £171,000 | £65,870 | £56,970 | £34,200 |
| 1988 | £2,612,126£2.6m | £165,000 | £148,500 | £57,200 | £49,500 | £29,700 |
| 1987 | £2,470,020£2.5m | £155,000 | £139,500 | £53,730 | £46,500 | £27,900 |
| 1986 | £2,119,780£2.1m | £140,000 | £126,000 | £48,500 | £42,060 | £25,200 |
| 1985 | £1,934,760£1.9m | £130,000 | £117,000 | £47,500 | £41,100 | £23,400 |
| 1984 | £1,461,896£1.5m | £100,000 | £90,000 | £40,000 | £34,700 | £18,000 |
| 1983 | £978,211 | £66,600 | £60,000 | £26,628 | £23,100 | £12,000 |
| 1982 | £593,366 | £41,667 | £37,500 | £16,666 | £14,450 | £6,750 |
| 1981 | £322,136 | £21,600 | £19,400 | £9,070 | £7,854 | £4,770 |
| 1980 | £293,464 | £20,000 | £18,000 | £8,400 | £7,276 | £4,420 |
| 1979 | £277,066 | £20,000 | £18,000 | £8,000 | £6,930 | £4,200 |
| 1978 | £279,023 | £19,000 | £17,100 | £7,500 | £6,500 | £4,000 |
| 1977 | £222,540 | £15,000 | £13,500 | £6,000 | £5,200 | £3,000 |
| 1976 | £157,740 | £12,500 | £10,000 | £3,000 | £2,400 | £2,000 |
| 1975 | £114,875 | £10,000 | £7,000 | £2,000 | £1,200 | £1,000 |
| 1974 | £97,100 | £10,000 | £7,000 | £2,000 | £1,200 | £1,000 |
| 1973 | £52,400 | £5,000 | £3,000 | £1,000 | £600 | £500 |
| 1972 | £50,330 | £5,000 | £3,000 | £1,000 | £600 | £500 |
| 1971 | £37,790 | £3,750 | £1,800 | £750 | £450 | £375 |
| 1970 | £41,650 | £3,000 | £1,500 | £1,000 | £600 | £500 |
| 1969 | £33,370 | £3,000 | £1,500 | £1,000 | £600 | £500 |
| 1968 | £26,150 | £2,000 | £750 | £800 | £500 | £450 |
The fund, the latest 20 editions
Wimbledon's prize fund as announced, 2006 to 2026
The dip is 2021, the first edition after the 2020 cancellation, when the fund came back £2,984,000 smaller than in 2019. Across these editions the fund went from £10,378,710 to £64,200,000, 6.2 times as much.
The fund, the first 20 editions
1968 to 1987, the years the open era found its money
The biggest single-edition rises in the whole run are 1974 (85.3%), 1982 (84.2%) and 1983 (64.9%). By 1987 the fund was £2,470,020, 94 times the 1968 figure.
When the women caught up
The first edition the women's singles champion reached each share of the men's cheque
| SHARE | YEAR | MEN | WOMEN |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37.5% | 1968 | £2,000 | £750 |
| 50% | 1969 | £3,000 | £1,500 |
| 60% | 1972 | £5,000 | £3,000 |
| 70% | 1974 | £10,000 | £7,000 |
| 80% | 1976 | £12,500 | £10,000 |
| 90% | 1977 | £15,000 | £13,500 |
| Equal | 2007 | £700,000 | £700,000 |
Equal since 2007. In 2006 the men's champion took £655,000 and the women's £625,000; in 2007 both took £700,000. It took 39 years to close a gap that opened at 62.5% of the men's cheque. The doubles champions were paid the same from that year too. The men against the women across the tour shows where that still is not so.
The doubles got left behind
What the doubles and mixed champions took per pair, as a share of the singles champion
| YEAR | SINGLES | DOUBLES | SHARE | MIXED | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | £2,000 | £800 | 40% | £450 | 22.5% |
| 1978 | £19,000 | £7,500 | 39.5% | £4,000 | 21.1% |
| 1988 | £165,000 | £57,200 | 34.7% | £29,700 | 18% |
| 1998 | £435,000 | £178,220 | 41% | £75,700 | 17.4% |
| 2008 | £750,000 | £230,000 | 30.7% | £92,000 | 12.3% |
| 2018 | £2,250,000 | £450,000 | 20% | £110,000 | 4.9% |
| 2026 | £3,600,000 | £760,000 | 21.1% | £148,000 | 4.1% |
In 1968 a men's doubles pair took 40% of the singles champion's cheque, so each player took 20%. In 2026 the pair took 21.1% and each player 10.6%. The mixed fell further, from 22.5% of the singles cheque to 4.1%: the 2026 mixed champions shared £148,000, which is 0.2% of the fund.
Frequently asked questions
How much did the Wimbledon champion get in 1968?
The men's singles champion took £2,000 and the women's £750, out of a fund of £26,150.
When did Wimbledon start paying men and women the same?
In 2007, when both singles champions took £700,000. The year before, the men's champion took £655,000 and the women's £625,000. In 1968 the women's champion had been paid 37.5% of the men's.
How much is the Wimbledon prize fund in 2026?
£64,200,000, with £3,600,000 to each singles champion. That is 2,455 times the 1968 fund of £26,150.
Has Wimbledon prize money ever gone down?
The fund has fallen three times. 1971: £37,790, down from £41,650 in 1970; 1979: £277,066, down from £279,023 in 1978; 2021: £35,016,000, down from £38,000,000 in 2019. The singles champion's cheque fell in 2021, from £2,350,000 to £1,700,000.
How much did Wimbledon prize money go up in 2026?
The fund went from £53,550,000 in 2025 to £64,200,000, a rise of 19.9%. The singles champion's cheque went from £3,000,000 to £3,600,000.
Where to next
The rest of the Wimbledon money, and the other three majors
Wimbledon prize money has this year's ladder round by round, with who went out where. The Australian Open prize money, the Roland Garros prize money and the US Open prize money pages carry the other three majors, and men's vs women's tennis prize money sets the two tours side by side. Or go back to tennis prize money.