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Wimbledon 2024 prize money smashes records as champions take home huge sums

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Wimbledon is almost here and tennis’ biggest stars are set to compete for glory and a whole lot of cash at SW19.

Carlos Alcaraz is the reigning champion and will be looking to defend his title after beating Novak Djokovic in the final last year.

Alcaraz beat Djokovic in the final last year to win Wimbledon for the first timeCredit: Getty

The Spaniard is going to face a tough task of doing so with Djokovic, World No.1 Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev eyeing silverware.

Britain’s Andy Murray is facing a fight to be fit for the iconic tournament after undergoing surgery on a spinal cyst.

Emma Raducanu will be aiming to dethrone Marketa Vondrousova after being awarded a wildcard to compete.

Wimbledon 2024: Prize money

The prize money for the 2024 event has risen almost 12 per cent from last year’s tournament.

Tennis’ biggest stars will now be competing for a cut of £50million.

The men’s and women’s singles champions will each receive £2.7million with the runners up collecting £1.4million.

Semi-finalists will take home £715,000 while players just reaching the first round will receive £60,000.

The doubles champions will win £650,000 while the mixed doubles winners will earn £130,000.

Djokovic has been training in London ahead of the tournamentCredit: Getty

Wimbledon 2024: How to follow

The 137th edition of Wimbledon will begin on Monday, July 1.

The tournament will run all the way until the weekend of July 13 and 14 when the women’s and men’s singles finals take place.

Play on the outer courts will get going at 11am each day while the show courts get underway at 1pm.

Wimbledon will be broadcast live and free-to-air in the UK.

It will be shown across the BBC network on BBC One, BBC Two and online on BBC iPlayer.

talkSPORT will also have coverage of the tournament.

And talkSPORT.com will keep you up to date with all the latest.

Vondrousova is the reigning women’s champion at SW19Credit: Getty

Wimbledon 2024: Draw and seeds

The main draw for Wimbledon will take place on Friday, June 28.

It will be held at SW19 and fans can watch the men’s and women’s singles draw from 10am on wimbledon.com.

Below are the expected seeds for the men’s and women’s singles:

Men’s

  1. Jannik Sinner
  2. Novak Djokovic
  3. Carlos Alcaraz
  4. Alexander Zverev
  5. Daniil Medvedev
  6. Andrey Rublev
  7. Hubert Hurkacz
  8. Casper Ruud
  9. Alex de Minaur
  10. Grigor Dimitrov

Women’s

  1. Iga Swiatek
  2. Coco Gauff
  3. Aryna Sabalenka
  4. Elena Rybakina
  5. Jessica Pegula
  6. Marketa Vondrousova
  7. Jasmine Paolini
  8. Zheng Qinwen
  9. Maria Sakkari
  10. Ons Jabeur

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