Wimbledon 2022 organisers announce HUGE prize money for winners, check HERE

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic after Wimbledon 2015 final. (Source: Twitter)

Wimbledon announced a whopping prize money total of 40.3 million pounds for this year's tournament on Thursday (June 9). The men's and women's singles champion will win 2 million pounds, the organisers announced on Thursday. After the 2020 edition being cancelled, The All England Lawn Tennis Club is all set for the Grand Slam event in 2022. 

The 2020 edition of the tournament was cancelled, while 2021 was held with a fewer number of spectators. This year's Wimbledon will also see full capacity crowd attending the tournament for the first time in three years since 2019.

"From the first round of the Qualifying Competition to the Champions being crowned, this year's prize money distribution aims to reflect just how important the players are to The Championships as we look to continue to deliver one of the world's leading sporting events, and with a particularly special tournament ahead of us as we celebrate 100 years of Centre Court on Church Road," said Ian Hewitt, Chairman of the All England Club in an official statement released by Wimbledon.

The All England Lawn Tennis Club has announced the total prize money fund for @Wimbledon Championships 2022 will be a record £40,350,000, with the Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Singles Champions each receiving £2,000,000. — chris jones (@chrisjonespress) June 9, 2022

There has been a 40% boost in prize money awarded to Wheelchair and Quad Wheelchair events, at the same time as the number of players competing in the tournament has doubled. There had been the assumption that the lessening of ranking points by the ATP (men's) and WTA (women's) tours, following Wimbledon's controversial decision to exclude Russian and Belarusian players due to Russia`s invasion of Ukraine, could lead to a reduced prize account.

This year's Wimbledon starts on June 27, with Novak Djokovic set to defend his men's singles crown but there will be no defending champion from the women's singles side as last year's champion Ashleigh Barty retired in March.

(With ANI inputs)