IF you’ve ever watched a tennis match then you may have been left wondering why the players often grunt.
With Wimbledon 2024 underway, you are sure to hear the players putting their everything into the game.
Maria Sharapova is the loudest grunter in the sport of tennis, reaching well over 100 decibelsPA:Press Association
Why do tennis players grunt?
Some say tennis players grunt to put off their opponents.
Others believes it’s simply a release of energy playing such an elite level of sport.
But for Louise Deeley, a sports psychologist, she believes it can actually be a piece of the arsenal in their game.
Speaking to The Guardian, she said: “The timing of when they actually grunt helps them with the rhythm of how they’re hitting and how they’re pacing things.
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“It may be that their perception is that if they grunt, they are hitting it harder. It’s going to give you confidence and a sense of being in control of your game.”
Who grunts the loudest?
Maria Sharapova is believed to grunt the loudest, often clearing past 100 decibels on court.
Monica Seles and Jimmy Connors have been labelled as the original creators of the “tennis grunt”.
Seles used to regularly reach 90 decibels.
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Interestingly women’s tennis legend Martina Navratilova wasn’t a fan.
She said it was “cheating and has to stop”.
Here’s some well-known players that you’re sure to hear grunting on the court:
Novak Djokovic
Andy Murray
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Maria Sharapova
Carlos Alcaraz
Dominic Thiem
Rafael Nadal
Aryna Sabalenka
Victoria Azarenka
Wimbledon 2024 prize money
PRIZE MONEY for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships is a new record – and puts the grass-court Slam at the top of the tree. The All England Club will dish out £50million across all the events – an increase of £5.3m and 11.9 per cent on last year, where singles champions Carlos Alcaraz and Marketa Vondrousova picked up £2.35m each. However, the king and queen of grass this July will collect an extra £350,000 – taking the winner’s earnings to £2.7m. Here is the breakdown for the 2024 Wimbledon singles prize money:
Winner: £2.7m
Runner-up: £1.4m
Semi-finalists: £715,000
Quarter-finalists: £375,000
Fourth round: £226,000
Third round: £143,000
Second round: £93,000
First round: £60,000
Overall total: £50m
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