This year’s Championships will be even more lucrative for its participants. The tournament announced that its prize purse will rise to a record £31.6, an increase of 12.5 percent from last year’s tally.
“Competitors at The Championships 2017 will receive £31.6m in total prize money, a 12.5% increase on £28.1m from last year,” the tournament wrote in a statement. “The singles champions will each receive £2.2m, a rise of 10% from £2m in 2016. Over the last six years, The Championships has more than doubled the total prize money on offer, rising from £14.6 in 2011 to £31.6m in 2017.”
Wimbledon also announced that plans to add a second retractable roof to No.1 Court are on schedule.
“The No.1 Court Project, the current focus of the Wimbledon Master Plan, is under way in the first of a complex three-year building programme to create a second retractable roof that will significantly enhance Wimbledon’s position as one of the biggest annual sporting events in the world,” the tournament wrote.
This year’s Championships take place from July 3 to July 16.