Wimbledon sets record prize money

The winner of this year's Wimbledon - the third Grand Slam of the year - will receive a record £2m prize money, the biggest in the history of the biggest grass-court tennis tournament.

Wimbledon have decided to increase the total prize money at the All England Club event by 5% to £28.1m, meaning a player eliminated in the first round of the singles tournament will still receive at least £30,000.

Wimbledon 2016 winner to be awarded £2m

Last year, the men's and women's singles champions, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, both received £1.88m in prize money.

Wimbledon increases prize money to a record level in the history of this tournament

Over the past six years, the prize money for winners has doubled, while a decade ago champion Roger Federer received just £600,000 for his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title.

Prize money at Wimbledon compared to other Grand Slam tournaments

With the current increase, Wimbledon has equalled the Australian Open's prize money for the champion, is £400,000 more than the French Open and is only slightly behind the US Open, where last year's winner Djokovic pocketed £2.1m in prize money.

The All England Club announced it was also increasing its spending on the fight against match-fixing to monitor betting odds at bookmakers for the event, which runs from June 27 to July 10.

According to ANTĐ