Wimbledon 2015 Prize Money: Complete Purse and Earnings from London

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Published: June 29, 2015

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Arguably the pinnacle of the tennis year, Wimbledon begins Monday as the sport's top players don their whites to take to the grass courts for 2015's tournament.

Defending singles champions Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitova surely will both go deep again this year in the men's and women's tournaments, respectively, with 2013 champion Andy Murray the great British hope. 

The incentives have been increased by seven percent for this year's championships, with the prize fund increased to £26.75 million for 2015.

Starting a week later than usual, the hope will be that the lengthier break from the French Open will improve the quality even further in tennis' most prestigious event.

Here is a full breakdown of the prize money for Wimbledon 2015:



World No. 1 Serena Williams joins her male counterpart Djokovic as the favourites ahead of Wimbledon 2015.

The American is looking to make it a third Grand Slam triumph of the year after her victories in the Australian Open and at Roland Garros.

If she is to win a fifth Wimbledon title this year, Serena will need to reverse her form of the last two years in SW19, when she has failed to make it further than the fourth round.

Her tournament this year starts with a first-round match against Russia's Margarita Gasparyan, with The Tennis Podcast providing her potential path to glory:



Kvitova will certainly provide a strong challenge, with her victory last year making her a two-time Wimbledon winner.

She has had some injuries in the lead-up to this year's championships, but now she is back and looking to build on her "special" victory in 2014, per ESPN Tennis:



Another previous winner, Maria Sharapova, is seeded fourth this year, but she needs to improve on her last three visits to Wimbledon, in which she has failed to make it past the fourth round.
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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