Wimbledon gives players special lifelong rewards for reaching quarter-finals
Players who reach the quarter-finals are given a special reward by Wimbledon chiefs.
Wimbledon rewards players who reach the quarter-finals with membership to their 'Last 8 Club'. This means they will be guaranteed free tickets to the Championships and access to hospitality suites once they hang up their rackets.
This year players are guaranteed a minimum £375,000 for reaching the quarter-finals.
But it is perhaps the lifelong offer of free tickets and hospitality that may excite some of the best players in the world.
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Carlos Alcaraz, Emma Raducanu and Coco Gauff are all fighting for a place in the final eight on Saturday.
Last year, American Chris Eubanks broke onto the scene and beat Cameron Norrie and Stefanos Tsitsipas en route to the semi-finals.
He put up a staunch fight against Daniil Medvedev but was eventually beaten in five sets.
After receiving his reward, Eubanks said: "It’s tough to really put into words. I can’t really describe it.
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"Everything from realising that I have two credentials at Wimbledon for the rest of my life, to checking my phone and seeing my name as an ESPN alert, to realising how much I disliked grass at the beginning of the grass court season, to now look at where I am. There’s so many different ways I could go about it."
Fellow American Gauff has yet to reach the quarter-finals but she is one match away this year.
"It would be really special here because I think the final eight club is the most established here,” Gauff said ahead of her match against Emma Navarro. "That would be really cool to get that.
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"Wimbledon is very special. I say this all the time. It’s definitely the most nervous I get when it comes to slams. It’s just something special, the history behind this tournament. It just feels very exclusive.
"Even though, yes, it’s my fifth time, but every time just feels new and, like, it doesn’t feel like I’ve done this before. It always feels fresh every time.
"I think that’s why I just always have special memories maybe. I don’t know if it’s because it was my first big tournament. I don’t know if that’s the thing, or just Wimbledon in itself. For some reason, I always get nervous here, especially in the first round. Now I’m past that, so I’m okay."