Barbora Krejcikova won 15 percent more at Wimbledon 2024 than Marketa Vondrousova did after her 2023 title win.
31st seed Barbora Krejcikova defeated 7th seed Jasmine Paolini to claim her first Wimbledon championship and second Grand Slam title in a 6-2 2-6 6-4 victory on Centre Court. The Czech doubles expert dominated the first set, winning 10 out of the first 11 points and achieving a double break within the first 30 minutes of the match. Poalini made a strong comeback in the game by getting a double break in the second set to push for a deciding set, but the Czech player regained control after the Italian double-faulted at 3-all.
Krejcikova managed to secure the victory at the third attempt after almost losing her nerve, having missed two match points and successfully defending two break points while serving at 5-4 for the Venus Rosewater Dish.
“I was reminding myself to stay courageous, and even if things didn’t go my way, the score was still tied at 5-5 and we would keep playing,” Krejcikova reflected on the intense final set while Czech-native nine-time singles winner Martina Navratilova observed from the audience.
Krejcikova, the fourth Czech player to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title in the Open Era after Jana Novotna, Petra Kvitova, and Marketa Vondrousova, received a £2.7 million prize. The amount is 15 percent higher than the prize money Vondrousova received after winning the 2023 title.
On the other hand, Paolini became the sixth woman to reach both the French Open and Wimbledon finals in the same year like Evonne Goolagong (1972), Chris Evert (1973 and 1984), Olga Morozova (1974), Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (1995 and 1996) and Venus Williams (2002), winning £1.4 million.
Deborah Jevans, chair of the All England Club, the host of Wimbledon, happily revealed a record prize money fund of £50 million for this year’s championships, with boosts for players at every stage and in every game.
