By Ros Satar, at Wimbledon
- The prize purse for this year’s Wimbledon gets an uplift ahead of The Championships
- What will our Brits stand to earn over the next two weeks?
WIMBLEDON, UK – The culmination of the grass court season is here, as we look ahead to the start of Wimbledon, what will the Brits stand to earn?
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How much prize money will the Brits earn at Wimbledon 2018
PLACE | PRIZE MONEY |
Winner | £2.25m |
Runner-up | £1.125m |
Semi-finalist | £562k |
Quarter-finalist | £281k |
Fourth Round | £163k |
Third Round | £100k |
Second Round | £63k |
First Round | £39k |
In total this year’s prize pot in the singles has risen by 7.1% on the figures from 2017, as each year the pattern is that each Slam ups the pot ahead of the tournament.
Total Grand Slam Prize Purses for 2018 (Current Currency Conversion)
Australian Open (2018) | Roland Garros (2018) | Wimbledon (2018) | US Open (2017) |
AU$55m
£31.7m |
€39m
£34m |
£34m | $50.4m
£36.7m |
What does this mean for the Brits?
With a bumper crop of British women as wildcards in the main draw, and a couple of strong up and coming names in the men’s draw, the draws have been perhaps kinder to the more established names who certainly have the experience to go far.
Opponents are assumed on via their ranking/seeding for those Brits who are in the main draw as of their ranking.
READ MORE | Wimbledon 2018 | Latest Tennis Schedules & Draws
Kyle Edmund [22] Path to the Final

Kyle Edmund in the first round of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters, ATP Monte Carlo 2018 | (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
- R1: Alex Bolt [Q] | First meeting
- R2: Yuichi Sugita | First meeting
- R3: Novak Djokovic [12] | Djokovic leads H2H 3-1
- R4: Dominic Thiem [7] | Thiem leads H2H 1-0
- QF: Alexander Zverev [4] | Zverev leads H2H 3-0
- SF: Rafael Nadal [2] | Nadal leads H2H 1-0
- F: Roger Federer [1] | First meeting
Johanna Konta [22] Path to the Final

Johanna Konta of Great Britain Pre-Tournament press Conference, Australian Open 2018 (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
- R1: Natalia Vikhlyantseva | First meeting
- R2: Dominika Cibulkova | Konta leads H2H: 2-1
- R3: Elise Mertens [15] | Konta leads H2H 1-0
- R4: Simona Halep [1] | Tied at 3-3 (incl. Fed Cup)
- QF: Petra Kvitova [8] | Kvitova leads H2H 3-1
- SF: Garbiñe Muguruza [3] | Konta leads H2H 2-1
- F: Caroline Wozniacki [2] | Konta leads H2H 2-1
How well have the other Brits in the main draw done at Wimbledon?
- Cameron Norrie (R1 2017)
- Liam Broady (R2 2015)
- Jay Clarke (WC 2018)
- Heather Watson (R3 2012, 2015, 2017)
- Naomi Broady (R2 2014)
- Katie Boulter (R1 2017)
- Harriet Dart (WC 2018)
- Katy Dunne (WC 2018)
- Katie Swan (R1 2016)
- Gabriella Taylor (WC 2018)
Wimbledon starts on 2 July
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