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No ranking points will be offered, but Wimbledon will hand out a £40.3 million ($50.5 million) prize money and host spectators at this year’s tennis championships for the first time in three years.
At the Grass Grand Slam tournament, had its ranking points taken away by the men’s ATP and women’s WTA after it opted to exclude players from Russia and Belarus because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow described as a “special operation”.
The men’s and women’s singles champions will receive £2 million each, organizers said Thursday.
“From the first round of the qualifying competition to the champions being crowned, this year’s prize money distribution aims to reflect just how important the players are to The Championships…,” said Ian Hewitt, Chairman of the All England Club.
Last year’s prize money was just over £35m, with Novak Djokovic and Ash Barty collecting £1.7m each after being crowned champions.
The Grasscourt Major runs from June 27 to July 10.
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