温网1900万美元惊人奖 Wimbledon_奥运英语

　top seed roger federer（left） kisses the trophy after defeating second seed andy roddickand successfully defend his wimbledon title； russia's maria sharapova（right） blows a kiss to the crowd, as she holds the women's singles trophy on july 3, 2004. [photo]

　wimbledon will offer the most prize money in the history of tennis for its 2005 championships, increasing the pool by 3.9 percent to 10,085,510 pounds （$19.30m）.

　今年温布尔登网球公开赛将提供网球赛事史上最高的一笔奖金，奖金总额将高达1008.551万英镑（约合1930万美元），比上一届增涨了3.9％。

　women will continue to be paid less at the june 20-july 3 london grasscourt grand slam, but the gap is closing organizers said on tuesday.

　赛事组织者本周二表示，今年6月20日到7月3日，在温布尔登（位于伦敦附近）举行的草地大满贯赛上，女选手的奖金仍将低于男选手，不过男女选手奖金的差距正在缩小。

　the 2004 french open prize pot was 13.26m euros （$17.33m） while the 2005 australian open paid out 19.1m australian dollars （$14.90m）.

　2004法国网球公开赛开出的奖金是1326万欧元（约合1733万美元），而2005澳洲网球公开赛的奖金达到1910万澳元（约合1490万美元）。