What's Wimbledon Worth - in US dollars

What's Wimbledon Worth? PRIZE MONEY SINGLES NUMBER OF PLAYERS INCREASE from 2012 Champion +39% $2,442,240.00 Runner Up +39% $1,221,120.00 Semi Finalist +39% $610,440.00 First Round Loser (+62% $35,863.35 Total prize money awarded for men's and women's events +49% $26,217,446.40 from $17,614,656.00 in 2012 DOUBLES NUMBER OF PLAYERS INCREASE from 2012 Champion (per pair) +15% $457,650.00 Runners Up +15% $228,825.00 Semi Finalists +15% $114,480.00 First Round Losers +42% $11,827.27 Total doubles prize money awarded for 2 events, men and women $4,118,850.0O MIXED DOUBLES WHEELCHAIR DOUBLES $140,428.80 Winners $12,966.75 $70,200.60 Runners Up $7,632.00 $35,086.50 Semi Finals $4,960.80 $1,983.15 First Round $247,699.05 TOTAL $51119.10 TOTAL PRIZE MONEY $34,435,584.00 PRIZE MONEY HISTORY Prize money for the first Wimbledon champion was just 12 Guineas back in 1877 Rod Laver MEN'S SINGLES Boris Becker Equal Prize Money MEN'S SINGLES CHAMPION CHAMPION $3,051.00 $198,393.00 $1,068,270.00 1968 1985 2007 $1,144.58 $178,553.70 $1,068,270.00 Billie Jean King WOMEN'S SINGLES Martina Navratilova FOR MEN'S & WOMEN'S SINGLES WOMEN'S SINGLES CHAMPION CHAMPION CHAMPION Profits Made by the CHAMPIONSHIPS Funds generated by The Championships are used by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) to develop tennis in Great Britain. The LTA receives 90% of all profits $57,615,448.48 $47,526,921.50 $14,046,674.63 $642,198.14 $37,256.68 $79,244.27 1934 1960 1980 1990 2000 2012 PRICES FOR the SPECTATORS Approx 112,000 punnets of strawberries wilI be eaten at Wimbledon during the tennis PRICE PER PUNNET $2.75 $2.82 $2.98 $3.05 $3.43 $3.82 2000 2001 2002 2003 2008 2012 2013 TICKET PRICES £140 Centre Court $213.81 £120 $183.26 £100 $152.61 £80 $122.09 £60 $91.57 Court NO.3 Court NO.1 £40 $61.04 Court NO.2 £20 $30.52 £0 24th June ! 26th June 28th June 1st July 3rd July 5th July 7th July 25th June 27th June 29th June 2nd July 4th July 6th July WIMBLEDON ON A BUDGET Money saving tips for enjoying your day at Wimbledon PICNIC Each person is entitled to bring 1 picnic box as long as it's no bigger than 18ins by 12ins by 12ins Tickets can be bought at a reduced price on the day - but you may have to queue overnight to get one Wimbledon is full of PR executives keen to give away company freebies -- keep an eye out - You could look to book accommodation near a train/tube station that goes directly to Wimbledon or Southfields station. Make If you will be travelling a lot on the tube or buses consider buying an Oyster card. 11-15 year olds need an Oyster photocard to travel Used balls can be bought as sure you use the transport for London journey planner. a souvenir for around $1.53 each free on buses and trams MoneySupermarket com References: wimbledon.com, atpworldtour.com, bbc.co.uk, freshplaza.com, Ita.org.uk, topendsports.com, visitbritainsuperblog.com.