Wimbledon increases the price after players called for improving income distribution

Wimbledon increases its price by 7% for this year’s championship, increasing the total up to 53.5 million pounds ($ 72.59 million). On Thursday, the All England Lawn Tennis Club announced a significant increase, which almost doubled the price of $ 40.60 million compared to 2015.

Champions in simple will see an increase of 11.1% compared to last year, when Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova won the titles of simple male and female. The winners of individual tournaments this year will receive the greatest prize in all Grand Chelem competitions, 3 million stunning pounds ($ 4.07 million).

Players who are eliminated during the first round of the competition in single will see an increase of 10% compared to last year, while the price in double increase of 4.4%, the mixed double of 4.3% and the wheelchair and the quadchette of 5.6%.

Wimbledon made the adjustments after the athletes campaigned to improve the price of the Grand Chelem to ensure a more impartial income distribution. The president of the AELTC, Deborah Jevans, said, according to ESPN, that the club “had listened to the players. We were committed to the players.

“But the accent placed on the money price of the four events, the Grand Slam, does not arrive at the heart of the challenge with tennis,” added Jevans. “The challenge with tennis is the fact that players have no offseason, they want; they have growing injuries they are talking about.”

Jevans also noted how Wimbledon was ready to work with tours to continue working towards better compensation for athletes.

The Wimbledon championships will start on June 30 and will take place until July 13. In addition to paying players more, AELTC takes more measures to improve the Wimbledon experience this year.

First, the tournament moves when the final matches are played. The club said the double finals on July 12 and 13 would start at 1 p.m. local time (8 a.m.), while the single finals start at 4 p.m. local time.

In addition, this year’s tournament will be the first to present the electronic call system online on line judges. According to the CEO of AELTC, Sally Bolton, “the time has come to pass” the old system and to join other tournaments using modern technology.

“These are additional eyes and ears, the assistant of the chair referee. We have about 80 through the championships,” said Bolton, by ESPN. “They will also provide one of the parts of our resilience in the event that the electronic line call system will descend at any time.”