Russian tennis players earn £2.6m from Wimbledon – Kommersant

Tennis players played £44.7 million at Wimbledon. More than £2.6 million of them were earned by Russian tennis players (about 6% of the prize fund), calculated Forbes. However, most Russians will have to pay almost half of the prize money in taxes.

How much did Russian tennis players earn:

• Evgeny Donskoy, Ilya Gakhov, Maria Timofeeva, Daria Astakhova and Anastasia Zakharova each received £12.75 thousand after elimination and were eliminated in the first qualifying round;
• Elina Avanesyan, Diana Schneider, Vera Zvonareva and Erika Andreeva – £21.75k after being eliminated in the second round of qualifying, Zvonareva also received £37.5k for reaching the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament;
• Kamila Rakhimova – £55k after elimination in the first round (+£6.875k after elimination in the first round of the doubles tournament);
• Aslan Karatsev and Veronika Kudermetova – £85,000 each after elimination from the second round (+£6,875 thousand from Karatsev after elimination in the first round of the doubles tournament);
• – £85 thousand for reaching the second round
• Daria Kasatkina, Anastasia Potapova and Anna Blinkova – £131,000 each for reaching the third round (+£6,875 thousand for Blinkova after being eliminated in the first round of the doubles tournament);
• Ekaterina Aleksandrova and Mirra Andreeva – £207,000 each for reaching the fourth round (+£11,000 for Alexandrova for reaching the second round in doubles, -£8,000 for Andreeva for unsportsmanlike conduct);
• Alexandra Panova and Yana Sizikova – £11,000 each for reaching the second round of the doubles tournament (Sizikova also received £2,000 after being eliminated in the first round of the mixed tournament);
• Lyudmila Samsonova – £55k after being eliminated in the first round (+ £3,875k for reaching the second round in the mixed doubles);
• Roman Safiullin and Andrey Rublev – £340,000 each for reaching the quarterfinals;
• Daniil Medvedev – £600,000 for reaching the semi-finals.

In the UK, as in other countries, there is a tax for artists and athletes who are not tax residents, but receive income from competitions or tours. The rate is 20% for income from £12.57 thousand to £50.27 thousand, 45% – from £50.271 thousand to £150 thousand. Only Alexandra Panova received an income lower than the base rate suggests. 20% will be paid by Zvonareva, Karatsev, Blinkova, Rakhimov, Samsonov, Kudermetov, Kasatkin and Potapov. 45% – Aleksandrova, Andreeva, Safiullin, Rublev and Medvedev. In addition, there is also tax on income from advertising contracts in the UK.

Leonid Uvarchev