Wimbledon tennis prize money 2023

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Published: 15 July 2023

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LONDON - How much do players get for winning Wimbledon? Ahead of finals weekend, City A.M. answers that question and examines how Wimbledon prize money compares to other Grand Slams.

The men’s and women’s singles champions of Wimbledon are set to party like it’s 2019 after the Championships elevated the winners’ prize money back to pre-pandemic levels.

First prize is now £2.35m, a 17.5 per cent increase on the amount earned by Novak Djokovic and Elena Rybakina last year and equal to the payout pocketed by Djokovic and Simona Halep in 2019.

Prize money across tennis and in other sports dipped as a result of Covid-19, which caused the cancellation of tournaments and limited ticket income. When competitions resumed, greater weighting was given to payouts in earlier rounds as a means of supporting hard-up lower-ranked players.

But it has steadily increased again and earlier this summer the French Open paid its champions, Djokovic and Iga Swiatek, €2.3m (£1.96m), the same as the 2019 winners received.

Wimbledon has now followed suit and will once again pay its runners-up £1.175m, exactly half as much as the winners.

Even first-round losers in SW19 bank £55,000, while Brits Andy Murray and Cameron Norrie will each receive £85,000 for falling in the second round.

Katie Boulter, who went furthest of all the home players at this year’s tournament, earned £131,000 for reaching the third round.

How does Wimbledon prize money compare with other Grand Slams?

Wimbledon prize money is typically second only to the US Open among the four majors.

The first prize of £2.35m currently converts to $3.08m, more than the $2.6m awarded to 2022 US Open champions Carlos Alcaraz and Swiatek.

The American Grand Slam paid its winners $3.85m before the pandemic and will likely increase again this year if it follows the industry trend.

The French Open is the next most lucrative, with its €2.3m payout for singles champions converting to £1.96m or $2.57m.

At the Australian Open this year’s singles champions, Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka, earned the equivalent of $2.05m each.

However, all four majors are put in the shade by the ATP Finals, for the eight best players of the year on the men’s tour, where Djokovic trousered $4.7m for winning the season-ending tournament last year.

In the women’s equivalent, the WTA Finals, Carline Garcia earned $1.57m for winning in 2022.

Man City beats Inter Milan to end wait for first Champions League title

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Published: 11 June 2023

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By JAMES ROBSON

ISTANBUL - Billions of dollars have been spent and many tears shed on Manchester City’s journey to the summit of European soccer.

The mission was completed in Istanbul’s Ataturk Olimpiyat Stadium on Saturday as the Abu Dhabi-backed club won the Champions League title for the first time and perhaps heralded the start of a new era of dominance in the competition.

“It was written in the stars. It belongs to us,” said Pep Guardiola after the 1-0 win against Inter Milan, as tears flowed again from the manager, his players and a sea of blue-shirted fans.

On this occasion, the emotion was pure ecstasy after so many disappointments on this stage.

The victory, courtesy of Rodri’s 68th minute goal, has been 15 years in the making since Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan transformed City into one of the richest teams in the world overnight.

This was the final frontier for Guardiola’s team, which also completed a rare treble of trophies after winning the Premier League title and FA Cup this season.

The Champions League had always been a step that seemed out of reach even for a team that has spent more than $1.5 billion on the world’s best players and hired probably the greatest coach of his generation in Guardiola.

With that psychological barrier broken and the spending power to further improve a team that has already proved too good for the rest, the potential is there to win European club soccer’s biggest prize on multiple occasions.

Guardiola joked about being “just 13 Champions Leagues away” from Real Madrid.

“If you sleep a little bit we will catch you,” he said. “But I don’t want after one Champions League to disappear, so work harder next season and be in there. There are teams that win the Champions League and after one or two seasons disappear. This is what you have to avoid. Knowing me this is not going to happen. But at the same time I have to admit it, it is a big relief for the club, for the institution, for everyone to have this trophy. Because now, finally, they don’t have to ask me if we are going to win the Champions League or not.”

This trophy will also strengthen the case to declare Guardiola the greatest coach ever as he collected his third Champions League title and 30th major piece of silverware.

It was his second treble of trophies, having emulated the feat he achieved with Barcelona in 2009. City became just the second English club to complete a sweep of the three biggest trophies after Manchester United did it in 1999.

There were questions about whether Guardiola could ever win the Champions League again without the aid of Lionel Messi, who was the inspiration of his Barcelona team that was twice crowned champions of Europe.

Those questions have now been answered, yet for all the talk of City’s superiority leading up to the game, it was won by the finest of margins through Rodri’s strike.

Even after that goal, Inter had great chances to force extra time.

The best one fell to substitute Romelu Lukaku in the 89th minute, but he headed straight at Ederson from about four meters (yards) out.

Federico Dimarco hit the bar from close range almost immediately after Rodri’s goal and then turned the rebound against the legs of Lukaku.

“We didn’t deserve to lose,” said Inter coach Simone Inzaghi. “We played against a top team, but even Inter played a great final.

“Manchester City has deserved the Champions League considering what it has done in the past years. But tonight it played against a great Inter which cornered them.”

City found a way through on a night when it was far from its best and showed few examples of the flowing play that saw it blow away Bayern Munich and Real Madrid on the way to the final.

“Today we made history,” City captain Ilkay Gundogan said. “We knew everyone was talking about the treble. The pressure was there but this team is built to handle the pressure in the best possible way.”

Gundogan lifted the trophy as an explosion of gold ticker tape was set off and Queen’s “We are the Champions” rang out around the stadium.

Sheikh Mansour was in attendance to see the crowning moment, watching his team in person for only the second time since buying the club in 2008.

“One of the main reasons why this club became what we are is because people from Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mansour, take over the club,” Guardiola said. “Without that we would not be here. They are the most important people. ... They support me unconditionally in the defeats in this competition. At many clubs when that happens you are sacked.”

The victory ended Guardiola’s wait to win the trophy for the first time since 2011 and came despite losing inspirational midfielder Kevin De Bruyne to an injury in the first half.

The club’s fans likely feared the worst when he went down holding his right leg. It was as if history was repeating itself after injury had also forced the Belgium international off when City lost to Chelsea in its only other Champions League final in 2021.

But the decisive moment came when Rodri collected Bernardo Silva’s cutback and fired through a crowded penalty box.

The relief was unmistakable as he raced towards City’s fans and slid on his knees in celebration.

Inter pressed for an equalizer.

City held on. Europe had been conquered. A mission that began 15 years ago, completed.

Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum smashes London Marathon record

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LONDON - Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum ran the second fastest time in history to win the London Marathon, shattering the course record, in an astonishing performance that at one stage threatened to break Eliud Kipchoge’s world best.

The 23-year-old Kiptum destroyed the field with the fastest second half of a marathon in history, finishing well clear with a time of 2:01.27 - the quickest ever in London. Kiptum tired towards the end and finished 18 seconds short of Kipchoge’s world record, but his performance suggested the great Kipchoge’s time could be under threat in the near future.

Sir Mo Farah finished ninth on his final appearance at the London Marathon, with the British great finishing behind compatriots Emile Cairess and Phil Sesemann. The top three was rounded out by Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor and Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola, who had been left behind by the remarkable Kiptum.

It was the second extraordinary performance of the day in London, after Sifan Hassan won the women’s race in what was her marathon debut.

Earlier in the day, Swiss star Marcel Hug won a fifth men’s wheelchair race in London, just six days after winning the Boston Marathon.

The ‘Silver Bullet’ shattered his own course record with a time of 1:23.43.

Great Britain’s David Weir finished fifth in his 24th London Marathon in a time of 1:32.44.

The women’s wheelchair race was won by 2018 winner Madison de Rozario of Australia, who pipped four-time champion Manuela Schar on the finish line.
London Marathon’s men’s result

Time (Official)

1. Kelvin Kiptum 2:01:25

2. Geoffrey Kamworor 2:04:23

3. Tamirat Tol 2:04:59

4. Leul Gebresil 2:05:45

5. Seifu Tura 2:06:38

6. Emile Cairess 2:08:07

7. Brett Robinson 2:10:19

8. Phil Sesemann 2:10:23

9. Sir Mo Farah 2:10:28

10. Chris Thompson 2:11:50

London Marathon’s women’s result

Time (Official)

1. Sifan Hassan 2:18:33

2. Alemu Megertu 2:18:37

3. Peres Jepchirchir 2:18:38

4. Shelia Chepkirui 2:18:51

5. Yalemzerf Yehualaw 2:18:53

6. Judith Jeptum Korir 2:20:41

7. Almaz Ayana 2:20:44

8. Tadu Teshome 2:21:31

9. Sofia Yaremchuk 2:24:02

10- Susanna Sullivan 2:24:27