The All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club plans to implement several changes at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships.
Increased prize money, boosted security measures, and revisions to the queue lines are among the innovations announced on Tuesday.
Increased Prize Money
The Men’s and Ladies’ Singles Champions at Wimbledon will each receive £750,000, an increase of 7.1% over 2007 (£700,000).
The total prize money will increase by 4.7% to £11,812,000 from £11,282,710 in 2007, and the prize money for each of the Men’s and the Ladies’ Doubles events will exceed £1 million for the first time.
Hawk-Eye and Scoreboards
Wimbledon will introduce new digital scoreboards for both scores and Hawk-Eye on Centre Court and No.1 Court. The 3+1 Hawk-Eye Challenge system will again be used.
Scheduling
Wimbledon has stated that they are not considering plans to begin the tournament on the preceding Sunday and will only consider Middle Sunday play as an emergency option.
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