Wimbledon 2025: German players fight for record price money!

Wimbledon 2025: German players fight for record price money!

All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Großbritannien - Wimbledon 2025 inspires the tennis fans: From June 30th to July 13th, the traditional tournament gathers the best players in the world in All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London. Today, on July 9th, everyone will look at the exciting final encounters of women and men who are pending in the next few days. The women's individual final will be held on July 12th at 5 p.m. (CEST), followed by the men's single final on July 13th at 5 p.m. (CEST). The transmission is carried out by Amazon Prime Video, which offers about 350 hours of live tennis, such as sueddeutsche.de.

This year there are also seven German players: Alexander Zverev, Daniel Altmaier and Jan-Lennard Struff are represented by the men, while Eva Lys, Tatjana Maria, Laura Siegemund and Ella Seidel go into the race. Unfortunately, Altmaier, Maria, Zverev and Seidel left the first round, while Lys continued in the second round. Laura Siegemund made it to the semi -finals, but had to surrender against the ultimately victorious Aryna Sabalenka.

prize money and equal opportunities

A very special focus is on the prize money that reaches a total of £ 53.5 million this year. The victory premiums increase by 7 percent compared to the previous year: the winner of the individual competitions can look forward to £ 3 million, while the finalist receives £ 1.52. These increases also apply to double and mixed competitions, where the winning teams in the men's doubles and women's doubles can each contain £ 700,000. The prize money is evenly divided between men and women and thus promotes equal opportunities, according to [Sportwetten24.com] (https://www.sportwetten24.com/magazin/wimbledon-2025-pree-and-Points distribution-im-ueberblick.html).

The entire prize money distribution in the individual looks as follows:

• Winner: 3,000,000 pounds
• finalist: 1,520,000 pounds
• semi -finals: 775,000 pounds
• quarter -finals: £ 400,000
• round of 16: 240,000 pounds
• Third round: 152,000 pounds
• Second round: 99,000 pounds
• First round: 66,000 pounds

technical innovations and traditions

An exciting innovation this year is the waiver of linesquarters because an electronic system is used for ball check. This technological innovation should not only ensure more precision, but also make the gameplay more efficient. Despite these modern developments, some traditions are preserved, such as the enjoyment of strawberries with cream - however, their price has risen from £ 2.50 to £ 2.70.

If you are interested in history, you will be pleased to find out that prices will also increase to a new record level by 2025. For comparison: The prize money at the US Open 2024 were around 3 million of USD, which Wimbledon puts in the series of highly doped tournaments. In this sense, a clear high on the tennis and the associated tradition!