Claim: The Men's Singles won a total of £455,000 during the 1999 Wimbledon Championships, held in southwest London.
Evidence: The winner of the men's title earned £455,000 while the women's singles champion earned £409,500. Wimbledon /ˈwɪmbəldən/ is a district and town of southwest London, England, 7.0 miles (11.3 km) southwest of the centre of London at Charing Cross, in the London Borough of Merton, south of Wandsworth, northeast of New Malden, northwest of Mitcham, west of Streatham and north of Sutton.