Wimbledon has announced a massive 20 per cent bump in prize money – the biggest percentage increase in the tournament’s history – to a total of £64.2million for this year’s Championships.
The rise of over £10m from £53.5m last year comes in the context of a revolt from top players over prize money. At the recent French Open the complainants took their most militant step so far by restricting their pre-tournament press duties to 15 minutes.
In the most highly-charged prize money announcement in recent times, given the background, the All England Club revealed that this year’s men’s and women’s singles champions
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