The All England Club said Tuesday the total prize money for the championships will increase 3.4 percent to $23.46 million.
Last year marked the first time women earned equal prize money at the grass-court Grand Slam.
The weak dollar and fluctuating exchange rates means Wimbledon winners will earn less than the French Open champions, who will get $1.56 million at the clay-court tournament in June. The U.S. Open usually pays the highest prize money of the four majors.
"We don't look at the exchange rates particularly,'' All England Club chief executive Ian Ritchie told The Associated Press. "We decide what we think is a decent increase and this year we decided for the winners and the general pool it was a good increase.
"I don't think we necessarily chase being the biggest. We just want to be competitive.''
Meanwhile, work continues on a new, retractable roof over Centre Court. It's expected to be completed next year.
Last year, the green overhang was removed last, leaving the court more open to the elements. The overhang is back, along with 1,200 extra seats, expanding capacity to 15,000 for the tournament that runs June 23-July 6.
On Tuesday, the first of 10 support structures spanning 22 feet were lifted by cranes over Centre Court. A second will be lifted Wednesday and the remaining eight next year.
New digital scoreboards will be installed, combining scores, the Hawk-Eye line-call challenge system and video.
"Through the new Centre Court facilities and the increased use of digital technology, we want to ensure that Wimbledon remains the tournament the players want to win and that internationally, everyone wants to watch,'' All England Club chairman Tim Phillips said.
But don't expect live replays just yet.
"We won't have replays during the match certainly for this year,'' Ritchie said. "We feel if it's too instantaneous it maybe will detract from the match itself.
"We'll show some video after the matches have finished, in-between matches. In 2009, we'll produce a lot better content. We're going to be a lot more conservative with it this year.''
Wimbledon is looking to install similar screens around the grounds, including on the grassy hill near Court 1.
Amid work to upgrade the entire site, Court No. 2 will be closed and Court No. 11 will stand in as a show court for the now-demolished Court No. 13.
Wimbledon also upheld its policy of not scheduling play on the middle Sunday unless there is a major backlog of matches caused by bad weather.
This year marks the end of the traditional sidewalk queues for spectators waiting to buy tickets. Because of health and safety reasons, there will be a single queue in nearby Wimbledon Park for those wishing to camp overnight for day tickets.
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