Wimbledon champions land £3.6m in prize-money boost as first-round losers earn £80,000

Wimbledon singles champions will collect a whopping £3.6m each after the All England Club responded to pressure from mutinous players by increasing prize money for this year’s Championships. It remains to be seen, however, whether the players will be content with a total pot that has taken a colossal leap from £53.5m last summer to £64.2m this year – the largest annual increase in the history of the tournament to the tune of 20 per cent.