Wimbledon 2023 is scheduled to take place from July 3 to July 16 – let us take a look at the number of wildcards available for the tournament
As we approach another edition of the Wimbledon Championships, eyes will be on the number of wildcards being offered for the main draw of the tournament.
The tournament organizers typically allocate a few wildcards to give players who do not have a high enough ranking a chance to participate. These wildcards are often given to promising young players, local talents, or players returning from injury.
The number of wildcards for this edition hasn’t been announced yet. It will be announced closer to the tournament and the number is most likely to stay the same as the last edition. In 2022, eight Wildcards were offered each in Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ singles while seven were offered for both categories of Doubles.
Wimbledon history has proven that wild cards are far from space fillers in the draws. Who can forget the incredible title-winning of Goran Ivanisevic in 2001? Till date, he holds the record of being the only player to win a Wimbledon singles title as a wildcard entrant. It remains to be seen if history will repeat itself this season.
How much prize money is on offer at Wimbledon 2023?
The All England Club has announced a record-breaking total pot of 44,700,000 pounds for the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. The Singles’ winners in both the Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s categories will receive 2,350,000 pounds while the runners-up from both of these categories will take home a total of 1,175,000 pounds.
The overall prize money on offer at this year’s Championships has increased by a whopping 11.2% from the previous edition in 2022 and there has been a 17.1% increase from the last pre-pandemic edition in 2019.
There has been a significant increase in the overall pot as well in the prize money for every individual category compared to the previous edition. For 2022, Wimbledon’s total prize pot was £40 million, which implies an increase of more than 4 million this time around. Across all the categories, the total amount paid out to players last year was £40,350,000. It was a 15% increase compared to 2021 while there has been an increase by 11.2% this time around.
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