Sunday’s Wimbledon final was billed as the ‘ultimate showdown’ by the Spaniard’s opponent, seven-time champion Novak Djokovic, and Alcaraz responded with a suitably inspired performance for a 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 victory. The World No. 1 recovered from a shaky start to deliver a high-quality championship-match display and become just the fifth man in the Open Era to win multiple major titles prior to turning 21.
“It’s a dream come true for me,” said Alcaraz, who also prevented Djokovic from replacing him at No. 1 in Monday’s Pepperstone ATP Rankings with his win. “As I said before, of course it’s great to win, but even if I had lost, I would be really proud of myself with this amazing run. Making history in this beautiful tournament, playing a final against a legend of our sport.
“It’s a dream come true to be able to play on these stages. It’s amazing for a boy, 20 years old, to reach this kind of situation really fast. I’m really, really proud of myself and the team that I have. The work we put in every day, to be able to lift this.”
Alcaraz, who won his first major at the 2022 US Open, snapped Djokovic’s 34-match winning streak at Wimbledon with his four-hour, 42-minute victory in an SW19 classic. The 20-year-old collapsed to the turf in emotional scenes on championship point after his brand of huge groundstrokes and delicate touches, which lit up the All England Club this fortnight, made him just the fourth active male player to lift the trophy at the All England Club after Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray.
Alcaraz smiles home with staggering prize of £2,350,000 as the winner of 2023 Wimbledon. The total prize money for this year’s Wimbledon across the men’s and women’s singles tournaments was up to a record £32,154,000.
It represented an increase of 10.9 per cent from 2022 and the total amount was split equally across the men’s and women’s tournaments.
The winners of the men’s and women’s singles – Marketa Vondrousova and Carlos Alcaraz respectively – took home a record £2.35m, which is an increase of 17.5 per cent on what Novak Djokovic and Elena Rybakina won in 2022.
The runners-up – Ons Jabeur and Novak Djokovic – earned £1.175m for making the final, while the prize money for reaching the first round of the tournament’s main draw was £55,000 – even for the players that exited the competition without winning a single match.
The sums in the doubles were far lower however, with the total prize money for the men’s and women’s doubles, across two events, being £5,164,000, and £448,000 for the mixed doubles.
Men’s and women’s singles
Winner = £2,350,000
Runner-up = £1,175,000
Semi-Finalists = £600,000
Quarter-Finalists = £340,000
Fourth Round = £207,000
Third Round = £131,000
Second Round = £85,000
First Round = £55,000
Total prize money = £32,154,000
