The organisers of Wimbledon tournaments on 19 April 2011 raised the prize money for the winners of 2011 Wimbledon champions. The winners of 2011 Wimbledon tournaments will earn £1.1m in prize money an increase an increase of 6.4 per cent from the 2010 prize money.
If men’s champion Rafael Nadal and women’s winner Serena Williams are able to defend the titles they won in 2010 they will bank a cheque that represents a 10 percent rise of 100,000 pound on the 1 million-pound prize awarded 12 months ago.
The singles runners-up will earn 550000 pounds, the beaten semi-finalists will get 275000 pounds and even a first-round loser pockets 11500 pounds for their efforts.
The total prize money for the 125th Championships, which will be played from from 20 June to 3 July is now pound 14.6 million.
Wimbledon’s ability to offer such high sums is helped by the worldwide popularity of the tournament, which guarantees another year of capacity crowds during the two-week event as well as huge commercial revenue.
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