Wimbledon Prize Money Increase: 2014 1st RD Losers Will Make More Than McEnroe Did For Beating Borg In 1981 Final

You’d never think the UK was damn near bankrupt, would you?

April 29th, 2014 at 10:07 am

hmmm….its really good to learn that atp is finally thinking seriously about the tennis journeymen….guys who painstakingly travel all over the world but fails to reach the crunch part of the tourneys due to this ever tough competition.

These guys are all very good players from their countries but still fails to make a nick of their own as well as for their country. Such is the nature of this demanding game….very brutal. U gotta defeat 5-7 world class players consecutively to win tournaments….very very tough to do consistently even for the elite players.

So, it is good that atp is recognizing and realizing the importance to motivate these guys to keep trying and playing better and better. I m sure, even the top guys will also applaud this move.

April 29th, 2014 at 10:23 am

I think the prize for winning Wimbledon is already a small forune and doesnt need increasing anyway,but i welcome the increases for the earlier rounds for the lesser ranked players….

April 29th, 2014 at 11:36 am

Good news for my fellow Andy fans – it looks like once again I won’t have access to a TV or internet stream during the Wimbledon final. Hopefully that circumstance will work the same magic for Andy as it did last year. :-)

April 29th, 2014 at 11:55 am

I have a question Andy winning Wimbledon for the 1st time,or defending the title,i wonder which would feel the most special??

April 29th, 2014 at 11:59 am

I’d guess winning the first time, especially after getting so close the year before. I’d be curious whether winning Wimbledon or the Olympic gold is more special to him.

April 29th, 2014 at 12:33 pm

About time the early round pay is improved. Hard to get better without the financial means.

April 29th, 2014 at 12:48 pm

Well i would say Wimbledon as its a GS,not only that its the creme de la creme of GS,the GS all players want to win,i would think and this is JMO but winning it for the 1st time would be the most special?,the top 4 players have won Wimbledon an amazing 11 times between them,Roger 7,Rafa 2,Nole and Andy each once,just goes to show how consistent they are or have been on grass courts….

April 29th, 2014 at 12:49 pm

@RZ
That’s really good news….Andy is a shoe in for the title now….;)
Andy said the Olympics actually, because it’ll never be on grass at home and because the crowd was something special. He said he’d never had support like that ever b4.
He says this in the long Q and A I’ve posted on “Andy breaks down…”

April 29th, 2014 at 2:36 pm

I think Roger’s efforts is paying off with journey men and women of Tennis being rewarded more than they were earlier. That being said, what counts ultimately is the value for money and not the amount of money.

April 30th, 2014 at 12:45 am

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/apr/29/andy-murray-wimbledon-seeding-world-ranking

Good news for Murray maniacs!

April 30th, 2014 at 2:22 am

@Margot – Andy also says the Olympics because he played as part of a team and for his country. Something that will throw off the haters who are still mired in the Scotland vs England nonsense. TBH I was relieved to read the seeding news. I almost forgot that Wimbledon always has its own seeding formula. #4 is going to be better than #8.

April 30th, 2014 at 10:57 am

The headline compares the men’s prize money with that of 1981, but such a comparison is always more or less deceptive.

The British Pound today is worth anything from one third down to as little as one sixth of its 1981 value, in terms of what it will buy.

May 2nd, 2014 at 1:42 pm