The total of all Wimbledon prize money in 2016 is $36.25 million, split amongst the players depending on performance. Singles winners get $2.58 million each. It breaks down like this: The winner of each singles tournament (men’s or women’s) gets two million British pounds, which is $2.58 million. The winning pair of each doubles tournament (men’s or women’s) gets $451,500. Mixed doubles pairs tournament winners get $129,000 each. Wheelchair tournament winners get $32,250 each. In each Wimbledon tournament there are also prizes for the runners-up, semi-finalists, quarter-finalists and so on, ranging from $1.29 million down to $1,935. The first table below shows all the top line Wimbledon prize money info, while tables further down show all the details.
Wimbledon Prize Money: Winners Only
The table below gives the top line info on the Wimbledon prize money in 2016. The total of all prize money is $36.25 million. Singles winners get $2.58 million. Doubles pairs winners get $451,500. Mixed doubles pairs winners get $129,000 and wheelchair winners get $32,250. So far this year, favorites to take the most prize money are Andy Murray, Roger Federer, Milos Raonic and Marin Cilic. For the women it’s Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber. Why doesn’t the prize money in the table below add up to the total? Because the table below doesn’t show all the prizes for runners up, semi finalists and so on. To see the info on that money, see the sections below.
Wimbledon Prize Money | ||
|---|---|---|
| Class | British Pounds | U.S. Dollars |
| Singles (Men or Women, Per Player) | £2,000,000 | $2,580,000 |
| Doubles (Men or Women, Per Pair) | £350,000 | $451,500 |
| Mixed Doubles (Per Pair) | £100,000 | $129,000 |
| Wheelchair (Per Player) | £25,000 | $32,250 |
| Total Prize Money | £28,100,000 | $36,249,000 |
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How Much Prize Money Can a Wimbledon Winner Make?
With tournaments in other sports like the PGA or the Tour de France, the winners get prize money at every stage, racking up more and more as they go. With Wimbledon, that’s not the case. The Wimbledon prize money is very carefully meted out to the loser of each contest along the way and finally to the winner of the entire event. In other words, the loser of the first round of the men’s singles tournament in 2016 got $38,700. The winner got nothing at the time but advanced to the second round. The loser of the second round got $64,500 and the winner advanced to the third round with still no payout. The loser of the third round got $103,200 and the winner advanced without any prize money. If that player were to advance all the way to the final match, he’d get $2.58 million.
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— Angelique Kerber (@AngeliqueKerber) July 7, 2016
Men’s and Women’s Singles Prize Money
The table below shows how much money the Men’s and Women’s singles players can win at Wimbledon. Refreshingly, the men and women make the same amount of money regardless of their gender. The table shows both pounds and dollars. Winners of the men’s or women’s singles tournament at Wimbledon make $2.58 million. Runners-up make $1.29 million. Semi-finalists make $645,000 each and quarter-finalists make $322,500 each. It all adds up to $5.21 million, but since there are multiple finishers in some spots, the total Wimbledon prize money for men’s and women’s singles is just over $28 million. This is by far the lion’s share of all the money handed out to players at the tournament. Money for other categories like men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles is shown below. This year, Angelique Kerber beat Venus Williams to make it into the women’s singles finals. That means Williams took $645,000 in prize money and Kerber will either get $1.29 million or $2.58 million, depending on her performance.
Wimbledon Prize Money 2016 - Men's and Women's Singles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STAGES | British Pounds Per Player | Total Prize Money | U.S. Dollars Per Player | Total Prize Money |
| Winners | £2,000,000 | £2,000,000 | $2,580,000 | $2,580,000 |
| Runners Up | £1,000,000 | £1,000,000 | $1,290,000 | $1,290,000 |
| Semi-Finalists | £500,000 | £1,000,000 | $645,000 | $1,290,000 |
| Quarter-Finalists | £250,000 | £1,000,000 | $322,500 | $1,290,000 |
| Fourth Round | £132,000 | £1,056,000 | $170,280 | $1,362,240 |
| Third Round | £80,000 | £1,280,000 | $103,200 | $1,651,200 |
| Second Round | £50,000 | £1,600,000 | $64,500 | $2,064,000 |
| First Round | £30,000 | £1,920,000 | $38,700 | $2,476,800 |
| Total Per Event | £4,042,000 | £10,856,000 | $5,214,180 | $14,004,240 |
| Total for Both Men and Women | £21,712,000 | $28,008,480 |
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Men’s and Women’s Doubles
The Wimbledon prize money for Men’s and Women’s Doubles is the same in each case. The prizes shown below are given to each pair, so the players on each team would divide the money between them. Winners of the full Wimbledon men’s or women’s doubles tournament get $451,000 each. In pounds, that’s £350,000. Runners-up get $225,750 and semi-finalists get $113,520.
Wimbledon Prize Money 2016 - Men's and Women's Doubles | ||||
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| STAGES | British Pounds Per Player | Total Prize Money | U.S. Dollars Per Player | Total Prize Money |
| Winners (per pair) | £350,000 | £350,000 | $451,500 | $451,500 |
| Runners Up | £175,000 | £175,000 | $225,750 | $225,750 |
| Semi-Finalists | £88,000 | £176,000 | $113,520 | $227,040 |
| Quarter-Finalists | £44,000 | £176,000 | $56,760 | $227,040 |
| Third Round | £23,250 | £186,000 | $29,993 | $239,940 |
| Second Round | £14,250 | £228,000 | $18,383 | $294,120 |
| First Round | £9,250 | £296,000 | $11,933 | $381,840 |
| Total Per Event | £703,750 | £1,587,000 | $907,838 | $2,047,230 |
| Total for Both Men and Women | £3,174,000 | $4,094,460 |
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— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 7, 2016
Mixed Doubles
Wimbledon prize money for mixed doubles is shown in the table below. Winning pairs get $129,000. Runners-up get $64,500 and semi-finalists get $32,250. The losers of the first round got $1,935 and the losers of the second round got $3,870.
Wimbledon Prize Money 2016 - Mixed Doubles | ||||
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| STAGES | British Pounds Per Player | Total Prize Money | U.S. Dollars Per Player | Total Prize Money |
| Winners (per pair) | £100,000 | £100,000 | $129,000 | $129,000 |
| Runners Up | £50,000 | £50,000 | $64,500 | $64,500 |
| Semi-Finalists | £25,000 | £50,000 | $32,250 | $64,500 |
| Quarter-Finalists | £12,000 | £48,000 | $15,480 | $61,920 |
| Third Round | £6,000 | £48,000 | $7,740 | $61,920 |
| Second Round | £3,000 | £48,000 | $3,870 | $61,920 |
| First Round | £1,500 | £24,000 | $1,935 | $30,960 |
| Total All Events | £368,000 | $474,720 |