How much British players earned from Wimbledon first-round exits after 'worst day this century'

A total of 10 British players have already been knocked out of Wimbledon in the first round - but they have still taken home a significant amount of money between them.

It was a nightmare opening day for British interests, with Cameron Norrie knocked out of the men's singles shortly after Jack Draper had withdrawn due to an arm injury.

Wildcards Felix Gill, Jack Pinnington Jones and Oliver Tarvet also lost their first round matches.

In the women's singles, Emma Raducanu's withdrawal due to a lower leg stress fracture was followed by Fran Jones' elimination, while wildcards Harriet Dart, Mimi Xu, Alicia Dudeney, Hannah Klugman and Mika Stojsavljevic were also knocked out.

The remaining British players are in action on Tuesday.

The highest-ranked player left in either draw was Katie Boulter, but she lost in straight sets to 18-year-old qualifier Tyra Caterina Grant early in the afternoon.

The Italian has won two tournaments on the ITF circuit this season as well as reaching the final of a WTA 125 event.

On the men's side, Jan Choinski - ranked at exactly 100 - is the only remaining British player who is among the top 100 players at present.

The results so far continue a disappointing return for British tennis in recent months, with no player in either the men's or women's draw progressing beyond the second round of the French Open.

That's despite the nature of the many wildcard entrants and qualifiers meaning that most players were always going to be handed trickier draws on paper.

There had been more hope on tennis' return to grass courts at Wimbledon, with Raducanu reaching the final in Eastbourne earlier this month and Norrie having reached the semi-final at SW19 back in 2022.

There was more cautious optimism around Draper, who was previously ranked at world number four but has suffered a litany of injuries over the past 12 months.

But a record number of British players - 10 to be exact - were already watching Wimbledon from home at the beginning of Tuesday, after losing on what was the worst single day in terms of the amount of exits since the beginning of the 21st century.

Each of the 10 eliminated players will earn base prize money of £80,000 for reaching the first round of the tournament, with the wildcards earning the same amount.

Draper and Raducanu, meanwhile, earn 50 per cent of that sum as a result of their withdrawals, so pocket £40,000 each.

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That means a total of £880,000 has been paid out to British players following the first day of Wimbledon.

Five more players are in action in men's singles on Tuesday, with two more - wildcard Katie Swan joins Boulter - in the women's draw.

What British players have said about early Wimbledon exits

Norrie and Fran Jones were among the defeated British players to address the media after their defeats.

Norrie said his five-set defeat to American player Michael Zheng 'stinks', explaining: "It always stinks to lose, especially at Wimbledon, my favourite tournament in the world. A tournament I always play so well at.

"Especially tomorrow - everyone is still in the tournament and you're out. You're just wanting to play, so it's tough."

Jones, who lost to France's Diane Parry in straight sets, said: "It will create bad headlines, probably slightly unfairly. I think, with some of the draws that people were handed, it was always going to be difficult.

"But no-one can hide from the heaviness of Wimbledon. It's important to everyone, and I'm sure it played a factor being at the home slam."