Wimbledon 2025: German players fight for record prize money!

Wimbledon 2025: German players fight for record prize money!

Wimbledon 2025 delights tennis fans: from June 30th to July 13th, the traditional tournament will bring together the best players in the world at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London. Today, July 9th, everyone is looking forward to the exciting finals for men and women that are coming up in the next few days. The women's singles final will take place on July 12 at 5 p.m. (CEST), followed by the men's singles final on July 13, also at 5 p.m. (CEST). The broadcast is carried out by Amazon Prime Video, which offers around 350 hours of live tennis, as sueddeutsche.de reports.

This year, seven German players are also competing: Alexander Zverev, Daniel Altmaier and Jan-Lennard Struff are represented among the men, while Eva Lys, Tatjana Maria, Laura Siegemund and Ella Seidel are in the women's race. Unfortunately, Altmaier, Maria, Zverev and Seidel were eliminated in the first round, while Lys advanced in the second and Struff in the third. Laura Siegemund made it to the semi-finals, but had to admit defeat to the ultimately victorious Aryna Sabalenka.

Prize money and equal opportunities

A very special focus is on the prize money, which this year reaches a total of 53.5 million pounds. The prize money has increased by 7 percent compared to the previous year: the winner of the individual competitions can look forward to 3 million pounds, while the finalist receives 1.52 million pounds. These increases also apply to doubles and mixed doubles competitions, where the winning teams in the men's doubles and women's doubles will each pocket £700,000. The prize money is divided equally between men and women and thus promotes equal opportunities, according to sportwetten24.com.

The overall prize money distribution for the individual is as follows:

• Sieger: 3.000.000 Pfund
• Finalist: 1.520.000 Pfund
• Halbfinale: 775.000 Pfund
• Viertelfinale: 400.000 Pfund
• Achtelfinale: 240.000 Pfund
• Dritte Runde: 152.000 Pfund
• Zweite Runde: 99.000 Pfund
• Erste Runde: 66.000 Pfund

Technical innovations and traditions

An exciting innovation this year is the elimination of linesmen as an electronic system is used to check the ball. This technological innovation is intended not only to ensure greater precision, but also to make the game process more efficient. Despite these modern developments, some traditions remain, such as the enjoyment of strawberries with cream - although the price has risen from £2.50 to £2.70.

Anyone interested in history will be pleased to learn that prices will also rise to a new record level by 2025. For comparison: The prize money at the US Open 2024 was around USD 3 million, which puts Wimbledon in the ranks of the richest tournaments. With this in mind, a clear cheer for tennis and the tradition associated with it!