This year's Wimbledon singles tennis champions will receive 2.2 million pounds each - a hike of 200,000 pounds for both the men's and women's winner, organisers said on Wednesday. Tournament chiefs unveiled the increased winners' cheques among a larger total prize pot of 31.6 million pounds, up from 28.1 million pounds last year. "In my time with the club I think all four grand slam tournaments have led on prize money, and now the U.S. dollar is particularly strong." The U.S. Open has yet to announce its 2017 prize money while this month's French Open recently announced that total prize money had risen 12 percent from last year's levels to 36 million euros. Both the men's and women's singles winners at Roland Garros will receive a cheque for 2.1 million euros.

Source: India Today May 03, 2017 16:18 UTC