The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) made the bold decision to allocate the prize pool from the 2020 Wimbledon tournament to the playing group. The All England Tennis Club will distribute £10m in prize money to 620 players who were on the track to play the 2020 tournament.

The decision was taken after Wimbledon was cancelled for the first time since World War II, due to the COVID-19 outbreak across the U.K. and the rest of the world.

The move will keep the careers of the majority of players outside the main group alive. With no satellite tournaments or majors for the last four months, some players have struggled to make a living or pay for training.

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