All about the Wimbledon Tennis Championships

The Wimbledon Tennis Championships is the oldest tennis tournament, and is held during the months of June and July each year in the Wimbledon area in the British capital, London.

The tournament lasts for two weeks and is considered by many players to be the most important tournament, and winning it is a great honor. The tournament period is known for its heavy rains, which affect the match schedule.

This caused numerous problems for the organizers and much disappointment for tennis fans and followers. A retractable artificial roof was installed for the main court to address this problem. One of the most famous features of the tournament is that all participating players are required to wear white clothing during play.

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Championship programs The tournament includes 13 programs distributed as follows:

5 programs for professionals: Men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, mixed doubles. 4 programs for juniors: Junior singles, junior women's singles, junior doubles, junior women's doubles. 4 additional programs: 3 programs for retired players and one program for wheelchair-bound players.

Awards Wimbledon singles trophies cups The winner of the men's singles has his name engraved on a silver cup (47 cm tall and 19 cm in circumference), which dates back to 1887 AD. The women's singles winner has her name engraved on a silver dish called the Venus Rosewater Dish (48 cm in circumference) decorated with images of mythological figures.

Financial awards Cash prizes totaling £555,000.12 are distributed to the competitors, according to the stages they reach, in a gradual manner. The following table shows some of them according to the 2009 championship:

Men's Singles Winner: 1,200,000 Euros Men's Singles Runner-up: €600,000 Women's singles winner £850,000 Women's Singles Runner-up £425,000 Men's Doubles Winner £230,000 Men's Doubles Runner-up £115,000 Women's Doubles Winner £230,000 Women's Doubles Runner-up £115,000 Mixed Doubles Winner £92,000 Mixed Doubles Runner-up £46,000

record numbers Description Player Titles Winner of the most men's singles titles: Roger Federer 8 Winner of the most women's singles titles: Martina Navratilova 9 Winner of the most men's doubles titles: Todd Woodbridge 9 Winner of the most women's doubles titles: Elizabeth Ryan 12 Winner of the most mixed doubles titles: Elizabeth Ryan 7 Most titles won (singles + doubles) Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova 20

Wimbledon winners Wimbledon men's singles winners. Wimbledon women's singles winners. Wimbledon men's doubles winners. Wimbledon Women's Doubles Winners

The All England Lawn Tennis Club announced on Thursday that Wimbledon has increased the prize money for this year's tournament to 53.5 million pounds ($72.59 million), a 7 percent increase from 2024 and double what it offered a decade ago.

The men's and women's singles champions will each receive £3 million, an 11.1 percent increase on the prize money received by Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova last year.

Players who are eliminated in the first round of the singles competition will receive £66,000, a 10 percent increase over last year.

This move comes as part of the All England Club's efforts to enhance Wimbledon's position as the most prestigious and influential tournament in the world of tennis, and to keep pace with the rapid development of the global sports economy. The 2024 Wimbledon Tennis Championships, one of the four Grand Slam tournaments, generated a record surplus for UK sport, according to financial accounts.

The latest annual report from the governing body of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) revealed that tournament organizers, the All England Club, were able to transfer £49.8 million ($66.3 million) to the LTA in 2024.

The two authorities have reached an agreement under which 90% of AELTC's annual profits will be transferred to the Land Transport Authority.

Overall, AELTC's profits for the 12 months to July last year rose slightly to £54.3 million, with turnover also increasing to £406.5 million overall.

"Despite a rainy season, the company posted a record surplus for LTA," the report said.

The report also indicated that in the United Kingdom, a total of 225 million hours of Wimbledon matches were watched, through the tournament's domestic broadcast partner, the BBC.

In June, ahead of Wimbledon 2024, the ATP announced record prize money for that tournament – the total prize fund reached £50 million, an 11.9% increase over the 2023 figure.

The men's and women's singles champions and runners-up received £2.7 million and £1.4 million respectively.

The prize pool at Wimbledon, the English Grand Slam tennis championships, is set to rise by 7% to £53.5 million ($72.6 million) this year, amid growing pressure from players for a bigger share of the profits. According to the ATP website on Thursday, the winners of the men's and women's singles will receive £3 million ($4 million), an 11% increase from 2024, while the first-round entry fee has increased to £66,000.

The All England Club's announcement comes after players' demands for a greater share of Grand Slam profits increased. In April, 20 players wrote to tournament directors demanding greater contributions, and discussions took place during the recent Roland Garros tournament in Paris. All England Club president Debbie Jevans, 65, said at a press conference before the tournament: "We are very proud. If you look at the last 10 years, you can see the increase (by 100%) and 7% this year."

Meanwhile, the All England Lawn Tennis Club defended its decision to change the start times of the men's and women's singles finals. This change came in the wake of the epic Roland Garros final between Spain's Carlos Alcaraz and Italy's Jannik Sinner, which lasted more than five hours.

Wimbledon organizers fear that a final of this length would require the use of a retractable roof due to the poor lighting in the evening. This year's edition also marks a historic change: for the first time in the tournament's 147-year history, there will be no line judges. All 18 courts will be electronically marked by Hawkeye technology. Former line judges will assume the role of "assistant referees," following in the footsteps of the ATP Tour. Wimbledon is scheduled to take place from June 30 to July 13.