Wimbledon doubles prize money: How much do the winners get?

Most of the attention has been on the singles at Wimbledon but there has also been plenty of entertainment in the doubles category. History was made on Saturday as Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool became the first British duo to win the men's doubles title for 89 years. They defeated Rinky Hijikata of Australia and David Pel from Holland in the blistering heat on Centre Court.

Earlier this week, Joe Salisbury came agonisingly close to securing Wimbledon glory in the mixed doubles but narrowly missed out. The veteran Brit, who teamed up with Luisa Stefani, went down to Katerina Siniakova and Sam Verbeek. The women's champions will be decided today, with Su-Wei Hsieh and Jelena Ostapenko facing Elise Mertens and Veronika Kudermetova before the men's singles final.

Express Sport takes a look at the prize money up for grabs in the Wimbledon doubles...

Wimbledon doubles prize money

While the doubles champions at Wimbledon are paid handsomely, they earn nowhere near as much as their singles counterparts. In the men's and women's doubles, winning pairs receive £680,000 to split between them.

The runners-up land a consolation prize of £345,000 while losing semi-finalists are entitled to receive £174,000. Those who bow out in the quarter-finals, third round and second round get £87,500, £43,750 and £26,000 respectively.

Even the first-round losers are paid relatively well, with each duo claiming £16,500 in prize money.

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The winnings in the mixed doubles are considerably less, with the champions earning £135,000. The runners-up get £68,000 while those who crash out in the semi-finals are paid £34,000.

Teams who lose in the quarter-finals receive £17,500, with second-round losers claiming £9,000 per pair and those knocked out in the first round taking home a modest sum of £4,500.

Wimbledon singles prize money

There is far more prize money up for grabs in the singles at Wimbledon. The total amount comes to £53,500,000, a seven per cent increase from last year.

Wimbledon has paid men and women equally since 2007 and that remains the case for this year's tournament. The champions will receive the highest payout in Grand Slam history, with organisers responding to criticism from top players.

Deborah Jevans, chair of the All England Club, said: "We have listened to the players but the focus on just the prize money at the four events, the Grand Slams, does not get to the heart of what the challenge is with tennis."

Here is a breakdown of how the singles prize money will be distributed...

Winner: £3,000,000
Runner-up: £1,520,000
Semi-finalist: £775,000
Quarter-finalist: £400,000
Fourth round: £240,000
Third round: £152,000
Second round: £99,000
First round: £66,000

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