Arthur Fery becomes overnight millionaire as Wimbledon win nets career-high payday

Arthur Fery's fairytale Wimbledon run came to an end on Friday, and his eye-watering sum of prize money has been revealed.

Having done brilliantly to reach the semi-finals on Centre Court, Fery was outclassed by world No.2 Alexander Zverev as he lost in straight sets.

Fery, who arrived at Wimbledon ranked 114th in the world, reached the last four of the tournament after winning five matches, including an impressive quarter-final victory over Flavio Cobolli 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), 6-0.

A defeat would have been a bitter pill for Fery to swallow, but he became only the fifth British man to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals since the Open era kicked off in 1968 and should be proud of his performances.

Remarkably, Fery had only won two Grand Slam main-draw matches before arriving at this tournament as a wild card while also earning less than £650,000 from professional tournaments.

Arthur Fery's Wimbledon prize money revealed

A run to the semi-finals has seen Fery earn a staggering £900,000 from his exploits at SW19 - taking his earnings to above £1million for his exploits on the court.

Fery would have doubled his prize money to £1.8million if he secured a shock win over Zverev, but it wasn't to be, as his incredible Wimbledon run saw him demonstrate his talents on the big occasion.

Even though he exited the competition, the 23-year-old has already climbed up 78 places in the rankings and into the world's top 40.

Zverev, meanwhile, will face either veteran Novak Djokovic or Jannik Sinner in Sunday's final as he bids to back up his Roland Garros triumph with another major trophy.

"It's amazing," the German said after beating his English counterpart.

"This Grand Slam has always been the one that I have struggled with most and all of a sudden I am in the final of Wimbledon so I am incredibly happy, proud as well of the team and everyone who was involved.

"We have one more match to go on Sunday, and that's what the focus is on."

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Arthur Fery's family £275million net worth revealed amid Wimbledon win

Fery has spoken about not being money-orientated and reinvesting his previous winnings into his career.

His mother, Olivia, is a former tennis player who competed in doubles competition at the French Open 1991 and his dad, Loic, used to own Ligue One football side Lorient, who finished 10th last season.

He is said to be worth a whopping £275million after an extremely successful career as an asset manager and nearly bought Leeds United.

Fery, who went to the King's College private school and Stanford University in California, is in line to be the heir to that fortune.

But he is now beginning to carve his own path and is making life-changing money in a crazy fortnight. On top of court earnings, sustained success for Fery will no doubt lead to increased sponsorship and commercial opportunities going forward.