Wimbledon 2026 prizemoney: The amount each player receives for a first round exit as British stars crash
It was a bad day for the British players at Wimbledon with a number of first round exits
Sussex player Alicia Dudeney was among the casualties as a number of British players exited Wimbledon at the first round stage.
Dudeney’s Wimbledon debut ended in defeat as she lost in straight sets to American Alycia Parks.
British number seven Dudeney earned a wild card into the Championships after a strong 12 months on the ITF circuit, but world number 81 Parks proved a class above on Court Four.
Parks established an early lead in the first set and even though Dudeney rallied late in the second with a break, she exited 6-3 6-3 after 77 minutes on her maiden appearance at the All England Club.
Dart so close to upset
Britain’s Harriet Dart fell just short of a comeback against former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko.
Dart appeared on course for a swift, first-round exit after losing a one-sided opening set but delighted the home crowd by taking the tie the distance, only to suffer a 6-3 3-6 6-4 defeat.
British qualifier Max Basing slipped to a straight-sets defeat to Shintaro Mochizuki and Felix Gill was unable to pull off a major shock on his Wimbledon singles debut after he lost in straight sets to 23rd seed Rafael Jodar.
Mika Stojsavljevic was then taught a harsh lesson by 11th seed Belinda Bencic. Stojsavljevic, at 17 the second-youngest player in the women’s draw, was beaten 6-2 6-1 in just over an hour.
Norrie nightmare
Worse followed as Cameron Norrie was a shock first-round casualty on a dismal day one for Britain at Wimbledon.
The British number one, a former semi-finalist, was beaten in a final-set tie-break by American qualifier Michael Zheng after a four-hour marathon on Court Two.
Britain’s hopes of any singles success this year looked set to rest solely on Norrie’s shoulders after Jack Draper’s withdrawal from the Championships, coming a day after Emma Raducanu also pulled out.
£80,000 for a first round exit
There is so some consolation for the British players and for everyone else who exited the tournament at the first hurdle.
Reaching the first stage in the men's or women's singles earns players £80,000. That figure jumps to £126,000 for players moving into the second round.
- Exit in first round: £80,000
- Exit in second round: £126,000
- Exit in third round: £185,000
- Exit in fourth round: £300,000
- Exit in quarter-finals: £480,000
- Exit in semi-finals: £900,000
- Runner-up: £1,800,000
- Winner: £3,600,000