Wimbledon champions to earn 1 million pound each
Published:Tuesday | April 20, 2010 | 2:14 PM
The winners of the men\'s and women\'s singles titles at this year\'s Wimbledon tennis tournament will each earn a record 1 million pounds.
The All England Club says it has increased the winners\' prize money by 150,000 pounds to help offset the decrease in the value of the British pound against the dollar and euro.
The increase means that the men\'s prize money has doubled over the past 10 years.
Total prize money will be 13.725 million pounds, an increase of 9.4 per cent from last year.
Organisers have also adapted the sliding roof over Centre Court to allow it to be deployed at each end to shade spectators from strong sunlight.
The roof, designed to avoid the backlog of matches that have affected previous rainy tournaments, debuted last year and was used to facilitate a late finish for a fourth-round match between Andy Murray and Stanislas Wawrinka.
The June 21 to July 4 championships take place while many sports fans will be focused on the football World Cup in South Africa, which runs June 11 to July 11.