2019 WIMBLEDON – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES LONDON, GBR – JULY 1-JULY 14, 2019 – GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT Tournament Information: www.wimbledon.com | @wimbledon | facebook.com/Wimbledon WTA Information: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/WTA WTA Communications: Alex Prior (
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[email protected]) This is the 133rd Wimbledon Championships. The event was first held in 1877, with the first women’s singles championship being staged in 1884. This is the 126th staging of the Wimbledon women’s singles championship and the 52nd of the Open Era, which began in 1968 and saw the introduction of prize money. SINGLES PRIZE MONEY & RANKING POINTS PRIZE RANKING ROUND MONEY (£) POINTS Winner 2,350,000 2000 Runner-Up 1,175,000 1300 Semifinalists 588,000 780 Quarterfinalists 294,000 430 Round of 16 (4r) 176,000 240 Round of 32 (3r) 111,000 130 Round of 64 (2r) 72,000 70 Round of 128 (1r) 45,000 10 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN The 2019 edition of the WTA’s Race to Shenzhen (RTS) will travel through 29 countries with 55 events, plus the four Grand Slam tournaments. Last October, the WTA Finals Global were held in Singapore for the fifth and final time, with Elina Svitolina defeating Sloane Stephens to lift the Billie Jean King Trophy. The team of Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic took home the Martina Navratilova WTA Finals Doubles Trophy. This year’s event is the first of a 10-year residency in the tournament’s new home, Shenzhen, and takes place October 29 – November 3, 2019.