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THE men’s and women’s singles champions at Wimbledon will get £2 million each this year, with total prize money up to £28.1 million, an increase of £1.35 million. Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, last year’s champions pocketed £1.88 million each.
The 2016 championships, which take place at the All England Club, will also feature wheelchair singles events for the first time. Doubles tournaments have been running at Wimbledon for the past 10 years. Total prize money for wheelchair players will be £200,000, a significant increase on 2015, when £64,000 was on offer in the two doubles events.
Britain’s Jordanne Whiley, who has won the women’s wheelchair doubles at Wimbledon for the last two years, tweet her delight at the news.
Wimbledon also plans to boost its security and commitment to integrity in tennis following a number of damaging headlines about match-fixing and doping. These include stricter accreditation procedures, additional data provision, monitoring and analysis, more education and support for players and officials, as well as increased anti-doping measures.
— May 9, 2016 @ 01:00 GMT
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