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TimesLIVE
an hour ago
- Business
- TimesLIVE
Wimbledon 2025 prize money: how much do tennis winners receive?
The four Grand Slams in the sport of tennis offer a trophy, a place in the history books and significant prize money. Here is what you need to know about the prize pot on offer at Wimbledon 2025, the third major of the year: The Championships will run from June 30 to July 13. The total prize money is a record £53.5m (R1.2bn) , a 7% increase on 2024 and double what was offered a decade ago. Men's and women's single players will earn: First round: £66,000 (R1.6m) Second round: £99,000 (R2.4m) Third round: £152,000 (R3.6m) Round of 16: £240,000 (R5.8m) Quarter-finals: £400,000 (R9.7m) Semi-finals: £775,000 (R18.8m) Runner-up: £1.5m (R37m) Champion: £3m (R73m). The winners of the men's and women's singles in 2024, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and Czech Barbora Krejcikova, received £2.7m (R65.5m) each in prize money. Australian Open 2025 singles champions, Italian Jannik Sinner and American Madison Keys, received A$3.5m (R40.6m) each in prize money. French Open 2025 singles champions, Alcaraz and American Coco Gauff, took home €2.55m (R52.7m) each. US Open 2024 singles champions, Sinner and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, received $3.6m (R64.4m) million each. Significant pay hikes at the Grand Slams were central to the demands of the world's top players in their letter to the four majors recently. The prize money on offer in men's and women's doubles at Wimbledon 2025 is: First round: £16,500 (R3999,000) Second round: £26,000 (R629,000) Third round: £43,750 (R1m) Quarter-finals: £87,500 (R2.1m) Semi-finals: £174,000 (R4.2m) Runners-up: £345,000 (R8.3m) Champion: £680,000 (R16.4m). The prize money offer in mixed doubles is: First round: £4,500 (R109,000) Second round: £9,000 (R218,000) Quarter-finals: £17,500 (R423,000) Semi-finals: £34,000 (R823,000) Runners-up: £68,000 (R1.6m) Champion: £135,000 (R3.2m). Reuters
News24
an hour ago
- Sport
- News24
World No 1 Sinner suffers shock loss at Halle grass court event
Defending Halle champion Jannik Sinner suffered a surprising second-round defeat to Alexander Bublik It was the Italian world No 1's first loss to a player outside the top 20 since 2023. Sinner recently lost an epic French Open final to Carlos Alcaraz where he held three match points. For more tennis news, visit our dedicated section. Defending champion Jannik Sinner lost his second-round match on grass at Halle on Thursday to Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik, the Italian's first tournament since his French Open final defeat. The world number one fell 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 to the 45th-ranked Bublik for the 23-year-old's first loss to a player ranked outside the top 20 since the summer of 2023. A few days before his defeat to Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz in the title match at the French Open, Sinner had easily dispatched Bublik in the quarter-finals at Roland Garros, dropping only six games. On Thursday, 10 days before Wimbledon, Bublik claimed his second victory in six ties against Sinner. 'We are tennis players and we try to win every match we play but it is a special one,' Bublik said. 'I had never beaten a No 1 in the world. It is an accomplishment.' Sinner, who had beaten Yannick Hanfmann in straight sets in the first round, cruised through the first set against Bublik without facing a break point. TAKE A BOW BUBLIK! 🤩 Alexander Bublik becomes the first player outside of the Top 20 to defeat Sinner since Cincinnati 2023 (Lajovic) #TWO25 — Tennis TV (@TennisTV) June 19, 2025 Sinner had three break points at the start of the second set but Bublik held and then went on the attack, hitting 20 winners in the set and gaining the break he needed in the sixth game. The 28-year-old broke Sinner's serve in the third with a flashing forehand. 'I had an amazing forehand to break in the third set and then I kept serving,' Bublik said. 'On grass, if you lose your serve, it is maybe tough and I am a guy who doesn't lose a lot of serves. I just kept serving and putting him in uncomfortable positions and it worked well.' 'He is an unbelievable player and I was not thinking that I could beat him,' said Bublik. 'But I had a few chances and executed them well.' The Kazakh will play Tomas Machac in the quarter-finals after the Czech beat Hungarian Fabian Marozsan 6-2, 6-3. Earlier world number three Alexander Zverev rallied from a set down to see off Italy's Lorenzo Sonego. The 28-year-old German won 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) against the 46th-ranked Sonego and next plays another Italian, Flavio Cobolli for a place in the semi-finals. A finalist in Halle in 2016 and 2017, Zverev recorded his fifth victory in as many meetings with Sonego, a year after beating him at the same stage of the same competition. Sonego took advantage of his only chance to break in the first set at 4-3. The German struggled throughout to break his opponent's serve. Zverev dug deep in the second set, leading 5-4, to win the set before dominating the tiebreak in the final set. Argentina's 63rd ranked Tomas Martin Etcheverry also reached the quarter-finals after a three-hour duel against fourth seed Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (8/6). The Argentine saved two match points in the tiebreak of the deciding set to set up a meeting with Russia's Karen Khachanov.
Japan Times
3 hours ago
- Sport
- Japan Times
Alexander Bublik upsets No. 1 Jannik Sinner in second round in Halle
Defending champion Jannik Sinner lost his second-round match against Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik on grass in Halle on Thursday in the Italian's first tournament since his loss in the French Open final. The world No. 1 fell 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 against the 45th-ranked Bublik and suffered his first defeat to a player ranked outside the top 20 since the summer of 2023. A few days before losing to Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz in the title match at the French Open, Sinner had easily dispatched Bublik in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros, dropping only six games. On Thursday, ten days before Wimbledon, Bublik claimed his second victory in six matchups against Sinner. "We are tennis players, and we try to win every match we play, but it is a special one," Bublik said. "I had never beaten a No. 1 in the world. It is an accomplishment." Sinner, who beat Yannick Hanfmann in straight sets in the first round, cruised through the first set against Bublik without facing a break point. Sinner had three break points at the start of the second set, but Bublik held and then went on the attack, hitting 20 winners in the set and gaining the break he needed in the sixth game. The 28-year-old broke Sinner's serve in the third set with a flashing forehand. "I had an amazing forehand to break in the third set, and then I kept serving," Bublik said. "On grass, if you lose your serve, it is maybe tough, and I am a guy who doesn't lose a lot of serves. I just kept serving and putting him in uncomfortable positions, and it worked well." "He is an unbelievable player, and I was not thinking that I could beat him," said Bublik. "But I had a few chances and executed them well." The Kazakh will play Tomas Machac in the quarterfinals after the Czech beat Hungarian Fabian Marozsan 6-2, 6-3. Earlier, world No. 3 Alexander Zverev rallied from a set down to see off Italy's Lorenzo Sonego. The 28-year-old German won 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) against the 46th-ranked Sonego and next plays another Italian, Flavio Cobolli, for a place in the semifinals. A finalist in Halle in 2016 and 2017, Zverev recorded his fifth victory in as many meetings with Sonego, a year after beating him at the same stage of the same competition. Sonego took advantage of his only chance to break in the first set at 4-3. The German struggled throughout to break his opponent's serve. Zverev, leading 5-4 in the second set, dug deep to win the set before dominating the tiebreak in the final set. Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry also reached the quarterfinals after a three-hour duel against fourth seed Andrey Rublev ended with him winning 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (8-6). The world No. 63 saved two match points in the tiebreak of the deciding set to set up a meeting with Russia's Karen Khachanov.
Malay Mail
4 hours ago
- Sport
- Malay Mail
Bublik breaks through: Kazakh stuns Sinner for first win over world No.1
HALLE WESTFALEN, June 20 — Defending champion Jannik Sinner lost his second-round match on grass at Halle yesterday to Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik, the Italian's first tournament since his French Open final defeat. The world number one fell 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 to the 45th-ranked Bublik for the 23-year-old's first defeat to a player ranked outside the top 20 since the summer of 2023. A few days before his defeat to Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz in the title match at the French Open, Sinner had easily dispatched Bublik in the quarter-finals at Roland Garros, dropping only six games. Yesterday, 10 days before Wimbledon, Bublik claimed his second victory in six ties against Sinner. 'We are tennis players and we try to win every match we play but it is a special one,' Bublik said. 'I had never beaten a No. 1 in the world. It is an accomplishment.' Sinner, who had beaten Yannick Hanfmann in straight sets in the first round, cruised through the first set against Bublik without facing a break point. Sinner had three break points at the start of the second set but Bublik held and then went on the attack, hitting 20 winners in the set and gaining the break he needed in the sixth game. The 28-year-old broke Sinner's serve in the third with a flashing forehand. 'I had an amazing forehand to break in the third set and then I kept serving,' Bublik said. 'On grass, if you lose your serve, it is maybe tough and I am a guy who doesn't lose a lot of serves. I just kept serving and putting him in uncomfortable positions and it worked well.' 'He is an unbelievable player and I was not thinking that I could beat him,' said Bublik. 'But I had a few chances and executed them well.' The Kazakh will play Tomas Machac in the quarter-finals after the Czech beat Hungarian Fabian Marozsan 6-2, 6-3. Earlier world number three Alexander Zverev rallied from a set down to see off Italy's Lorenzo Sonego. The 28-year-old German won 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) against the 46th-ranked Sonego and next plays another Italian, Flavio Cobolli for a place in the semi-finals. A finalist in Halle in 2016 and 2017, Zverev recorded his fifth victory in as many meetings with Sonego, a year after beating him at the same stage of the same competition. Sonego took advantage of his only chance to break in the first set at 4-3. The German struggled throughout to break his opponent's serve. Zverev dug deep in the second set, leading 5-4, to win the set before dominating the tiebreak in the final set. Argentina's 63rd ranked Tomas Martin Etcheverry also reached the quarter-finals after a three-hour duel against fourth seed Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (8/6). The Argentine saved two match points in the tiebreak of the deciding set to set up a meeting with Russia's Karen Khachanov. — AFP
Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
How to watch French Open 2025: UK TV channel and live stream for Roland Garros coverage
Defending champion: Carlos Alcaraz won the 2024 men's French Open singles title, beating Alexander Zverev in the final at Roland Garros (Getty Images) The 2025 French Open is upon us, and tennis' top stars descend on Paris to compete for the second tennis Grand Slam of the calendar year at Roland Garros. Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek are the current defending champions in the men's and women's singles draws, but both players will have to be at their best to successfully retain their respective crowns. Advertisement Novak Djokovic is bidding to add a 25th major to his collection and what would be his fourth French Open trophy, while women's world No1 Aryna Sabalenka is out for a maiden title in Paris. Djokovic, the seventh seed in Paris, will not have Sir Andy Murray in his corner after the pair ended their coaching experiment just six months in. Brit hope: Jack Draper (AFP via Getty Images) In terms of Brits, Jack Draper leads the way, with the Indian Wells champion seeded fifth in the men's draw. He is set to face Mattia Bellucci in the first round, but he is in line for a projected quarter-final meeting with world No1 Jannik Sinner, who returns to Grand Slam action for the first time since his three-month ban. Advertisement Cameron Norrie and Jacob Fearnley join him in the main draw, playing against Daniil Medvedev and Stan Wawrinka first up respectively. Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter are the main British hopes on the women's side, with Raducanu to face Wang Xinyu and Boulter against a qualifier in the opening round. Sonay Kartal and Jodie Burrage are up against Erika Andreeva and Danielle Collins, with the latter beating Raducanu in Strasbourg earlier this week. Where to watch the French Open TV channel: The 2025 French Open will be broadcast live on TNT Sports in the UK across the next two weeks. Coverage gets underway from 12:45pm BST on TNT Sports 1 on Sunday afternoon, then from 10am most days. Live stream: TNT Sports subscribers can also use Discovery+ to stream the action in full online.
